The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-03-21
uRxING IN WESTERN CANADA.
Great Natural Fertility OF the Soil
m Manitoba. Assiniboia, saskatche-
wan and Alberta.
Has Been Done by Premier Green
nav, Himself u Leading Farmer.

pon. Thomas Greenway, Premier or
coil abe Province of Manitoba. one of the
|mremost farmers Of Western Canada,
s. rrites an excellent article to the press.
fur rom which the following extracts are
made:
vuad The writer came to Manitoba from
lucy ontario In the autumn of 1878, and has
M. .yer since been engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits. From the day, nearly
.selty-two years ago, when he select
r re. ID his homestead, he has had unbound
!, "a faith in the country ASA place
rel where farming can be successfully car
RED on, IL pursued upon proper lines.
: There is a large number In this prov
ince who should rather be called
wheat growers than farmers. Tn
account of the facilities, natural ad-
yaDtages, and therefore ~cheapness
With which wheat can be grown, no
doubt many have done exceedingly
s we'll by raising wheat only; still, 1t is
liz, far from ideal farming. Not only
so will such a course, IL persisted in, hsZA
wn. the effect of causing the land to RUIZ
out, as has been the experience or
Vit those who pursued the same plan IN
70 the wheat-producing prairie States to
the south of us, but 1t Is far from be-
to Ing the most profitable course to
adopt.
This fact is already being demon
b. srated in Manitoba. Let the farms in
or this Western country be managed upon
the lines which were successful in the
c. Eastern Provinces, and much more
can be done here in a given time han
was ever done In the East. The proba-
j, biIities OF failure are practically nil.
Upon the farm there should be found
E. horses, cattle, sheep. hogs and poultry.
according to the ability of the farmer,
e with respect to his means and the ex-
9 tent Of his holding. The wanton waste
which has hitherto been practiced by
: many farmers, that of burning vast
! Quantities of excellent fodder after
! threshing Is done, should cease; it
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
soil in Manitoba and the success that
has attended the growing of wheat
after wheat for years upon the same
land have a tendency to make such a
course as the one mentioned tempting,
YET, If continued, wheat growing upon
the same land year after year is un-
do1btedly a mistake.
The writer knows OF no country thai
offers advantages so great to the agri-
e~ulturist as does Manitoba. The va
rious branches of farming can be car
ried on successfully, as twenty-five
years of practical operations and OBJ
servations 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 t~although rapidly advancing
In price this year, offers still great
opportunities. To all such the invita-
ton Is cordially given to Come and
see" There need be no % 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
ed against old age. All that a 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.