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'" \'///7?yH'//.v Oft //tr /.iiifs o/' A'fft/tf/ty.v I Am'f Sr/iofi/iS'. , . _-,_ — p-i— .,..-^ . i j ii.^. , „ i| | ^ I 11 ■ iiii I III f'fi/a/fefif/ iMVimpiaiiiiiiM Jl\ \ V:^ ^i?7//tf-KJJ..ty?g^J--:4:_-fel-H-f -t-4- f-fi^ ' _•*' m_ ¥- "i'N' O' P' Q' R' «• _T' !1Sl R ' {^E'n)E ^10i-rjiKTl2i;j IIJEJ i4,F. 15VJ ffir.j lyrH |j{ 1 I ■ ■ . . I II ^ I 11^ j ^ ' ■ ' 11 I II i ■!! I * ' l -I ■'-I -- - I I I ' I H J /oHrflit Brownie e s ^ ^w 0k '' " I I I u I I I I I I iiJ U\s\\ "/I ! Winnipeg .March 1888. «'a5 r 51jS2|.«'S4,M|J< TTiTijiuiiitla PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE Man ot'ii Towtisliift, .■ihevfttitf uiiiiibt'r.s ul'Sei •/inns . . \/mi.sUr of'^h/rirtdhtrf. Compiled by J.H.Brownlee,G.E..l).L.S. „j UexanderHfi.P omce, lira rif Ion, Mm I . Mnp Krpusiforv, WinnifK'i/, Jfun. Jfrr/trt/r/soft 'm Hook Sfurr I I I 27" 26 10 5 Scale I2Miles- I Inch. O 10 20 50 I I I' '^.-m/hr/rrfie NATURAL SCALE 1:760,320. fir t'uii.iilu BiiiikNolc (:ii.l.iiii'.' l.iOi.Moiiln>iil TV^I'iVA' 4^^ ■t4«H .^. VA, V A l^ENj.N.I Ctos Iflfci 171 lU 13 11 50 m. ,fe A.iil A . fift mii i>T5:''Viw//gi»t«|:»:- s I ^IK. I. R- w J. rMff/ SfitfeS N' u N 1(2^:13^ 14^:15^116^ 96 s ' m^m^dbfA^^^f^ T iv«j^ •i ,4 ! I r'-^CT s • ABOUT MANITOBA ISSUED BY THE ,,H;;» Manitoba Govcniiuenf, MAY It. 1888 -JiSJWt*-' ^'^tfm^: TTiTinn ^"Hm *^ CONTENTS. Page Go\EIlNMENT ... 9 MnNlCU'AL OlUiANIZATlOX . . . . 9 Climate 10 Railways j4 Lands Ig StA'I'IS'I'ICS If) Wheat 29 ( )A'l'S AND BaHLEV 20 Roots g, Dairvix(;, &(■ ,, I • • • • ■ • . . . . ^'■jfi EXPEHIEVCLS OK T.MMKiltAXTS ;jq Advice TO IxTEXJ)iX(j EMroiuNTs :^] T V i MANITOBA! T V 1 So nuich has already been said and written about Manitoba retjarding its wonderful agricultural advantages, its adaptation to slock raising, dairy- ing and clieuse making, its climate and other features, tliat we do not deem it necessary to repeat the elaborate descriptions which from time to time have been i)ul)lished and so extensively distributed throughout the Dominion and the world generally. We purpose to dimply place before intending settlers, in a condensed form, a number of incontrovertible facts showing the progressive results of the i)ast ten years' settlement of the Province, and ask all seeking new homes in the Canadian Northwest to carefully consider and compare the statements and statistics given under the different headings before deciding to settle elsewhere. The aboli- tion of monopoly and the cessation of disallowance in the construction of railways throughout the Province, which has just been accomplished will insure the immediate extension of branch and intersecting lines wherever needed ; and the substantial benefits lesulting from the cheapened trans- portation of our exports and imports will be immediately experienced. The Government of Manitoba are pledged to a vigorous railway policy, and will push to completion competing Hues so that the present" season's crop may be carried at rates much less than heretofore charged. The Pro- vincial Department of Immi''ration also ])ropose to remedy as far as possible the dithculties under which the farmers of Manitoba have labored owing to the scarcity of farm laborers in the harvest season. In the past season the abundant crops, which exceeded in both <[uantity and quality those of any i)revious year, necessitated the closing oi our schools in many local- ities so that the labor of the children attending might be emjdoyed to assist in securing them, boys of from 12 to 14 years of age being ])aid fx high as $1 ,50 per day, and good farm hands ;is high as $2.'}0 wiTh boarc The Department of Immigration ])ropose to organize laborers' excur- sions from the Eastern Provinces and obtain cheap round trip rates guoil for say three months to and from auj part of the Province. For the information of intending settler- the following brief descrip- tion of the general features oi the different part^ of the Province will show that Manitobfi is not a monotonous stretch of hivel prairie, but, on the contrary, its topography is of a vaiied and diversified character and in some parts extremely pictures(iue. All the country from the eastern boundary to the Bed River is well watered, rich in grass, with a large area of arable lands, which for the growth of g'rain and root croi)s is unsurpasseu in any jiart of t^e world. Many portions of the vast areas in the vicinity of Winnipeg and the Valley of the Red River are .still available for free" homesteads. Winnipeg, with its i)opulation amounting to about one-fifth of the jieoide of the Province, occupies the centre of this rich tract, and as a marki't for the consumption of a large ]iortion of the ]noducts which •■-luiuld be raised in thih vicinity, and with numepous railway facilitie.