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Show A Laud oriMirat. rltffS Mwn) The racldoix; reason thoCnnallati laclHo rill road went west mine lliuo ago In fuursvcilutis wlthlu(s)harvet hand on hoard, all bound for thu gnat grain Held of Manitoba. A alight tinge of yellow I iteallug over thu sea of waving green, mid lu m fortnight thousand of rni4i will niako muslo thu Ilvidoiu day a they are urged through thu almost Illimitable field. Wo havognatblettlug outhkildo of our favund contlneut, and tan chtcrfully letd thu i aim In grain nil luro to the great Itlt midway Utwrsn our cjtl,wnlch for agt wa fitted by thu alow irocreM of nature to give brtad to tbu worlJ. J'rom the buaoui of those plain, somulevvlaaa floor, aa In Mlunelota, wo are drawing the nourishment thu ague have accumu Utr-I. Over the put in or Manltoia once rolhtltlmwateraof an Inland sea. Tho southern i dge or the great Ice shttt In thu glacial epoch revolted tho tatu of north flowing strmm, and they urmed a mighty Take, ItouMer from the llocky mountain, or from thu taut-em taut-em iMiirubtlaii hllk, are now iih.ii heru rod tberv. whuru tbuy wuo drojped by Iloatlug Ice takes, many hundred! of milt from tbilr pkceof ortglu. Then came tho tiocisloii of thu Ice, thud kajptarauru of thu laku rich lu en taceoua aud nitrogenous ck-munis, ck-munis, aud, In course of time, rosea mighty fortst, a great aud a dense, It I believed, aa thofcu which now lover the I'aclflo slope of the coast uiouu Ui us. , III nlmoat Inconceivable to those who travel for iky over the true lca plalni Utwceii Winnt)tg aud the llocky Mountain that here Iho giant of the fores! oncu reared thtlr lofty head,shkllllig with their denae foil. ago Oioeartu that Is now exiiMnd to the full blazu of the summer sun. To day the air of northru Washington and southern llrllkh Columli.a is thick with thu smoku of burning forests, and, lu all i robablllt, tiro was a uual lrn porUnlnkrneutln destroying tho Mm Ler that once covered thu I lain uutth of cur Wi.tuuHUUs. Die laku ihioU, the forest Rrowths, were among thu tit menu thathtlpiHt Lroduiu the aliuotllDcxhau.il ll wheat-Uorlug wheat-Uorlug oII of Manitoba, aud today her farmera are hany lu the prutct of thegnateat harvrat they ever rupud. It ta Ullevcd that the wluatnf Maul tobn will average forty luthtl to tliu acre. Many farmer lav It will nveragn forty-five I uihek. Meu who have ssun many siawuaof Mlnuusuta wheat raking said lu Manitoba last wink that they 1)4-1 never lookud ujon suchwhtat Heidi Ufore. Chose gnat fields stretching for score of nil It around ltrandon, l'ortago la 1'ralrU, and Deloraluoare worth orolng the contlueut to see. The waving expariMi or dark green verdure U mot 1 Icaalug lothuuyu. The stalks aland a thick a they can grow, are unutiually high, aud the ear are proportionally long and well 11 tied with the l Io nil tut, or grain Our own wheal grower will be gkd that thtlr Maultoba brethren aro fully to share thu bkalug of this bountuououir. We can show thrto Wt item farmer many thing worth seeing; but If they had time tovkll us now, they would smile at our putclitsof stunted it In Just a tonrkt fresh from thu j kin of Manitoba and Mlnmuta do a they gaieujiou the oat aud wheat of Ontario On-tario anl srmont. Hut many Koot i rn farm hand will share tliu blessings tho Wtt Ii bringing, Ouu labor agency lu Wluulitg bai had demands for 4wd hand al wage of from f il() to 910 a mouth and hoard Hayiiu. harvrttlng, and thnuhlng will nllord about thn u months' eniflojinent, anl huud red of Outari latortra aru taking adwuhiKu of low liurvetit excursion raits and aiu iolui; Wtat to atu the great couutry aud toll lu It IluU.fjr a sraauu. |