The morning call., 1894-05-13
the California Midwinter Fair in all quar-
ters is written, Free Homes"


ters is written. Free Homes"
Sheaves and sheaves of grain, bottleF Il
the finest wheat, barley and oats and sacks
of fine dry flour; pictures of great fields OF
heavy cereal crops. and of stock at pasture
in winter and summer-in vite visitors TO
consider the generous offer. For the great
Northwest Manitoba. Alberta, Saskatche-
wan and Assiniboia is opening up to habi-
tation in marvellous manner OF late.
The wheat in the exhibit is from $50 miles
north Of the Uniled States line. Ten
wears ago Manitoba alone had Donula-
tion of 10000. In 1891 it had 260. 000 The
grain WELD in 1881 was only 10000 BUSH
els In 1891 IL was $4,000. .OO0-respective
increases of six and eighty fold. Ameri-
can farmers are helping to make this rapid
increase; and 1t Is precisely TO induce
American farmers 10 emigrate to those
countries that the Canadian Government
is main tanning the exhibit at the CalItnr-
MIA Fair, as it did with one at Chicago and
will do with one at the Antwerp Exposi-
ton this summer
Mr.. James Anderson is in charge as reg
ular representative from the Canadian
Minister of the Interior. and be it is, or
some of his courteous lientenants, that one
should see when visiting the exhibit.
They will be found in the north side of the
Agricultural building in section that will
awaken ones interesl at once. The grace
sheafs make pretty picture. but that will
not appeal to one so quickly as will the
very large variety of grain shown.
land all from Manitoba and the area
westward from the lakes" Mr.. Anderson
will explain; from a region which most
Americans think is either barren waste
or a trackless snow field. There is wheat"
he will say, for instance, (which comes
from yield of fifty bushels TO the acre.
from $50 miles north of the forty-ninth
parallel. 1t was harvested in three months
from ths time of sowing.
1t is called Manitoba wheat No. l, or
"hard Fife wheat" You will notice the
dry character OF it. LII you rub 1t in the
hand it will shake off like c0rDmeal.
"Then there,are some pieces of cheese up
there. The country has not yet taken TO
dairyug to any extent but it is uneQualed
for pasturage. See those long, sweet, green
grasses on exhibition there. The cattle
grow fat on them, and the singular thing is
that stock can be fed out of doors the
year round in the Calgary district on the
east side of the Rocky Mountains. People
generally do not realize this, but it is a
fact. Snow does not fall in the plains of
the northwest part of Manitoba, far north
as It is, for the cold is moderated by the
influences from the Western ocean. Farm
ers live in comparative comfort there the
year round, and the long summer days add
ing to ripen the grain with unusual raDid-
itv. OF course the climate is colder than
that of California, but the land is not
bliZZard-ridden and tornado-struck as some
of the Northwest States OF Uncle Sans
territory. For dairy purposes stock must
be fed in winter, but not for other pur-
poses."
Having said so much Mr.. Anderson will
point visitors to the handsome pictures on
the wall, where reapers are at work with
the grain harvest, where the bands of cat
tie are grazing in the heavy grass or lin
gering by the abundant waterflows, or the
sheep munchlng on the slight slopes of the
plains. Que great picture presents per-
Spective of the vast extent of the prairie.
1t is an artistic piece of work, worth
special visit to see. for without it one
would have difficulty in conceiviDg sx-
actly what sort OF country 1t is to which
Canada invites settlers.
Everything is raised without irriga-
tion." says Mr.. Anderson. "As you see
in the pictures, the soil is of itself moist
and rich, so that the grass grows thick
and abundautly, and the frequent stands
or streams of water furnish the necessary
accommodation TO the rowing stock.
Fruits there has been no attempI 80
raise, save in q homely way. Therefore
meme are seen on exhibition. We leave
that specially to Golden California. All
we desire to emphasize is our grain and
stock possibilities. We shall have TO spe-
cialize in those lines
III one asks MI. Anderson what moves
the Canadian Government to offer free
lands in this manner for the mere living
on them he will point you to the great
stretch of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
across from ocean to ocean on the mai,
and up into Assiniboia. I'VE have this
road built" he will say, ''and thu Govern
ment in way contributes to its support.
''And that Is not all. Canada herself
wants more population. She is rich 10 all
possibilities aud wants to create a home
market. She possesses every kind of
metal. from gold to plain granite. some
where within her boundaries.
lover in the Mining building you Will
see those great chunks of coal weighing
$500, 5000, 1900 aDd 1000 pounds respec-
lively, which attest her capacity to fur
nish the sine qua non for manufacturing