-, offers the very be.st indjicements to settlers. rhousanrl>^ of acres of these nc proveiiients, can lie obtain etl at low pnce ch lauds, luauv of which have ;,'ooa inl- and on liVieral terms of jiaynienl. Portage la Piairie, o 60 miles west of VVinnii)eg and ,11 the main line of the Canai "i bank ot )uilt on the north lian Pacific Railway, the Assinihoine, ^a" Hv^ : us^^w!: of^i-rly .,000 inhabitants. Mills e eva^ns arid In^S^es gi^ employmerrt to a l-^J-iber. ot ^-^ - JJe .h- trict around Portage k l^--- ^ -'?,^,^'^, !'^ oai;nilba . The ;r::sr^SiuS^i;r;£^t!s j^chLSy tvom a. an intelligent and industrious class. The Manitoba Northwestern Railway from Portage la Prairie pa.ses UiroSJ^^ndidcoiuiti^Jorm^^ "^JZ^rt^C^y^^^^ Lake ami Birtle all thrivingcen- tresTa wellUtthHU'unntry, lie along the line uf the railway. The district south of the Manitoba und Northwestern Railway to the iUt tu&uiti souuii J ^ VJlniiw " i< a magnihcent stretch ot Ass niboine River, known as tlie Jjig nan.. , i. a iiiiv„ Pov1»miv south of thiF tract along the Assiniboine River. A verv suitaWe tract of land for sheep gracing -^^temls throiigh what is 1 „ tl,o '• ^•^ld Hill" countrv south ot theC. P. R. line, -uc^m . ,H"''Y'''iS^.uv Xw nil.e's have alreadv established a sheep ranci. m I^S^' "IniW ^^Pluj'cl^lirwhich promises to be a very remunerative venture. marketed o\ei l,UUtVK)UOU.i.uo pus.siblv 1,5U(),U()() l)u>hel>. */:,':,;;".* "snss rJ^t:tz Mi.-"!"'- «-.■-?■""• «"'■ ' ■•;"'; export account. Brandon's population is al)out :5,0()(». _ Alexander, Griswold. Oak Lake. Virdeu ami Klkhurn. are also thriving centres of rich grain and grass land. The whole country westward from P.randon, p rei|uii(!d for mixed farming. Turning down the valley of the l.ifle Srr-dcatchewan by Brandt, ami bv Brandon Hills to the^ouii. V^i h-y we md ^aX. reaching mund to the south-west boundary oi the ga (un, itca.i. i -, „„i„„l,-,.n Kxceut here aiiu ses all till advantages Rapid City to a great wheal rovince, partly with the line Pipe.^tune N'alley ruiunng a,,! I l.:i I 1 t' nil' » ..*..._. . -- like, a spur to tllr west. ^ Tiiriiiii',' north fi'om Mordeii to Carman wo find, all the way, a fertile and well farmed country, full of jrooil men but clear uf all timber till the Pioyn(! valley is reached. Five miles north of Carman we find a spur of the Colonization I'ailioacl, goin<,' west. On this we cmss thirty miles of poor sandy soil covered with scrub and occasional swamps till atTreherne we open nut on ,l;o(m1 farming,' land. All the way ahead is a jiretty and fertile country till nt (Jieiiboro we find tjie present terminus of tlrs liran 'h and the Hat, lich soil tells ns we have icached the great Souris jilain. Southwest lies the Tigi-r hills and I'elican Lake cduntry, very pictuiescjue and a good mi.xed farming section, and the same niav be said' for the rountrv lyiu-: from this to Manitou. ' • ^ o If we now turn back to Winnipeg and go north Viv tlie Selkirk branch, or by tlie Hudson's liny railway, we find the heavily tiinbered land, the gravel iidges, and 'oroad hay swamps that surround Lakes' Winnii)eg and Man'itoba, all around which will, in the near future, l>e a great grazing country. If we go south along either side, of the Red River, we skirt the rear of the river [arms. On the east side at Otterl)urn Station niav be seen the noted (ireig Ihceding Faiiu. Round Emerson is a very snjjerior farming country, one ot the very first ])arts taken hold upon. Sonie capital wheat farms lie along tlie Oreen ridge, east from Kmerson, and further east is good stock laiid VV.-st from Kmersoii to (rretna is asfertile a swi-ay) of flat' prairie as any to be found in the Northwest, l)iit all of this is well filled up. Speaking geiu'ially, our liest diained and ri(diest farming lauds are bare oi trees, excejit a narrow ril)boii of bush along the creeks, and will want tree planting for >lielter and fuel. Oieater abundance of bush means mi.xed farming, and bushy land with hay swamps means cattle raising and dairyiiK'. The en(|uirer must regulate his choice of a location, is his fonner exiieiieiice and aptitudes indicate a likelihood of success, which ,-,iccess willdepeii.l much uj.on the individual skill, iiulustrv and steadiness of the settler. 