The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19
WHEArs "FARrnEsr xoHrH."
II MAY ne Cultivated with Good ResuIts In
tho Hudson Hay Region.

FROM the Toronto Globe.
The belief that habitable Canada consists of
q narrow strip OF territory stretching along
the border Of tho United States. with no depth
to the north, is one that is little heard OF nova.
days on this side Of the line. 1t 10 still, however,
held by a great many people abroad. and we
ourselves have but tho haziest ideas OF our north
country and Its tremendous possibilities. Year
by year. however. with the return Of explorers,
we learn not merely Of the El Doradoes Of the
frozen north, but Of the far greater wealth Of
the fertile soil on the northern slope OF the con.
tinent. The furthest north at which wheat will
ripen has not yet been definitely ascortained,
but 1t has been successfully established that
the most useful Of all cereals will ripen a thou.
sand miles north OF the boundary, line.
IT. hae heretofore been supposed that the hugo
territory In eastern Canada north of the height
Of land and draining into James Bay, although
vol adapted to the growing OF cereals. Henry
0'Sulivan. a prominent surveyor. and explorer
m made do0 s snFv eSSlo Of shS p isSt iSli Or v 9nSe0s sSs T oS,
teot, Of LOCATING a line, from Lake 81. John to
Hudson Bay. says wheat as good as that
Of the height Of land and we'll uptoward James
Bay. AT Waswanipi, q Hudson Bay post en-
ter, an agent, who takes an interest in farming.
After looking over the results, Mr.. o'Sullivan
lies and grains be has grown there. never
saw better cabbage. carrots, and turnips, and
he gave me samples Of wheat which he had
and other wheat which he had grown from seed
obtained from the Agricultural Farm at OF.
pare favorSbly With Wheat S crown MN in ANN other SG%;
part Of the province. The surrounding countr y
on James Bay, Bishop Newnham' raises the
finest OF celery. tomatoes, vegetable marrows,
caulifower, and other garden stuff, =,
One can scarcely overestimate the practical
valve OF this testimony as to the climate on the
northern slope toward James Bay. That wheat
miles due north OF Toronto is a fact tho sissnif.
canoe Of which will probably not become fully
SRPaf Soxe 70 thG {. present mssf md gSn9 iSN sHtt,. nre1t ~
that vat territory from the crowded regions
In the west the wheat belt runs far up to.
ward the Arctic. The furthest north win
probably be found in Athabasca, just cast of tho
warm winds Of the Pacific, gives a moderate
climate there for the hundreds OF miles north of
Edmonton, which is itself some $50 miles north Of
the latitude of Toronto. A committee Of the
Senate established tho fact that flowers bloom
as carly on the shores Of the Great Slave Lake.
Winnipeg. In the Peace River Va Icy the eli.
mate Is pretty much the same as in western
southeriy point over miles north Of Windsor.
The largest rush of immigration in Manitoba
thiS year is into the Swan River Valley. This
llsh midlands. Mr.. Burrows. a member Of the
district TO Mi. Sifton on the list of March. says
that the history of grain raising in Manitoba
for the past fifteen years demonstrates tho fact
clearly that all attitudes have very much to do
with summer frosts. The most successful dis.
trictB in Manitoba for the raising of No. l hard
wheat are those localities at an altitude Of from
800 to 1900 feet above the sea level.
1t is also known In every ease whore a dis
trict Is found to be subject to summer frost in
Manitoba the land is found to be at a high elti-
tude. Most of tho Swan River Valley Is less
than l 200 feet above the sen. Lieut.. Gov. Pat
terson OF Manitoba, who went on a tour of in
s~pection last fall over to Hudson Bay. in his re-
River could have an excellent kitchen garden II
he took the trouble to cultivate tho land. The
Nelson River enters Hudson Bay at York Fac
tory. about latitude 81. some 800 miles fur
ther north than Moose Factory. where Bishop
Newman is conducting his experiments.
Grouping all these facts together, 1t is not too
much to claim that tho wheat belt of Canada
averages at least 500 miles In width by 1000
in length, n greater stretch than any other part
OF the world, except Russin and Siberia. pos:
Lake Superior, the barren lands north of that
lake cutting the fertile portion Of the Dominion
into two distinct parts. OF the great western
wheat-growing country Winnipeg Is the CONNER.
up to the present time, save during the boom
period. grown rather slowly. but has kept pace
with the growth OF population upon tho land.
Now that the rush TO the Canadian wheat
plains is beginning. Winnipeg will probably
other Canadian city. It may forget the lesson
OF the last period Of speculation. and retard It's
development by another boom. If this is avoid.
ed and the. people of Winnipeg bend their ener.
gics, TO maintain the city in It's present position
as the railway metropolis and commercial cen.
tire OF the west. Winnipeg in another ten years
should have we'll on to 100. 900 inhabitants. II
this promise is fulfilled, 1t will be by the pushing
of WHEAT production even further north.