Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-21
FlRmInc IN WESTERN CANADA.
The Great Natural Fertility # the Soil In
Manitoba. Assiniboia, Saskatche.
wan and Alberta.
What Has Been Done by premtSf
CreonwGY, IIin- self Lead
ins Farmer.

Hon Thomas Greenway. Premier OF
the Province of Manitoba. one y, the
foremost farmers of Western Canada,
writes an excellent article to the press,
| from which the following extracts are
made:
The writer came to Manitoba from
Ontario in the autumn OF 1878. and has
| ever since been engaged IN a2ricul
tural pursuits, From the day, nearly
twenty-five years ago, when he select
ca his homestead. lie has had unbound
| ed faith in the country rs a place where
farming can be successfully carried
on, If pursued upon proper lines. There
| is large number IN this province who
| should rather be called wheat grow
ers'' than farmers. On account of the
| facilities natural advantages, and
, therefore cheapness with which wheat
can be grown. no doubt many have
| done exceedingly well by raising wheat
only; still. it is far from Ideal farming
Not only viii such course, II persist
| ed in, have the effect of causing the
| land to run out, as has been the eXpe-
! rience of those who pursued the same
plan in the wheat producing prairie
| States to the south of us. but ii Is far
| from being the most profitable course
| 10 adopt.
| This fact is already he'ng demon
strated in Manitoba. Let the farms In
this Western country be managed upon
| the lines which were successful IN the
| Eastern provinces, and much more can
| be done here in a given time than was
| ever done In the East. The prohablli-
| ties of failure are practically nil. Upon
| the farm there should be found horses,
| cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry, accord
| ing to the ability of the farmer-wth
| respect to his means and the extent OF
| his holding. The wanton waste which
| has hitherto been practiced by many
| farmers, that of burning vast quaint
| ties of excellent fodder after threshing
| is done, should cease: ii should all be
used upon the farm and converted into
| the old sensible kind of fertilizer ma
nure. and afterwards be returned 10
| the soil, so that what has been taken
| from 1t by the crop may be restored.
| Although admitting that the great nat
| ural fertility of the soil In Manitoba
| and the success that ha, attended the
| growing of wheat after wheat for
! years upon the same land have ten
dency TO make such a course ms the
| one mentioned tenn t.ug. YET. If contln-
ed, wheat growing upon the same
land year after year is undoubtedly u
' mistake.
| The writer knows OF nc country that
| offers advantages so great 70 the agIi
| culturist as does Manitoba The var
Gus branches of farming can be carrie
on successfully. as twenty-five years OF
| practical operations and observations
of what others are doing have proven
| To those desiring TO make new homes
! for themselves, the low price Of some
/ of the best lands in the world tal
| though rapidly advancing in price this
year offer still great opportunities. 70
/ all such the invitation is cordi lily
| given to "come and see There need
! be no poor people here There Is lana
| for all who choose To- come, land upon
| which happy homes can be established.
and from which ample resources can
| be gathered ne. inst old age. Nj that q
| man needs to achieve competence IN
| this domain is common sense and In
| dustry. With these qualifications &c
! is bound TO succeed.
| Particulars of these lands and hoy
| to obtain Them, lnay be had on an i
| cation TO any agent of the Dominion
| Government, whose advertisement al.
| pears elsewhere.