Evening journal., 1899-04-06
WORLDS LARGEST FARMs
suTlulA1lzD IN NoRlIlAN iasTnRlN
CANADA. AND CcNlliAClNds iCiNE
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AANAIAA, ALNlD N'-LNllA-iN- OLNE |
HUNrREiD SUQARlE nilILEs.
DC s a uao. not sencraIy known to
thIe puolc. Though well underoa0cd to
tAs elraln tiald.s Of the Nonchwesl, tAzl.
1D cha rlsw AMI farC Cnnadlhn NorlhwaIt,
in a province whchs very name is \
Ter Cl5a aiaislcn, In AssirLbo.a,
/ 600 miles ao THE nlorth amid wes1 from
ghia head cli Lake Superior are situated
somle ci the largest AMID mcIss successful
wlneaa farms I'M the woIr.d. One OF them,
lha PEEL Farm, ID wlthou. much doubt
the ,argcst oonlnacbed block OF land
devoted to the raising cf wheat to be
founH clal the g.-be. This farm is own
ed by a syndicate of Engllshmen, who
have made it a soik cf stalking out
grounld lor Hhefr younger SENS, i'm so
far as THEY have besn able, and haue
subsequently w,ndered why their pnof-
it's were mot greater, though abe yield
OF gIain was so large, forgetting that
theee same young sons had to be pro
vadgd lclr aln,d thai salary lists mounted
up
IL is namad after Major Bell, the
mllitary manager ef tine estate, and has
AM alrea OF 10 miles square, or 100
squafe miles. clf which as, 900 acres, or
abous thuae-quaHers. is under cula.ya-
tion. Thene As also the lBraAsey Farm.
ownSd by Il-rd BTassey, governor OF
Australia, and the Sunbeam, owned by
thla Sccttish-lAmericam syndicate, be-
el5lss many others of less Importance,
and a Elbcck farm ICi the BeiJ corpora
tlcm pIearly ais large as .gs whsat acre
age. Thsee farms are I'm a country
wlhLLh a ieIw ysags ag was thls last
sta,king ground of the bufaio, and
whlsne 1.-THE RELIES lclf buffaaoes and of In-
ldian BATTLES are still thick cn the
ground. IA few miles southerly from
Rsslnhi rs an alkad plain, sixty miles
across. thht is covered with t.nss cli
buhalols and Inltelr5, 1he latter fnom
lthls uasules cf THE Hast fierce battle OF
the CIows ami time B.acluleet, met malng
lysacL5 ago. LArl thlrough this country
lINrE Ci buffal- tcll-s. seine OF them
900 10 1, GOO fast long, and perhaps 1OC
lsst wide, and ais thigh ais a man could
rea,h, Have te1n g1th.u;li togethar ami
shlrp.d East to lfer3rdzing works..
ln 'JIis d'AGiot, Wh5re for hunilnads
cl mi,,s ths ua'E ralJss mo house MOI
tifed s-fi, Whscs There ara milnu1e
la.i mI-icEe Ci G-cas appaluntly al
good as those that aiIe yle,dilg thirty
or lorly bGshis-.s Of wheat to the acne
) Whsre ohase .aElil5 can be bougha fen
, lrcm 81 Ul SO an acne. with the. beei. cI
raN Ifaci.idt1, the Esil Fanm peor,.
Z hGyo Letn able TO sell thcusands C
acrts at IS to $40 ar acre, and 1a' CIV
r case THE purchaser was subsequently,
( Gnabied TO tuan his purchase Of 64l
! aires at S25 an acne Ito am ,noomlnl
4 larmer. This latter prloe, Though &
sl5ems vary high, Wilhelm tha vas
q sltuebches III arable AND unoccuplet
O .amd all around are considered is no
so high but dhat 1t PERMITS good In
teTest ON the investment, year afte
yaar, by wheat farming.
The problem Of farming In 1has
gneal5 plains that stretch noElthwastslL.
$500 miles from the head df lake Su
parlcr, into a la.uFtude THAT furahsr eals
rs a reglom olf cold 80 intanl thh
scarcely aEN vegd,atlon WIFI gtow
have bean long i'm slo.IIlcn. arll HAY
. rlalno1 mally a man who has struggle
= against them. The soio is, ganaran
z leplaakLlng, a hsayy. black loam, and u
, aalrLal lis very lJat.e, s-me0lme
amounting to hut a Few light shower
70 c-rl-lg an 6L1le Suimmsr. 1t lhas bee
= ioul1 nao,r-ary to so hnnll,e this sol
ol las Tel pff.erve THE moisture and Il
Al ksap al the waisr THAT comes from tn
is m'alt.n.g sCl ms Cr l.s ,ccg, cod VIC
vi items, ai,A tc do thlls a NEW mClthcd (
L sci, culture HAS been ilnnuguraBad. Fa
al p,Cwlng SO ccmmcn and so mulch Dbl
is SLID i'm The prair.Ss Cn THE Dakota
s. and Western NDl-cisJ ia. is said to I
~ wcrse than no plow.ng at al, an
IL nothing .s dcne to lands i'm crop afl
re- the harvesting. "A third CT the lar
M urder cultivation rs a,lcwed to lie ia
= lolg al THE tms, s., tIhat but t'wOA Alrg
f.. 10 in crop in. any cne season by suc
farming methods Northwestern farm
Gs are able to raise crors OF fro
, thirty to forty bushes OF haId Scc;C
flte whCac ITO the acra- The averal
- yield in .ha Rid River Valley Of Il
Dakctab and NIinhlascta is about flEi
D tesn to hfteen bushels. and the ayera.
~ throughout shs Unlted States is III
OF far frcm e3sven buttils. CcndIltlo,
" as no soil and somegdn.es as to mo.
at TUE are the same ~ the Rel Riv
U Valley ais they ars in ths Sasl1atchI
~ w2c Valley OF Assini5oia hut the caru
nj eIs eff Dakota ami Weeils w Mllnasc
as woui Clcinlslier " eaiicEdal to fo.nrW az