Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-21
FARMING 1NwEsTERN CANADA
The Great Natural Fertility of the Soil
in Manitoba, Assiniboia, Sass
katchewan and Alberta.
what Has Been Done by Premier
Greenway, 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 ag-
ricultural pursuits. From the day.
nearly % years ago, when he select
ed his homestead, he has had I'M
bounded faith in the country as a
place where farming can be success
fully carried on, if pursued upon
proper lines. There is a large num-
Der in this Province who should rath-
er be called "wheat-growers" than
farmers. On account of the facil-
tiles, natural advantages, and there
fore cheapness with which wheat can
be grown, no doubt many have done
exceedingly well by raising wheat
| ONLY; still, it is far from ideal farm
ing. Not only will such a course, II
persisted in, have the effect Of caus-
ing the land to run out, as has been
the experience of those who pursued
the same plan in the wheat-produc-
ing prairie States to the south of US,
but it is far from being the most
profitable course to adopt.
This fact is already being demon
strated in Manitoba. Let the farms
in this " estern 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 yer done in the EAST
The probabilities of failure are prac-
ticaliv 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 extent OF his
holding. The wanton waste wh1ct
has hitherto been practiced by many
farmers, that of burning vast guam
titles of excellent fodder after
threshing is done, should cease; i
should all be used upon the farm
and converted into the old, sensible
kind of fertilizer manur and after
wards be returned to the soil, 81
that what has been taken from 1
by the crop may be restored. Al
though admitting that the great mai
l 1TlI IGIIlI1tN VI LIN SoAA
and the success hat has attended tn
: growing of wheat for years upon tn
same land have a tendency to max
such a course as the n mentlone'
tempting, vet, if continued, wheat
growing upon the anne land yea
after year is undoubtedly a mistake
The writer knows of no country tina
offers advantages so great to the az
riculturist as does Manitoba. Tn
: yraious branches of farming can b
'. carried on successfully, as twenty
L two years of practical operations an
observations of what others are dc
ing have proven. To those deslrln
- to make new homes for themselve'
, the low price of some of the beS
lands in the world (although rapids
u advancing in price this year, Ole
a. still great opportunities. To all sue
Il the invitation is cordially given I
g "Come and See" There need be n
poor people here. There is land II
al all who choose to come, lan upo
ii which happy homes can be estaI
fl lished, and from which ample r
sources can be gathered against O.
r age. All that a man needs to ach1e'
DC competence in this domain is cor
ne nonsense and industry. With the'
90 qualifications he is bound to succee
For information regarding frt
h. homestead lands, apply to any age1
n. of the government whose advertls
= ment appears elsewhere in these &C
lie umns.