The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-12

is saved. Nowhere can farming De done
more easily, and nowhere can the frugal,
earnest and industrious man start on
smaller capital. "E.
Paradise for Cattle. -, |
For agricultural purposes the districts
of Moosomin and Qu'Appelle are wonder
fully favored, lying as they do In the
great stretch of the fertile belt. The
Moosomin district is included in the coun-
try between the Manitoba boundary on the
east, and on the north by the lovely valley
of the QuAppelle river, on the south by
the Pipestone creek, a perfect paradise for|
cattle, and the second meridian on the
west. The Qu'Appelle district is that Sec
ton which lies Immediately west of the
Moosomin to the height of land at Nc
Leon Station on the Canadian Pacific rail-
road, round to the Beaver Hills, and south
almost to the interna tiona1 boundary
lines. Included in this area are the Pleas
ant Plains, no less fertile than the ia
NOUS wheat growing plains of Manitoba,
where crops are phenomenally large. The
soil Is generally loan, covered with about
twelve to eight inches Of black vegetable
mold, which after the second blowing
makes a fine seed-bed, easy to work, and
of 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
IlOTIu0IH pdII dlo ESPECIALLY WCH nudptCu
for stock raising. r.,
Between the hills and the boundary line
of the United States and Canada, and ex-
tending as far east as the boundary of the
province of Manitoba, is a district exceed
ingly fertile, and looked upon as excellent
for agriculture. During the past two years
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 Michigan, and
! failing to accomplish what they desired in
the way of making living. followed the
advice of delegations sent to western
Canada, and now have comfortable homes
| in the Alameda district -5- -a.@
| Coal in abundance is found In the SOUTH
in the district drained by the Souris river.
AS a Wheat Producing Section.
Eastern Assiniboia offers an opening to
the poor man if he will work and exercise
| economy, for after a year or two Of hard
| work he finds himself in possession of a
home, all his own, free from the harassing
conditions of a rented or mortgaged farm.
This district, in conjunction with the
province Of Manitoba, will one day be one
| of the greatest wheat producing sections
Of the American continent, for the fol-
| lowing reasons: First-It has a soil par
ticularly rich in the food of the wheat
plant. Second-A climate under which
the plant comes to maturity with great
rapidity Third-On account Of its north
! ern latitude it receives more sunshine
during the period Of it's growth than the
country to the south. Fourth-Absence
of rust due to drynesS OF climate. Fifth
Absence Of insect foes. =;
These conditions are especially favorable
Ito the growth Of the hard, finty wheat OF
| Scotch Fyfe variety, that is so highly
priced by millers all the world over, giving
| it a value of from 10 cents to Is cents a
| he ftnr vi at
Europe and the older parts Of Canada.
I The great bulk of the wheat crop for
4 1899 reached the highest grade, No. 1
hard, the returns showing that out Of
4 2;433 cars inspected at Winnipeg, 2,211
i graded No. 1 hard. The proportion In
4 Minnesota was five cars No. 1 hard to 995
4 inspected.
Il The above, written of eastern assiniboia
4 applies to great extent to- a large por-
!, ton of western Assiniboia, which is en- :
tered at Mclean station, and the first
considerable town in which is Regina, the
i capital Of the northwest territories. The
land here is a rich, fertile loan, as well
I to the south as the north. Close to the
]. Canadian Pacific railway track there is
3 very little settlement, a circumstance that
; has sometimes led to the conclusion that
. the district is not favored with conditions
for successful settling. This, however
4 Is an error, and the plains without people
are in this instance proof of the value
of the land for farming purposes. because
) its richness and fertility is recognized as
soon as the official surveyors and topo-
J graphists had issued their reports, and
Immediately capitalists and spectators
? bought every available acre, and still hole
) on to the land in confidence Of near flu
ture Of high prices. Beyond the sections
; so held there is both to the north and tho
3 south abundant land for demonstrating and
y for sale at reasona BILE prices.
!, Model Settlements
t. There is wheat growing on q large seal,
3 all around here. In some OF the settle
f. ments the smallest farms grow a hun
D tdred acres of wheat, and many farmer
i approach nearly a thousand acres. Cot
: tonwood, Forest. Carsdale, to the north
) Camden and Coulees to the south, ar,
Y model settlements. and perhaps the hes