9 THE SOCIAL CONDITION of a new country uu^'ht to In; a sciidiis cdiisidttration in tlic splfction of a futiin; honit;. We ivnd of one jnetty suiait jiioncer wlio wa« an excellent jiiilge of land, a successful stdck raiser, and wlio secured the best ranche in the country, l)ut he "])itched h\< tent towards Sudoni," with results fatal to his future honor and I'rofit . The man who, ji-urneying nortlr westward l)y way of Chicago, liappens to spend a Sunday tliere will, if he stay over the next Sunday in VViniii|ie;^, see a contrast that reijuires no comment. The ([uiet street, the crowded churches and Sunday schools, the closed up bar- rooms, are the same as can be seen in every tt)wn on every Sunday of the year in Manitoba. ' > KEI.HHON ANT) EDUCATION. Churches are planted in every elij^ible location. W'livrever a few families form a new settlement, religious services are at unce provided, and five-sixths of the .schools are utilized for imrposcs of wor-hip. There is no sectarian liitteriiess, or ecclesiastical janiiin', and a Roman Catholic priest has taktMi part at a public meeting held in Winniiieg, to welcome an ultra Presbyterian ilivine as principal of his college. For se'f-deiiying zeal, al)undant'labors, and general etUciency the clergy of the Northwest are second to iu)ne. Sun- day .schools abound, and districts might be named where family wor.ship is (juite as common, or more so, than in Scotland itself. Secular schooLs are planted whenever the re.-ideiils in any given locality certify that children of school age are within lange of their operations, and one-eighteenth or two s(iuare miles per township, of all the land in the country is reserved as school lands, to iie apiilied for educational purposes. Meantime education is free to the child, being paid for out of local rates, lilierally sup])leniented by government grants. Kvery district school is con- ducted by a well drilled and carefully iiispcc,te stiff and stron-,', some of i( bein^' over 5 feet hi'dr the lieads were long, while the color of the yrowin<,' grain was superb." " United States Consul Taylor, an old-time resident in Manitoba, sneak- my on the same subject, said :— • ■ "The Northern Zone is specially adajited to wheat growing and cattle raising. I hat includes Canada, Wisconsin, Michigan partially, and Minne- sota, hid three-foin-tksaf tkn limit wJwit prodacm, belt of the continent lay north of the lionndciry. Them the future bread .iiipiilij of America, and of the old world tm would lieramd. hi his opumn the, beef raised in this northern district would be f'uud to he supenw in , in proportion to its productive power and the amount of labor re.iuired to 'fuse a crop, is a question of prime importance to every intending imrchaser. ^ake an acre ot land m Manitoba, worth .say $7, and contrast the cn.t of raising on that land a crop worth $10 to feSlG per acre, even in a year of low l-riced wheat \yith the cost of raising an acre of Indian corn, worth from lo cents a bushel in Kansas to 25 cents in eastern Iowa. From $H to $10 is all that can be reckoned for the market value of an acre of corn which costs moiHi money to grow on land that costs double the price of good wheat land at Mordeii or Brandon, the wheat centres of Manitoba. Wheat itself thev could hardly raise with profit at one-half more than our price, and theirs is interior m iiuality and price Our cattle, raised on land that costs thegraziei ne.xt to nothings briip' as much as theirs raised on land that costs $5 to $15 ner acre; and our soil" for nnmediato and profitable cultivation is the grand feature of the " Prairie Province." Whih-fi settlor ill till! wooiIm would spiMul half a lifotiino in clearing hi,s of) acres, a imsliinp man wnaM in a sin;,'lc si.ason with a tt;ani of oxnn, break, li.'icksct and hai row ready for seeding over 40 acres of wlieat land, within five iiioiiths fro'ii liu! tiiMu he took hold on his land Within twenty months he could reap from such land from TjOI) to I,OU() l)ii,>hels of wlii^at. This amount of Work has already been done in a dry and unfavorable season. WHO SIIOl I.I) COMK. The jieople whom we most urgently invite to come and make their hoines among us are kakjikks and farm servants from the old rountry, with a little money to jitart them on homesteads or farms of their ■.n. and who are prepared to try and adapt their habits and style e to succeed iiere, and by reading our farm periodicals, and careful (d)servation (d the practice of your iu!igiil)ors, you will in a short time get familiar with'your Work imd the best way id' setting about it. Country tradesmen, e.--j)ecially black- inith.