The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-03-22
FARMING IN WE,TtRs CANADA.
rhs Great Natural Fertlnty OF tho acr.
fn MaGitoba. Assinibs s., sasksteEe-
wan and Alberta.
what Has Been Done by Prsnisr orsen-
war, Himself n Leading FARMER.

Hon. Thomas Greenway, Premier or
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
1p2dss
The writer came to Manitoba from
ONTARIO in the autumn of 1878, and has
ever since been engaged in agricul-
ma1aS pursuits. From the day, nearly
Cwenty-two years ago, when he select
Sd bis homestead. he has had unbound
cd faith IN the country as a place
wners farming can be successfully car
risd ON. if pursued upon proper lines.
1sero Is q large number In this prov
ance who should rather be called
'wheat growers" than farmers. On
aaccouneo OF the facilities, natural ad-
'VancAges, and therefore cheapness
with which wheat can be grown, no
'eouotrmany have done exceedingly
wells bsssCsising wheat only; still, 1t is
FAR from ideal farming. Not only
VIII such course. If persisted in, have
the eifect or causing the land to run
out, ss haS been the experience or
@-hose Who pursued the same plan in
The wheat-producing prairie States to
The south OF us, but it is far from be-
ing che most profitable course to
ADOPT
This {act Is already being demon
-Stratett Ia Manitoba. Let the farms in
this Western country be managed upon
the lines which were successful in the
Eastern Provinces, and much more
can besdone here in given time than
was ever done In the East The proba-
hlhtieS of failure are practically nil.
ppost the farm there should be found
horsess cattle. sheep, hogs and poultry,
according 10 the ability of the farmer,
with Eespect to his means and the eX-
TENT of his holding, The wanton waste
which mas hitherto been practiced by
many farmers, that of burning vast
quantities. OF excellent fodder after
.tfIresHing As done, should cease; it
-shouhEsa used upon the farm and
converted into the old, sensible kind
OF fertilizer manure, and afterwards
be retprned TO the soil, so that what
hssSbe taken from it 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 Tor years upon the same
land have q tendency to make such a
g eCarse as the one mentioned tempting,
yet, Discontinued. wheat growing upon
the same land year after year is un-
dOubtcdiy mistake.
Thewrlter knows OF no country that
offers advantages so great to the agri-
cnIturSst as does Manitoba. The va
riouS branches of farming can be car
Tied on successfully, as twenty-five
years of practical operations and OBJ
servatiOns of what others are doing
have proven. To those desiring to
-naIre new homes for themselves, the
low price Of some OF the best lands in
2he world. ialthough rapidly advancing
in price this year, offers still great
opportunities. To all such the invita-
ton lis cordially given to Come and
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
ed against old age, All that a man
needs 90 achieve competence in this
domain is common sense and industry
with these qualifications he is bound
to succeed
For information regarding free
IAonesrehd lands. apply to any agent Of
The government whose advertisement
appears elsewhere in these columns.