Show FARMING IN WESTERN CANADA the great natural fertility of the coq la manitoba wan and alberta abt been done by premier oreel ay IIlma elf a farmer hon thoma greenway premier ot abe province of manitoba one of th of western canada writes an excellent article to the freaa from which abe following extracts are made the writer came to manitoba from ontario in the autumn of 1878 and hae ever bince been engaged in agricultural pur Bulte from the day nearly twenty two years ago when he emelect ed hie homestead he bag had unbounded faith in the country aa a place where farming can be successfully car tied on if pursued upon proper unea there Is a large number in thie province who should rather be called wheat growers than farmere on of the natural ad and therefore with which wheat can be grown no doubt many have done exceedingly well by ratling wheat only till it la tar from ideal farming not only will buch course it perel ted in have the effect of causing the land to run out as haj been abe experience 0 those who pursued th same plan in the wheat producing prairie state to the south of but it Is tar from befog the most profitable course to this tact ie already being demonstrated in manitoba let the farms in this western country be managed upon the lines which were successful in the eastern provinces and much more can be done here in a given time thab was ever done in the east the proba ballue of failure are practically nil upon the farm there should be found horse cattle sheep bogs and poultry according to the ability of the farmer j with respect to his means and the extent of his holding the wanton waste which has hitherto been practiced by many farmere that of burning vast quantities of excellent fodder after threshing la done should cease it all be used upon the farm and converted into the old sensible kind of fertilizer manure and afterward be returned to the soil so that what has been taken from it by abe crop may be restored although admitting that the great natural fertility of the oil in manitoba and the success that hae attended the growing of wheat after wheat for years upon the same land have a tendency to make such course as the one mentioned tempt lne yet it continued wheat growing upon the same land year alter year Is undoubtedly a mistake the writer knows of no country that offers advantages so great to the agriculturist aa does manitoba the various branches of farming can be tarried on successfully as twenty two years of practical operations and ob of what others are doing have proven to those desiring to make new homes tor themselves the low price of some of the best lands la the world although rapidly advancing in price this year offers still great opportunities to all such the invitation Is cordially given to come and there need be no poor people here there la land tor all who choose to come land upon which happy homes can be established and from which ample can be gather ail old age all that a ban leeds to achieve competence in tate domain ie common sense and industry with these qualifications he Is bound it rw information regarding tree lands apply to any agent ot abe government whose advertisement elsewhere in these column |