Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-26


wheat as good as that grown in any
part OF Quebec ripens far north OF INC
height of land and well up towart
James bay. At Waswanipl, Hudsck
bay post en- route 10 Ruperts l@ndinssi
he found Mr.. Baxter, an agent, wha
takes an interest I'm farming.
After looking over the results, NJ.
O'Sullvan says: 1T Is surprising TO Se&
the fine vegetables and grains ne. hss
grown there / never saw beteers eao-
bage, carrots, and turpps, and ne gava
me samples of wheat which he had gro"as
from seed raised thert the year oeforev
and other wheat which he had Hfowy
from seed obtained from the Agricuturas
Farm at Ottawa. They are equally gooof
and can compare fayorably with wheas
grown I'm any other part OF the province.
The surrounding country is oil level ricS
clay land" At Moose Factory, on JaiheS
Bay, Bishop Newman raises the hhest os
celery, tomatoes. vegetable nartowss
caulinower, and other garden stun
one can scarcely overestlmate the pTac'
teal value OF this testimony as to7ths
climate on the northern slope TOWARDS
James Bay. That wheat and dencata
vegetables can be grown fully zVo miea
due north OF Toronto is a fact the sighi-
ncance Of which will probably not becoha
fully apparent TO the present generauoh.
Eventually, however, IL must mean -
settlement of that vast territory from 'n4
crowded regions Of the Old World.
In the west the wheat belt runs fas
I'm toward the Arctic. The furthest
north will probably DO found In Atha<
basca. lust east of the Rockies. Inc IT.
0uence OF the ehinooks, the warm Wihuf
of the Pacific, gives Moderate chit",'
there for the hundreds OF miles north Oh
Edmonton, which is itself some '0o hiileA
north Of the latitude OF Toronto. COM
mittee OF the Senate established the iatss
that flowers bloom as early on the silot ,''
NJ the Great Slave Lake 1900 miles nor.n
~ rroronto. as they do In Winnipeg. ~
the Peace River Valley tho climate il
,rsttv much the same as in western Oil-
! tario vet the Peace river, Is ut It's most
so,tberlv point over miles north or WIND
sor ,.t.,, a.,
Manitoba this year Is into tho o"air
River Valley This is in the eA'rcnie
northwest of the province, yet II Is IN
practically the same latitude as the EiiS
/ Iisb Nidlands. Mr.. Burrows member
of the Manitoba Legislature. reporting
80, this new district to Mr.. Sittou' Oh
| the lst OF March, says that the history y.
grain raising in Manitoba Tor the pas
! fifteen years demonstrates the fact cio~.
Nv mat all attitudes have very much 10
I
| cessfIIl districts in Manitoba Tor the
raising of No. l hard wheat are those
| localities at an altitude or from opV 10
| 200 feet above the sea level.
| II IL also known In every case whore
| n district is found to be subject 10 sum
| mer frosts I'm Manitoba, the ahu 10
| found 10 be at a high altitude. Most OF
! the Swan-Riyer Valley is less than l2yS
: feet above the sea. MISUNDERSTANDING
! patterson. OF Manitoba, who went on u
! tour az inspection last fall over 10 huu-
| son bay. In his report, says thaI e'o.y
| Indion south OF the Nelson river could
! have an excellent kitchen garden IL no
. took the trouble TO cultivate the lanu.
The Nelson river enters Hudson bay at
| N,nrl Factory. about latitude 81 degrees,
| some 800 milesh further north thah
! Moose Factory, where Bishop Newman
! is conducting his experiments.
| crouping all these facts together, II Is
! not roo much to claim that the wheat
belt OF Canada averages at least 90
miles in width by 1000 in length, grsat,
! err stretch than any other part OIL
| the world. except Russia and siberia.
| nossesses. The bulk Of this tract or isna
| lies west of Lake Superior, the barren
| lands north OF that lake cutting the
! fcrtiIe norton Of the Dominion into two
| distinct parts. OF the great western
| wheat-erowing country Nlhhlpes ID Inv
commercial II not the geogfapilcal cen,
ire. 1t has up to the present tme, save
! during the boom period, grown rather
| slowly. but has kept pace with tNthe
growth of population upon the land
Now, that the rush to the Canaalan
! wheat plains is beginning. winnipeg WIN
| nrobabIv show q greater proporuonale
| growth than any other Canadian cty.
II NAV forget the lesson OF the last
period OF speculation. and retard its ae-
yeIopment by another boom. II this, Is
ayoIded and the people Of Winnipeg bend
their energies to maintain the city IN Us
present position as the railway me,ropo ,
lis and commercial centre OF the West;
Winnipeg in another ten years shot, ~
wen on % 10000 Inhabitants. * u.'
,'rD,o,se e fulfilled. Il will be by the push
Inc Of wheat production even further
north.