^ well uj) in horse-shoting anIE TO COME Ih ill April mul Mfty, and if in circuiiititaiues to statt; fit om-e an active man may prepare, in his fiiHt Hcaaon, land enough to grow from 50O to l.uoO bu.HhelH of wheat in the foUowing neason. The man moHt liitely to succeed ih the man who can buy say six cow.h, a team of oxen, plow, wagon, etc. The cattle will pick up their own food; the coWs will, if good, Hiickle two calveH each, or give butter enough to providvjgiocerie.H for a family and bring ui> the calves on the skim milk after they have had six weeks good milk. Their food costs nothing; the land will be iiut in shaj.e, say 20 acres at least, for next year's seeding; hay cut. and a small shanty ot logs or frame Imilding put up Itefore winter comes along to Htoji field work. Tlie care of his stock and cut- ting and collecting fuel, will give the farmer re^nilar emi)loyment all the win- ter round, while the man who goes for wheat alone will be idle a good part ot his time and liable to the loss of part of the year's earnings by haying all his eggs ill one basket. Mixed farming is best, everyway, both for the farnuM- and the country; with a few fowls and a brood s jw a tirst year's fanner, starting as here advised, will rub along and Hnd his farm almost support him from the first start. There is no magic in Manitoba farming. A cow, a plow, an ox, and a man with the will and the skill to turn these three forces to the best account, are what we rely on to bring out the rich resources of our soil. The intending settler will obtain the most valuable information by a careful .erusal of the tabulated statements and correct statistics given on the last pages of this pamphlet; and all information, whether by correspond- ence or otherwise, will be cheerfully given by the agents of the Provincial Government of Manitoba, whose offices will be established at London and Toronto, in the Province of Ontario. RAILWAYS. Seven or eight years since, Manitoba had not a single line of railway; to- day there is something over 1010 miles, and more will be constructed this season (18S8). Of the total, constructed and operated, there are "ol-i miles in connection with the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, its main line and blanches, made up thus : — Main Line. Miles. Eastern boundary of Proviv.ce to Winnipeg '^^^ Winnipeg to western boundary ^^1 Branch Lines. Winnipeg to Stonewall ^0 West Selkirk Branch 'j^ Emerson Branch ono u Winnipeg to Deloraiue ^^^ Rosenfeldt to Gretna 14.7 Winnipeg to Glenboro r'h Elm Creek to Maryland ^-^ A total of 751.5 16 In connection with tlic Cfttin.linn Fncinc Hvstcni then there u the MANITOHA AND XOnTHWKfiTRnN RAILWAY: Main hue from Portage la Prairie to Langenburu Sfl Shell River Branch to RuhwII . ,,2 Saskatchewan ami Western Rftilway (operated bV Mr&N!'w!y.V.V.'.'.".' 1ft. '4 The objective point of thin Hystem in Prince Albert, about 430 milea from Portage la F'raiiie. 207.2 THB HUDSON HAY RAILWAY is built for a distance of. MileH. 40.3 j-(lay. THK RED RIVKR VALLEY RAILWAY runs from Winnipeg to Wlfct-Lttiw*. ^'■ TJJ!!^, "'ternational boundary, where it will connect with the American Sod tf.,?MSV"'^Tt^' ^^r^ '^" independent outlet for the HUrplu" products of Manitoba This railway at present (April, 1888) is irraded but not ironed; but it will be immecliate'ly comoleted, and by theS oS J Uy this new system will be inaugurated. One \ine is'already built to the bound- ary on the American side to c<.ni.ect with the R. R. V. Lilway,anl several others are pushing in the same direction. «»ivYaj,anci several THE TOTAL RAILWAY MILEAGE IN THE PROVINCE TO-DAY IS : ^- 1^- Rm niain une and brandies 751 r, M. & N. W. and branches "" on^'o Hudson's Bay Ry ^-l. Red River Valley Ry ^^''''Z'i'^::''i:['ZZ H7.'o l()(i6.0 In addition to this should be mentioned the Great Northwest Central fhis S ?"'""f '''/" ^'^"!^'^" northwesterly toward BattleS A p, e „ this line 18 graded to a point one or two miles beyond Rapid Citv The promoters say that 100 miles or more will be completed by next fall.' Numerous charters have been applied for at the present session of the Manito >a Legislature, and now that monopoly is abolisLd the ^liole coun T will doubtless soon be traversed by railways. umiiiiy One very significant feature is that American railways to the south of us AmSn"^ towards the international boundary at a number of p^S Th^ Americans recognizing the great superiority of our country, are biddin- for 1(! LANDS. To the settler newly arrived in the Province it is a matter of tlie noHuVZv' '"r' *° ^-'K'''' ''^'''' ^'^ '''' ^-^^ ^^^^t^i" .suitable lands It i'. Iv ",v f , '' ^^'^"■'""•f « "' favor of any part of the Province. We can only s V.' .uch ^oneral information as may indicate to the settler where he can obtain nOiable information. wntn. ne stend^nf'^iro i^^'"'*"^'''^ "V^y \^ acjuired in two ways : Free grants or home- hmf im- it ?.n^V"'T ^ "^'''"'"1 f?"' ^I'e l>onmuon Government and piTvatrLliviiS^ "' '"'' "^ '^' ^"'"^^ ^''^"^^ corporations, and from FKEE (iRANTS OF 160 ACRES Ttls^^ni nV?'.""