Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-03-21
FARMING IN WESTERN CANADA.
The Great Natural Fertility of the Soil
In Manitoba, Assiniboia, saskatch
and Alberta.
What Has Been Done by Premier Green
way, Himself Leading Farmer.

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 the following extracts are
made:
The writer came to Manitoba from
Ontario In the autumn Of 1878, and has
ever since been engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits. From the day. nearly
twenty-five years ago, when he select
cd his homestead. he has had unbound
ed faith in the country as a place
where farming can be successfully car
ried on, IL pursued upon proper lines.
There Is large number In this prov
ince who should rather be called
"whsat-growers" than farmers. On
account of the facilities, natural ad-
vantages, 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
will such course, II persisted in, have
the effect of causing the land to run
out, as has been the experience OF
those who pursued the same plan in
the wheat-producing prairie States to
the south OF us, but it is far from be-
Ing 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
u1astern Provinces, and much more
can be done here In given time than
was ever done in the East. The proba-
btlities of failure are practically nil.
Upon the farm there should be found
horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry
according to the ability of the farmer,
with respect to his means and the ex-
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: II
should all be used upon the farm anc
converted into the old sensible kline
of fertilizer manure, and afterwards
be returned to the soil, so that what
has been taken from it by the croI
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 tendency to make such &
course as the one mentioned tempting
yet, if continued wheat growing upor
the same land year after year is un
doubtedly mistake.
The writer knows of no country tha
offers advantages so great to the agri
culturist 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 doin.
| have proven. To those desiring L
make new homes for themselves, tn,
low price of some of the best lands II
the world talthough rapidly advancing
| In price this year, offers still grea
opportunities. To all such the invita-
ton Is cordially given to Come ant
see.' There need be no poor peopl,
here. There Is land for all who choos,
to come, land upon which happ,
homes can be established, and from
which ample resources can be gather
cd against old age All that a maj
needs to achieve competence In thi
/ domain lis common sense and industry
With these qualifications he is bount
to succeed
For information regarding fire,
homestead lands, apply to any agent o
the government whose advertisement
appears elsewhere in these columns.