The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-15

The provisional district of Assiniboia.
as 1t is termed contains two great natural
divisions, the eastern and western. The
former is a wheat growing and mixed
farming country. The latter will become
famous through it's stock ranches. The
grasses of the entire district are rich and
the opportunities presented the. big ranch
owner and the dairy farmer are rare.
Eastern EAssiniboia offers the poor man q
chance to become independent. The only
condition imposed is that he be industri-
Gus and reasonably economical. Water is
PLENTIFUL, fuel is cheap and the soil makes
big returns. ,Fhe climate of the western
division is the best with which the Amcri-
can continent is favored. The snowfall
Is light, the chinook winds give warmth to
the air and water and shelter for stock
are everywhere abundant.
An Empire.
Assinibofa measures $50 miles from east
to west and 205 miles from north to SOUTH
comprising total area of 50, 200, 900 acres,
The Canadian Pacific railway is penetrat-
ing the various sections of the district as
rapidly as settlement warrants extensions.
That system already has several import
ant branches in Assiniboia in addition to
the transcontinental line.
Eastern Assiniboia.
Eastern Assinidoia is known as the park
country of the Canadian northwest. The
general aspect of the country, largely re
sembling Manitoba, is rolling prairie, dot
ted over with clumDs of trees usually
found bordering lakes, streams and
meadows: in the hollows grow the heavy
luxuriant grasses where the farmer OBJ
tains his supply of winter hay The prin-
cipal grains grown are wheat and oats.
The ordinary yield of wheat is from 90 to
80 bushels to the acre. All kinds Of
roots, 100, are sure crop. The soil is
SO rich that no fertilizers are necessary,
so that in this direction large amount
of time and money is saved. Nowhere
can farming be done more easily. and
nowhere can the frugal, earnest and in
dustriOus man start on a smaller capital.
Coal in abundance is found in the south,
In the district drained<by the Souris river.
and there is direct rail connection north
west with the main line of the g. P. r.
and eastwardly to points in Manitoba.
This district is gradually becoming one
of the greatest wheat producing sections
OF the American continent, for the follow
ing reasons: ,..h .- ..-..-..'
. 1t has a soil particularly rich IN the
food Of the wheat plant. .-. %
A climate under which the plant comes
to maturity with great rapidity On &C
count of its northern latitude it receives
more sunshine during the period Of
growth than the country to the south.
Absence of rust due to dryncss of eli
mate. .. st.. ..
4 Absence of insect foes. --.-.-.--..--
Absence of noxious weeds. 49,
These conditions are especially favor.
able to the growth of the hardy f1inty
wheat Of the Scotch fife variety, that is
so highly priced by lnillers all the world
over, giving it a value of from 10c to 2ot
bushel over the softer varieties grown
in Europe and the older parts of Canada
, Favored Regions.
For agricultural purposes the district:
Of Moosomin, Gu'Appelle and Moose
Mountain ar wonderfully favored, lyinl
as they do in the great stretch of the fer
tile belt. The Moosonin district is in
Guided in TIE country between the Man
itoba boundary on, the east, on the nortl