^ "^M'f V""""'"" (Government in many parts of Manitoba, iv-ihb r; ;''■"'" ''^'""'^''"^*''^^^" """■'■' '^*' '''''^^^ homestead lands fr le i, i ^f ■' 'i ''"tf^^attered thn.ugliont theProvince and especially m tlie northwesterly and -southwesterly portions, there are still a number of 8,000,000 acres of unsurveyed homestead lands in the Province. C, p. R. LANDS. RnilJnv &"''"!''''" .r''*"'*!" ^^^''''''■'^ ^''- ''^"^ ^^'^ Manitoba & Southwestern nf ,1^ • ^'^.'^'''' ^^"''* -^500,000 acres of land for sale in the Province, *lefdlvT'Jf>!'ri r'Vr' °'''^=^1''''' "r "P^^'^'^^- These lands have been caretuliy selected by the company in the best parts of the Province The iwnlln f y"'^"t ■'"■^ ''"-'-y easy-one tenth down and the balance in annual UuJu^^ particulars may be obtained otf the land commissioner, Mr. L. A. Hamilton C. P. R. Station, Winnipeg. • ^- «• THE- CAXADA NORTHWEST LAND CO. has reserved for selection within the Province about 1 000,000 acres of splen- dul agricultural lands all carefully selected some three or four years .since 1 liey range in pnce from ^5 an acre upwards, but as the shares of the com- K'r'n '""•''' t V\l'''^'''"'™^ f^ ^'^'^ •'^"•^ ^^ these shares can be bought about abo"itonSair "'''^'''''' ^*^^'"''' "^ ^''"''^ ^■''""^' '' '''''^^>' ''^'''''''^ ^'y ^^^n.^}:^:T^']^]&:ii^^ ^^-^- ^f the THE HUDSON HAY CO. have lands for sale in nearly every township in the Province. At the time .Manitoba cmtered Confederation one-twentieth of the land area was ai.por- tioned to the Hudson Bay Co., and their grant comprises all varietie.s and 17 Tlie laiKl comraissioiior is Mr. C. J. Riy.lyes, Main St., Winnipeg, and he will be glad to answer all en(|uii'ies. MANITOBA AND NORTHWESTERN RY., starting from Portage la Prairie and running iji a ndrtlivvesterlv direction, lias a land grant within ths Pi ovince of about 50(V»0() acres. The" prices vary froin $3 or $4 an acre upwards, and the payments if desired are spread over a nninbor of years. The lands of this company are admirably adaj)ted ])ot]i tor wheat growing and stock raising, and in many parts are well wooded and watered. Mr. A F. Eden, 622 Main St., Winnipeg is the land commissioner, and any enquirie-s addressed to him will be cheerfully attended to. THE HUDSON BAY RV. CO. have within the Province a land grant of about 2,000,000 acres. These lands lie mostly north and northwest of Winnipeg, and are adapted iov mixed farming and grazing purposes. In most parts there is j.lenty of timber and water. The land commi.ssioner is Mr. E. P. Leacock, M'!P.P., WinniiJeg, who will gladly give all required information. It must be understood that the Manitoba (Government has no interest whatever in the sale of any of these lands, and the foregoing information is given solely in the hope of directing and assisting incoming settlers. Land can also be bought in all parts of the Province from ])rivate ])arties. The otiicials of the various immigration committees formed in different tovns and municipalities, and in most cas5,958 108,040 " Winnipeg 241 7,895 21 OOO Schools in Province — Protestant. 16 150 484 " . Catholic 17 34 65 School children in Province- Protestant unknown 4,919 14 300 Catholic « 3,193 4,188 " " " Winnipeg— Protestant 30 1,101 3,683 " " " " Catholic unknown 477 920 Educational grant from Government $20,000 $66,000 Railway built — miles 65 998 Ilailway stations jj i03 Post oHices 500 Bridges None 400 1882. 1886. 1887. Export of wheat, bus... None. 3,000 000 13,000,000 Export of flour, sacks " 383 600 484,000 Export of Potatoes, bushels " None 110000 Total Export of Cereals in 1887, Nearly 25,000,000 Bus. WHEAT. It IS sometimes said by apparently well educated people that wheat will not grow in Manitoba, or at any rate that it is not a sure crop . This is (ruite a mistake, the best refutation of which will l)e found in the figures fiirn idled the Manitoba Department of Agriculture by about 500relia1)lecorrespondants resident in nearly every township in the Province. acre 27.7 From these (igures we find that in 1887 there were under wheat. 432,134 s, and the total yield, was estimated in October at rJ,35l,724 bushels, or bushe per acre. When farmers began to thresh it was found that the estimated yield was in nearly all cases exceeded, and subsequent returns received from 'threshers and farmers proved the total to be much larger than anticipated. It is no doubt (iuite within the mark to say that the average yield of wheat in Mani- toba in 1887, was not less tJutn 30 hushels jier acn. Red Fyfe wheat " No. I Manitoba Hard," is the principal variety sown and is generally conceded to be the very heiit wheat the uwld produces. It is in great demand in Eastern Canada, Great Britain, and the States for milling purpost;s and commands a ready sale, at higher prices than any other known variety. that The area under wi.eat this year will it is believed Ije largely in excess of of last vear. 20 OATS AND BAULEY. 