The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
4 Il,

Leon STATION on the Canadian racine TAM
road, round to the Beaver Hills, and south
almost to the international boundary lines.
Included in this area are the Pleasant
Plains, no less fertile than the famous
wheat growing plains of Manitoba, where
crops are pfenom enally"~large. The soil is
generally loan, covered with about twelve
to eight inches of black vegetable mold,
which after the second blowing makes q
fine seed bed, easy to work, and Of a most
productive nature. Generally speaking
these remarks apply to all the eastern
part Of the district. The Beaver Hills and
the TouchWood Hills in the northern part
are especially we'll adapted for stock rails
ing.
Between the hills and the boundary line
of the United States and Canada, and ex-
tending as far cast as the boundary Of the
province of Manitoba, is a district eX-
ceedingly fertile and looked upon as 5ex-
cellent for agriculture. During the past
two years a great number have made their
homes there, and they have been. very
successful. Many of these were Germans,
who, having lived for some years in Michi-
gan, and failing to accomplish what they
desired in the way of making a living, fol-
lowed the advice of delegations sent to
western Canada, and now have comforta-
BILE homes in the. Alameda district
sCoal insa bundance is found in the south,
in the district drained by the souris river.
Eastern Assnlbola. &.
Eastern Asslniboia offers an openins,Sto
1.-THE poor mani if he will work and exercise
economy for after a year orztWo of hard
work he finds himself sin possession Of a
home all his own, free from. the ,harassiilg
conditions of a. rented or Imortgaged farm.
This district in. conjunction with tile
province of Manitoba, willzone day he one
fof the greatest wheat producing sections
of the American emit, for How
| ing reasons: First-H has a soil partic-
ularly rich in the food Of the wheat plant.
| Second--A, climate under which the plant
comes to maturitys.with great t.; rapidity
Third-On account of. its northern lati
/ tude it receives more sunshine during the
period Of growth than the country tor the
south. Fourtl1---A bsence of rust d ne stc
dryness Of climate F'lfth-Ab5ence of in
sect foes. q. ...,@ss. ~.
These conditions are especially favor
! able to- the growth of the hal I'd, f1int5
wheat Of Scotch Fyfe variety, that is sc
highly priced by nli1lers all the world over
giving it a value Of from 10 cents to- q
cents a bushel over the softer. varieties
grown. in Europe and the older partssso
/ Canae& - Ggs5aS..sS5:5#
/ Tho great bulk Of tile wheat crop TO
] 1899 reached the highest grade, No. 1 hard
i the returns showing that out of 2.433 car
| inspected at Winnipeg, 2,211 graded No
hard The proportion in Minnesota wa.
! i've cars No. 4 hard to oe5 inspected.-t=fs
The above, written Of eastern Assini
boia. applies to a great extent to a larg
4 portion of western Asslniboia, which i
entered at Mclean station, and the frs
considerable town in which is Regina, TIN
4 capital Of the Northwest Territories. TIL
i land here Is. a rich. fertile loan1, as vel
to the south as the north. Close to Thu
/ Canadian Pacific railway track there il
very little settlement, circumstance tina
/ has sometimes led to the conclusion, tina