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Show ARMING IN WESTERN CANADA. BJ tra omi Kaianl r.muij r ! stl BJ U Mnallohn. Aealnlboln, HMkUckc H uan na4 Albart. BE Wlaat Mm lloan llono b rralr Orsea- BJj wnr, lllmealf lb f4lnff Imrntr, R! Hon. Thomss Oreanway, l'ramler of BJj tb Province ot Manitoba, una of the BE foremost farmers o( Western Canada, BB write an excellent artlclo to tho press, BB from which tht following exlrsct art fl nidi B The writer came to Manitoba from B Ontario In the autumn of 1871, and haa BJ evr since been sndied In aarlcul- BE tural pursuits From the day, nearlr H Iwsuty-two ysare ago, when he esloct- BE ad bla homeilead, he haa had unbound BB ad faith In the country as a place Bj where farming can be succsssfully csr- Bfl rled on, If pursued upon proper Mnea. BB There le a larxe number In thla pror- Hl lace who ehould rather be called Bw 'wheat-irowera' than farmtra. On B aeoount ot the facllltlei, natural ad- Bfl -ranUi, and therefore cheapneea Bflj Vita which wheat can be crown, no J doubt man hare dona siceedlhcly well br raisins; wheat only, allll, It la far from Ideal fannlns; Not only HH will auch a courae, If psralsted In, hare H the effect of causing the land to run H out, ae haa been the eiperlence of H those who purautd the aame plan In tb wheat-producing pralrla Mates to HH the aoutli of ui, but It la far from be- HH in- the moit profitable courts to HH Udopt. HH This faot Is already being demon- H strated In Manitoba. 1 i the rami In HH Jhls Western country bo msnsfed upon HH the lints which were successful In the HH iCaatsrn Provinces, and much mora H can be done hera In a gtrsn time than BH was arsr done In the Kait. The proba- bllltlea of failure are practically nil. HH Upon the farm there should be found HH fcorsea, cattle, sheep, huts and poultry, according to tbe ability ot the farmer, HH wllh respect to his mcaaa and the ex- HH tent of his holding The wanton waate HH irMeh haa liltherto been practiced by HH tnany farmers, that of burning rast HH quantities of eicellent fodder alter HH threshing la done, should cease; It HH should all ba used upon the farm and HH oonrerted Into the old, sensible kind HH ot fertiliser msnure. and afterwards HH Jbo returned to the soil, ao that what HH has boen taken from It by the crop HH Eisy be restored Although admitting HH that the great natural fertility of tha HH aoll In Manitoba and tho aucceaa that HH laa attended tha growing ot wheat HH after whest for years upon the same HH land bars a tsndency to make auch a HH course as tha one mentioned tempting, HH jret, It continued, wheat growing upon HH the aame land year after year la un- HH donbtadly a mistake, HH The writer knowa of no country that HH plttra advantages so great to tha agrl- HH culturlst as doea Manitoba. Tba va- HH ploua branches of farming can ba cor- flkfl fled on auccestfully, aa twenty-two HH - yaviri or practical operations and on- HH erratlona of what others arc doing HH hare proren. To those desiring to HH make new homes for thsmsetres, tha HH low price ot soma of the best landa In HH (the world (although rapidly adranclng HH (In price thla year) offer still great HH pptrtunltlea. To all auch the luvlta- H tlon Is cordially glren to "Come and B aee" Tbsra uesd ba no poor people M kere. There Is land fur all who choose B ito coma, land upon which happy tiomn oan ba citabllthed, and from rwhlob ample resources can ba gather- . j against old age. All that a man btede to achlara competeuca In this llomaln Is common sense and Industry (With theae qualifications bo Is bound to sueessd, ror Information regarding free Iiamastead lands, apply to any agent ot B tha gorsrnmsnt whosn adrertlsemeut appears elsewhere In these columns, |