50 lni"hlfp;; acre .'"''' ^''''"*^ "'''•" '^ °'''' ^""^' "" ^^'^'''^Se yield of about 36 tin on that orain cjrown /. northern couTi^^posLes mlr rr7vi:biti(>;tt.f '^^"'""''"""" '""'''"' ^^''^■'«^-' -wersrit Comparing Mrnitoba and the Northwest Territories with Ontario the Provinces East, the tests thus far made shew the following avera^e.^: and N. W. PROVINCES. Proportion of Vitiditij. Wheat 90 percent. Barley 97 Oat.s 95 E\STEKN PHOVIN-GES. Proimtion of Vitality. Wheat 92 percent. Barley 73 « Oats 65 '. The following report regarding Manitoba barlev is issued bv the Winni peg Board of Trade, and the Winnipeg Grain and Produce E.vclange : ''The ranada Malt Company, of Detroit, Michigan. U. S "who al t -1- * * ^ t 1 * * 21 Pea. ana Ha. have aS, "^SrSitLeSSj;, ^^^^l ,- 3^^^ ROOTS, ETC. ce*w;xrr tt,r;;.:reL'r"""""^ ""'«""-' -• •*■■■'-''» ' year, and exported a .'reat nianv of th.n, n , '"'^i'^^^'^^^, "^ potatoes la.t grow to a laJge size, am are veT/drv I d n.lni? ""t^"; ^^'"'"'^^ I'"t^t<.es J.otatoes were regulkriy S Sth wld n ^^ ^-'''^ >''*'' =^ '"^"^^ ^ P"""^^ reported over 6 Joundl in weight '"'"' '"'*^"*^'' potatoes were The average yield of turnips in 1887, wa.s 306 bushels per acre mangolds ' " 434 " ^ " ' « « a (t carrots beets 301 289 a If simple reason that until within the asttwrvir;?/^ '^^'"* '• f«^" ^he large numbers, and farmers were do votnlf^ ^ L f"^^ T""''^ ""^^ ^^P* '" to grain raising ^"^ devotnig their attention almost exclusively «umS^^Si5S^:iS,!r^t^^;E,^7f^^luring the Manitoba nearly all the varieties produced in On%«,.7 1 °''^', """'^ vegetables, and a very large growth'" rv;o1rl".''no'w"hrve fa^ tt .'"f ' ""! '^*^^!" which all kinds of fruits roots and vtantn i J ° ■} ^"^^^ gardens in piuupivins, squash, niX^s citrous tn3' ^^■^^a'«ed ; including corn, ries and strawberries ' ' *«"'''*"««' •^""a^^ts, gooseberries, mspberl LIVE STOCK. thrive ("rntr/" '"""' "' ^'"" '""' ""'" ''»™ )"". »'.'> Low d„ ,l,e,- 2. How do cattle thrive „„ the wild giasse, of the prairies > wi„ter/'"°*'»"'"8 '•■■»""* "here eattle have to be h„u,ed during 4. How do you winter your stock ? •=i- Do sheep thrive and are they profitable / 2:J A large number of replies were Niiinc iind Address Miiiiitoba. No of Ciittle and Horses, I How do Cuttle Thrive and How they Winter. P-"" "'^stuni^e. Prairie pastura>{e. D. I). Younf,', Kr; John Duncan, Austin A. T. Tyernian, Lothair. ,iiu\on Three horses, r6 tattle. Thirty-tive Five horses ; thrive well. . Well Aswoi Splendid notliv. Geo. K. Slade, Gladstone 'Thirty Well. well John George, Nelson jTwenty ; very t^t Sa^l;. cteanJ^!^ ! ! ! 1 ^X^^'^^^ we*' -''" ^nuAl, Henry McCleod, Carberry j t"""'' l»»-«-«. -> '^'*"''= Robert Campbell. Bridge Creek Fifteen ; all very well First rate Well They get fat They K«t f'lt Well Harold Elliot, Morden. ,,. , , ,, ,..,fti,, • a,, well kJet fat enoufjli for butcher- , . , . 1- ive horses, 1 1 tattle , do sv ell . . . ^ .^^^^ .^^ two months , „ ,- ,..,tti.. • «rv;t rile As Well as on timothy U. S. Conklin, Su.mvside ,J^" l^'"^'*'^*^; -=3 '-'"''^ ' hrst.ale.. ^ . ^^j;^,,^. ^ Alfred Walker, SheppardviUe. . 1 hree ; well D. D. Buchanan, Griswold. >^.;^^, lAU they j-et Norris Fines, Balmoral Seven l-;-'^^;,? cattle ; very well, Wei} W. B. Hall, Headingly I hirty-hve , very well I Albert H. Philp, Brandon i'r--^V-ix l.m-^-^^^ Geo. Forbes iV: Sons, Treherne. W. A. Evans, Boss Six horses, iS tattle Three horses, 25 cattle ; very well Uobt. Renwiek, Carberry jseven horses, 6 cattle ; well Matthew Kennedy, Eotliair Five horses, 10 cows ; very well . I have two steers, conurm three vears old, which : would dress 7(x) llis., and have never been in a 1 stable Keep healthy and fat Grandly Splendidly These could be supplemented by many other letters of a similar nature -., c--. <• '1 .} i 4- 23 '1 J received . We just give a few. Is Strincipailv for cattle, and hay for horses I keep my horses in " bank " stables, feedinif them principallv straw, with a little bran and chaiiped feed Co ,vs, calves and oxen are hou.sed, and get hay night and morning, with some chop or oats ; young cattle can live mainlv at the straw slack Ve> Cattle ^vill keep fat on prairie hav, with, a liltle bran and shorts when ciilving. i^'es. eed oat straw and a little grain -rhev thrive, and umllou Stabled, and fed a little hav and oal straw Further comment h unnece.ssary. Stock raising pays well. i -i" 24 l>AII{VIN(i, l']T<:. Prom the forej-^ing miiarka referring to live stock it will l,e uniliered t mt dairying ,s !ikel> to jmy well. Last year a iiui.il.er vi lending fain.ers were a.sked these ijuestions : 1. What is your opinion of Manitoba as a dairying country ? 