The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-16
SIR JOHNS WONDERFUL FARMA

SIR JOHNS WONDERFUL FARMA
sses. 600 Lost 1ryi.s 20 Raise wheat su
Land Nature Intended for Grazing.
Some conspicuous illustrations OF tho folly
Of going Into q business ona docs not under.
stand are scattered along 800 miles Of tho
Canadian Pacific Railroad. ON the plains OF tho
Northwest territories Nearly oil day the
express trains passing through this region are
In sight OF the Lister Kaye farms, ten In
number. containing 10 900 ncres Of land each.
which stretch along at intervals OF thirty miles
from Rush Lake TO Calgary. within sight OF the
Rocky Mountains Those farms always occa-
sion deal OF talk among tho passengers. who
are certain to observe that whom o man In
vests his money In . game he docs not un.
derstsnd he Is very likely to lose oil his cash
and to reap nothing but bitter experience.
Sir John Lister Kaye made o good deal Of
money in California Whom no went home to
England people there had the impression that
he knew everything that was worth knowing
about America. He took home with him big
project for tho consideration OF British cap
ituists. 1t Was soon after the com APPLETON Of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and the world
Was talking about the great resources OF tho
hitherto almost unknown regions through
which it passes. Sir Johns plan was to buy an
enormous quantity Of land. send out large
parties OF colonists from Yorkshire aud 20 into
wheat raising ON . prodgious scala To bs
sure. he knew Mttlo or nothing about wheat
rsising. neither did tho colonists whom
he proposed to take with him to
oarry out his great idea. But tho
newspapers were full of the wonderful
possibilities OF wheat culture In the Canadian
Northwest. and Sir John had no trouble in
convincing his wealthy friends In England that
o big bonanza awaited them.
A million dollars were raised and placed IN
Sir Johns hands. Out to ths Canadian North.
west he posted with . lot OF colouists who had
very vague ideas about tho sort Of life they
would have to lea on those tresless prairies.
A. the very outset, sir John made q fatal
thousands Of bushels OF wheat. but. uniucky for
him ell: no pushed, far pat th. s best wheat
lAnd in western Assiniboia.an custer Alberta
bearing regions. and located his 100000 acres OF
well adapted. for wheat culture 1t is splen-
aidy aannted ioF @nd stock raising
nek ye MSI poe Vas On 0erea tners VIII
ss. facts IN ca. lis farms ass q iu
Sousss Biz rsdeDainted barns n and nut ,SF up
scores of miles Of barbed WIRE fencing K
The rout b. its handsome red farm buildings.
iss Windmidil; ana the M,nc fence Invariably
beran To he soil ana noM Tnsa e.
John bought hundreds Of horses and scores OF
yok,ss Of oxen AMI orxanzsd his business on
Of oil land pSuKbed isr wheat an oversesr 81 he e
ehinety; some Of it from England: and good
dcnl Of i Was found 10 be not at all sdnptcl to
Il. 70
Of bis colonists. and told dealer 1t Vancouver
ss w:n e , CEDAR which is very expensive
pressed his surprise Sir, John. said hs had
heard that vermin would not live In. cedar
toIa Nm - mad seen many Indian villa ss II
cid.d that common pine lumber would en-
. After putting some thousands. OF acres into
wheat, sE John va: ~ surprised 70 ind thatlt
aud tho moisture was inadequate. 50 he I'm
ported r. sn immense quantity O. ieriIlzsrs 70
cats mads il Mon,resI lis uropossd T't to
bis Ts:s % as wsls Of ID st s
az, at hs y1rous fArHs but ',, the orisns
farmers and ranchmen laughed al him and his
s1 foolish sd heir 4 TSe
s.ad ss sst and
ITO ulH6T0ut from tpAt WHICH NneV
began to desert Sir john and his wonderful
farm.. . Some Of them went TO Manitoba,
did wheat growing region. Others became
rnnchsmen snd are now dsine well: others 70.
ths BEING bSn
yas ' ss BY y's That ss's 'SSr
PTs, had ass to sec any
dividend. Everything was going out at. Z
PrndiIious rate. hut nothing was coming in.
He went TO England with n. long face and.
longer story. No had sunk 100000 OF the
ana Il s:sntd 70 O. o. Tfs
he had to show the farms. tho buildings. the
depossd from ~ manaxement: and the COM
pauy began business on q new bhsis.
Instead Of trying to grow wheat OIL soil which
vas never intended for wheat raising. they
6esa % on s oH
eat scale Than the work which Sir John took in
hand. and pronoso to fool their way ~ they 90
sbundun,ts eeess.Hi. Tor tho COUNTRY IL pro.
ductiyc enough l. one trieste got from 1t what
'Ss +. p pF9a%S Ths sm
m that yhs 'R .Y Enc
T sa %Spau e. sssas g
dollars In the erori to make ian do that for
which nature had never ADAPTED It.
Why Telegraph Wires Are Underground
In ChIna.
"A supersiitious reverence for the dead &C.
eomplished years ago In China something that
regard for the comfort and safety OF the liv-
ing. even when aided by judicial mandates
and radical municipal methods. have bssn only
partially able to accomplish In this country"
said Q telegraph linemRn who was In the ON