Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-08


The Pacific express on the Canadian
Pacific railroad went west SONS time
ago In four sections with 1900 haryest
hands on board, all bound for the great
grain fields u Manitoba. a slight
unge Of yellow Il stealing over the sea
Of waving green, and ia n fortnight
thousands OF feapcfs will mako music
the llvelong day ~ they are urged
through the almost illimitable fields.
We have great blessings on this side
Of our favored continent, and can
cheetillly yield the palm IN grain cUl.
turu to the great belt midway between
our coasts, which for ages was fitted by
the slow progresses Of nature to give
bread to tie world. From the bosom
Of those plains, some level a. floor, "a
In Mlnneaoth, We are drawing the
nourishment the ages have accumu.
lated.
over the plains Of Manitoba once
rolled the waters u an inland sea. Tho
southern edge OF the great Ice sheet IN
tho glacial epoch prevented the escape
VI north lowing htrcnms, and they
ormcd mighty lake. Bouldcrs from
the Rocky mountains, or from the east.
eTn LauIoutian hills, are now seen
hero Fad thev, whore they were
dropped by floating ice cakes, many
hundreds Of miles from tholr place Of
origin. Then came the recession OF
tho lee, the isappearanco Of the lake
rich la cfetaccOuA and heterogeneous clu-
ments, aud, Ia course OF time, rose "a
mighty forest, AZ great aud as dense, 70
l. believed, ~ those which now cover
the Pacific slopes VI the coast noun.
lains.
IL ~ almost incOnceivablr TO those
who travel for days over tho tfcelcs
plains between Winnipeg aud the
Rocky Mountains that here the giants
OF ths forest once reared their loity
heads, shielding with their dense foli-
age tho earth that II now exposed 10
the full blnEa NJ the summer sun. To-
day the air ~ northern Washington
aud southern British Columbia N thick
with tho smoke OF burning forests, and,
In all probability, fire was q most I'm.
portAnt element IN destroying the tim.
ber that once covered the plains north
OF our Western States.
The Lake deposits, the forest grow ths,
were among tho elements that helped
produce the almost inc xhaustibl wheat
bearing soil Of Manitoba; aud today her
farmers are happy Ia the prospect OF
the greatest harvest they ever ruapod.
II Ia believed that the wheat OF Mani.
tobn will aveTag. forty bushels to
the acre. Many farmers say II will
average forty-nvo bushels. Men who
have seen many seasons Of Minnesota
wheat raising said In Manitoba last
week that they had never looked up0 n
such wheat fields before, Those great
fields stretching for scores OF miles
around Brandon, Portage In frAirio,
and DelOfaino arc worth crossing the
continent 10 see. The waving Kpanse
Of dark green verdure Il most pleasing
10 the oye. The stalks stand ~ thick
AZ they can grow, are unusually high,
aud the ears arc proporti0nAlly long
and well filled with the plumpvst "
grain. Our own wheat growers viii
be glad that their Manitoba brethren
are fully TO share the blessings Of this
bouuteOgs year.
We can show these Western farmers
many things worth seeing; but II they
had tlm0 10 visit ua now, they would
smile at our patches Of stuutud grain
lust ~ tourists fresh from the plains vi
Manitoba and Minnesota do as they
gaze upon the oats aud wheat NJ on.
tarl0 aud Vermont. But many East.
eTn farm hands viii share the blessings
tho West Is bringing. one labor
agency la Winnipeg has had demands
| Tor 400 hands at wages NJ from $50 10
| $40 mouth aud board. Haylnr,
| harvesting, and thrashing will afford
| about three monthB' employment, and
hundreds Of Ontario lSborers are taking
advantage Of low harvest excursion
rates aud aiu going West 10 SEE the
great country aud toll la IL fields for
l a season.