Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-22

Hon. Thomas GreenWay, Premier OF
the Province of Manitoba. N OF 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 1873, and has
ever since been engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits. From the day, nearly
twenty-five years ago, when lie select
| ed his homestead, he has had unbound
| cd faith in the country as a place where
| farming can be successfully carried
| on. if pursued upon proper lines. There
is Il large number in this province who
| should rather be called 'wheat grow
ers' than farmers. On account of tho
facilities, natural advantages, and
| therefore cheapness with which wheat
can he grown, no doubt many have
done exceedingly we'll h. raising wheat
only: still, it is far from ideal farming.
1 Not only will such Il course. if persist
| ed in, have the effect OF causing the
land to run out. as has been the eXpe-
| ricnce of those who pursued the same
plan in the whcat-producing prairie
| States to the south of us. but ii is far
from being the most profitable course
to adopt.
This fact is already being 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 :: given time than was
ever done i'll the East. The probabili-
ties OF failure are practically nil. Upon
a.. r... f- ..1 -. T1,,-I 1z..-
cattle, sheep. hogs and poultry, accord
ing 10 the ability of the farlner-with
respect to his means and the extent of
his holding. The wanton waste which
has hitherto been practiccd by many
farmers, that of burning vast quanti-
ties of excellent fodder after threshing
is done. should cease. ii should all be
used uEon the farm and converted into
the old, sensible kind of fertilizer ma
nure. and afterwards he returned To
the soil. so that what has been taken
from it by thc crop may be restored.
Although admitting that the great nat
ural fertility of the soil in Manitoba
and the success that has attended the
growing of wheat after wheat for
years upon the am land have n ten
dency to make such Il course as the
one mentioned tempting, yet. if contili-
ed. wheat growing upon the same
land year after year is undoubtedly n
mistake.
The writer knows of no country that
offers advantages so great TO the agri-
culturisr as does Manitoba. The vari-
Gus branches of farming can be carried
on successfully. as twenty-five years OF
practical operations and observations
of what others are doing have proven.
70 those desiring TO make new homes
for themselves. the low price of some
of stlle best lands in the world al
though rapidly advancing in price this
year, offer still great opportunities. nc
all such the invitation is cordially
given to "come and see" There need
he no poor people here. There is land
for all who choose to come. land upo,
which happy homes can be established
and from which ample car
be gathered against old age. All that Il
man needs to achieve competence il
this domain is common sense and in
dustry. With these qualifications liz
is bound to succeed.
Particulars of these lands. and how
to obtain them, may be had on appli-
cation to any agent of the Dominion
Government, whose advertisement ap
pears elsewhere.