Hutchinson gazette., 1901-03-21
FARMING IN WESTERN CANADA.


way, Himself a LoRding Farmer.
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Hon, Thomas Greenway, Premier OF
the Province OF Manitoba, one OF the
foremost farmers OF Western Canada,
writes an excellent article to the press.
from which tho following extracts are
made.
The writer came TO Manitoba from
Ontario In tho autumn OF 1878, and has
ever since been engaged In agrlcul-
tural pursuits. From the day, nearly
twenty-five years ago, when he select
cd his homestead, he has had unbound
cd faith In the country as place
where farming can be successfully car
ried on, II pursued upon proper lines,
There Is large number in this prov
ince who should rather be called
'wheat-growers' than farmers. On
account OF tho facilities, natural ad-
vantages, and therefore cheapness
with which wheat can be grown, no
doubt many have done exceedingly
we'll by raising wheat only; STILL It is
far from Ideal farming. Not only
VIII such course, II persisted In, have
the effect OF causing the land to run
out, as has been the experience or
those who pursued the same plan in
the wheat-producIng prairie States to
the south of us, but 1t ia far from be-
Ing tho most profitable course to
adopt.
This fact Ia already being demon
strated In Manitoba, Let the farms In
this Western country be managed upon
the lines which were successful In tho
Eastern Provinces, and much more
can bo done here In a given time than
was ever done In tho East. The proba-
bilitIes of failure are practically nil,
Upon the farm there should be found
horses, cattle, sheep. hogs and poultry,
according to the pblllty Of the farmer,
with respect to his means and the ex-
tent Of his holding, The wanton waste
which has hitherto been practlced by
many farmers, that Of burning vast
quantities OF excellent fodder after
threshing ls done, should cease; 1t
should all be used upon the farm and
converted into the old, sensible kind
OF fertilizer manure, and afterwards
be returned to the SOIL so that what
has been taken from 1t by the crop
may be restored. Although admitting
that the great natural fertility OF the
| oil la, la I'D tha hat
has attended the growing of wheat
afSer wheat for years upon the same
land have tendency to make such
course as tho one mentioned tempting,
yet, II continued, wheat growing upon
the same land year after year IL un-
doubtedly mistake.
The writer knows of no country that
offers advantages so great to the agri-
culturist as does Manitoba, The va
rlous branches Of farming can be car
rled on successfully, as twenty-five
years of practical operations and OBJ
Eeryatlons of what others are doing
have proven. To those desiring to
mako new homes for themselves, the
low price OF some OF the best lands In
the world although rapidly advancing
in price this year, offers still great
opportunities, TO all such the invita-
tlon Is cordially given to Come end
see," There need be no poor people
here. There Is land for all who choose
to come, land upon which happy
homes can be established, and from
which ample resources can be gather
cd against old age, All that man
needs TO achieve competence In this
domain Is common sense and industry,
With these qualifications he Is bound
to succeed,
For information regarding free
homestead lands, apply to any agent of
the government whose advertisement
appears elsewhere In these columns.