2. Have you plenty of water on your farm, and if so, how obtained ? A great many re])lies were received, of which we append a few : Name and Aodkess. Maxitoha. <"■!>. H. Miilst', Krimdon. J. Q. Siiiiinci-, Ariiiiuil. . John C'uniiiiinjfs, Miiiiic(li)s:i. Thos A. .Sharpc. A(lol|>li;i. . Ayfciior Diihiic, l.oR'ltc John Kcinn, Austin. \v. i{. Hull. iiiMiiiiifriv.. ;;;;; \\"in. C'orJH'tt, Sprlii^rti'cld .... (ifo. (;. Oowiiie, C'rvstal City Ndiris l'"ines. Haliiioial ". . S. \\'. CliainlKT.s, Wiittsvifw. \y.n. Tlumias. C'vpri's^, Uivir, Clias. Wilson. 'ri'-Llu'riie. .. F. W. Stcvtiison, Hill Vh-w.. Harold Klliot, Mordcn Kolit. C'aniplicll. Uridine (.reck. I Icnrv McClcod, Carliiarv \\'. A. livans. Kosscr I'.j. Nrc\auy:liton. I{a\ lmi Lakc^ t'lias. I'"intt.Shaduland '.'. S. K. nurffcss, Stalnnn \V.\TKI(. '.'\ ^ood placi' : hut niilkiii>r Vcs, from a well jofiTt dicp ; cows require I' xtra food in I i the fall 1 Can't he heaten . It is a jjood place . Kxcellent dairyiuff re^jion.. . (ienerally ffood . Could not he hetter ■Ml I can use, from a well t\\ ft. deep, made with a i(-incli auifer: cost, $^5. . Well, iSft. deep." . Plenty from s))rinj;s. . Seine lliver and an artesian well. Well, li feet deep. N'ery k"'><1 Assihoine Hiver. Well adapted to it in all its dc- I'lentv, from a well -|o ft. deep, l)artnients i Cannot he heaten River and deep well. Just the place Well, S feet deep. .'Splendid place, as cows fed onSprinu: at the house, and creek the native grasses yield a; for farm, laryt quantity of very rich; milk " ' I Verv jjfood jl'cmd, and well 12 feet deep. :Conld not he heaten iWell, i,i feet deep. .\one hetter : cows make more: I'lentv, well 1.' feet deep. Initter here than in On-. tario j Just suited to dairyiiiff I None hetter Constant sprintc. Hest place in the Dominion. , ..:.\hnndance fri'ini wells ig feet j deep, sunk in two davs. Can't he heaten IPIentiful well, i.s feet. liminentlv suited to dairviny . iShoal F-ake. Kirst class Wells u to I'l feet deep. A creek. (Jood for that purjiose I'Icnty, wells 20 feet deep. At the Dominion Exhibition in Toronto last year, and also at the Prt<- vincial at Ottawa, .Manitoba butter took the first i)rizes against all comers. The butter and cheese industry is yet oidy in its infancy in Manitoba, but from renirns furnished the Department of Agriculture, Winnii)eg, there werein ISs" six creameries and twenty-two cheese factories in the Province of_Manit()ba. Others were in jtroce.-s of organization and construction, and it is only fair to assume that the number mentioned above will this year be ■considerably augmentetl. 26 POULTRY thrive won.lerfully in Manitoba, and fur y.ars to con.e there in lik.-lv to he a In «e narketior eggH or it is kno>vn tho Unite.l Staffs has 1 ...:., ^ y „ s J F m ?.^" "'M.orter of tins eon.n.o.lity, not only fro.n Cana.ia, hu also f nun w .r 1 I" '^ '="»»t'y where ho nn..-,h ^,Main is raised as in Manitoba an poultry when carried on m a businesH-like way. 80 as §8 (V o a; a; o 5 a o o M ' U o > c m •ii to s o o >^ o ■«* o >1 s o o o -73 OS C ,^5 S o O CO H o u « ^"3 01 II ji *-• •*^ , 3 0) o I'UBJ JO aniTj^^^ •[UlTdWQ uoq,w w ? — • « • i II a 1 1— 1 fl >■- ^ slli'- o ?-« s ^•J= :a fl ^_ ... s ^-r) "= ack so den ii loam inche >art a 03 (1) .tZ ^^ JS ft, jj rM _ 03 13 O Sj^ O ee O = 0! 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Yours truly, (Signed) Egan Broh., Per Edward Eoan, Corner Graham and (iarry streets, Winnipeg PS.— You arc doubtless aware that this is our first attempt at farming, our business being railway contracting, and, considering this fact, I feel that we have done remarkably well as, barring our own work (we dul not hue any labor) we realized enough from one crop to nay the origuial price of the land, and have now the valuabli; i)foperty to the good, and our success this year has ilecided us to adopt farming in Manitob 1 as our futures calling. Tell this if you like, to the sutlering farmers of Ontario, and if your story is doubted" refer them to me and my brothers. E. E. " Kemnay, January IGth 1888. " I take great pleasure in giving a correct statement of all the crop I had on my farm, which is situated on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, seven miles west of the city of Brandon . 1 had 145 acres of wheat, from which the total vield the past season was G,840 bushels. One piece of 45 acres of summer fallow gave 2,340 bushels, being an average of 52 bushels per acre, and lOO acre? averageil 45 bushels per acre. I had also 45 acres ot oats, which yielded 3,1.50 bushels, an average of 70 bushels per acre Offi .acre* "f barley 1 had*;{87 bushels. I planted about ';{ of an acre potatoes and 30 had 225 bu8hel> ^'ood dry mealy potatoes. The yield of roots and garden vegetables was large and of good quality. In concluion, I would say that previous to coining to Ontario, Canada, I had farmed in one of the best agricultural districts of Germany, and after coming to Canada I farmed twelve years in the county of Waterloo, Ont. I removed to Manitoba in March, 1884 ; that summer I broke 190 acres, off which I reaped in 1885 a fine crop of wheat fully as good as this year. My two sons have farms joining mine and their crops yielded equally as large as mine. " I must say that farming has paid me better in this province than in Ontario or the Fatherland . (Signed,) Christian Senkbeil.' -ri MoosoMiN, N. W. T. " Ranges 30 and 31, Township 14, 4 miles from station. Came to the country in 1883, and settled in present location. Amount of capital$l2 000. Acreage now owned 4,000. Under crop in 1887, 600 acres, wresent capital ^40,000. Yield per acre 1887, 30 bushels average. Live stock, 14 horses. " I am pleased to give my experience since I came to this country. My success has been far beyond my expectations . I am fully convinced for extensive farming, wholly grain, or mixed farming, it cannot be surpassed. 1 think Moosomin district is e(|ualled by few and surpassed by no other point in Manitoba or the North- West Territories. "Moosomin is a. first-class grain market and is growing rapidly in importance. (Signed,) J. R. Nefk." r'l EXTRACTS FROM OIHER LETTERS W. GovENLOcK— S. 27, T. 11, R. 23, near Griswold. Had 60 bushels of wheat per acre on 5 acres, and 37 bushels per acre on 250 acres. Samuel Hanna— S. 7, T. 10, R. 22, near Griswold. Had an average of 40 bushels of wheat per acre on 250 acres. John Young -S. 1, T 10, R. 23. Had 75 bushels of wheat from one acre . Alea. Johnston— Near Elkhorn. An average of 41 bushels of wheat per acre on 14 acres. Geo. Freeman— Near Elkhorn. An average of 375 bushels of wheat per acre on 50 acres Thos. Wood— 10 miles north of Virden. Had an average of 63 bushels of wheat on 5 acres, (315 bushels of wheat from 5 acres.) Richard Tapp— South of Virden. Had an average of 51 bushels of wheat on 20 acres. Thos. Bobier— Half a mile north uf Moosomin. Had forty acres of wheat, averaging 38 bushels to the acre. Had 1 15 acres of wheat, Had an 31 .T. R. Neff— Three miles north of Moosoniin averaging 37 bushels to the acre . G. T. Cheasley— Four miles north-east from Alexander average of 45 bushels per acre on 1(}0 acres of wheat. A. NiCHOL— Four miles north-east of Alexander. Had 150 acres of wheat, averagmg 40 bushels per acre. H. ToucHBOURNE— Four miles north-west of Alexander. Had an aver- age ot 40 bushels per acre on 100 acres of wheat. Advice to Intending Immigrants. Every year large numbers of young men leave their old homes in East- ern Canada in search of new lands, where they may found homes for them- selves. Fathers of families in the older Provinces who find it all they can do to make ends meet, and see but slight chances for their children, also do the same. To all who are seriously thinking of taking such a .step the one great question is : o n i WHERE SHALL I GO ? To M A MTTHR A '"^^''^ ^^^ several reasons why you should do so. i- w IVi/iiNl 1 UDii. In the first place the natural resources of the country are as great, probably greater, than those of anv other part of the -North American continent. The soil of Manitoba is exceedingly rich, and is generally admitted to be far superior to that of Dakota or Minnesota and the htates to the south. Then in the matter of climate we are peculiarly favored by comparison with those States and Territories to the south, where cyclones and blizzards are so destructive of life and jiroperty. Men can come iip here with but little capital, and in a few years they can "be independent. You are not asked to take unsupported testimony for that, but below are the names and addresses of men well known in their respective localities, telling what they have accomplished. What they have done others may still do. To all these natural advantages may be added the fact that the hard- .ships of pioneering are scarcely felt now in Manitoba. Railways, .schools, churches, and thriving towns and villages are now scattered all over the country. If you are going to make a new home for yourself it is surely, too, worth something to know that you are going amongst your own countrymen, who \viU give you a hearty welcome ; and, that you are still to remain a Canadian citizen and loyal to the land of vour birth.