The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-10-03

2nada Conditions here may be
fegarded as a fair index of the
whole.
IN 1905 about 100000 acres
vas under plow.
Iheayerage yield of wheat for
1904 and 1905 was about twenty
bushels; the average price 85c.
and 65c. respectfully. The cost
lot seeding, harvesting and mark
eting being reckoned at s6 per
acre, we have q balance ranging
from $11 to 81 clear profit to the
farmer. When it is remembered
that land can be had for from 81.
Ito $40 per acre, according to To-
cation and Improvements, the
financial end of Minitoba farming
Imay beappreciated.
Winnipeg, the capital of Mani
ltoba, and the largest city IN Can
saa west of Lake Superior, is
stbout midway between the At
lantic and Pacific oceans. In 1870
its population was 215, in 1874it
was l, 1863, in 1902, SAIL, and in
1906, 100000, and is steadily IN
creasing. Winnipeg is naturally
a centre for the wholesale and
ljobbing trade of the northwest
and every branch of business is
represented; all the principal
chartered banks of Canada have
branches here, and there are a
large number of manufacturing
establishments There are extern
sive stockyards, and immense abb
batoirs, arranged for slaughter
ing and chilling the meat for
shipment to Europe and other
markets. 1t is an important rail-
way centre, from which both the
East and the West may be reach
ed. Branch lines run to nearly
every part of the Province and a
branch of the Canadian Pacific
connects with the 500 Line at
Emerson, thus aftording direct
and easy route to st. Paul, Min
neapolis and Chicago.
The yards of the Canadian Pa
cific Railway at Winnipeg are
the largest in the world, operated
by one company, and contain 100
miles of track.
Winnipeg is the political as
we'll as the commercial centre of
Western Canada. The Legisla-
tive and the Departmental build
ings of the Manitoba Govern
ment and the chief immigration,
lands and timber offices of the
Dominion Government for the
west are located here.
The largest towns in the Pro-
vince outside of Winnipeg are on
the main line of the Canadian
Pacific Railway. Portage la Prai-
rie, 5b miles west, population
about $1,000 and Brandon (popu-
Iation s,5OO0 1873 miles west are
important railroad junction points
and centres for a considerable
area of grand farming country.
There are many other impor-
tant towns, with populations
ranging from 5000 to 5000.
Grain elevators have been erect
ed at nearly every railway station.
Stores will be found in every
town facilitating the business of
the neighboring settlements.
The Saskatchewan area en-
braces the Regina and Moose Jaw
plains, nearly every acre of which
is first class wheat land. Only
three years ago hundreds of
thousands of acres oe these lands
could be bought from the railway
company at So per acre, and a
very large proportion of the free
grant lands were vacant. Now
the free homesteads are exhaust
ed and the lands sell freely at
from So to $50 per acre.
In the Battleford district i'm
mense tracks of hay land are to
be found north and south of the
Saskatchewan, capable ofsustain-
ing countless herds, and the
plains south of the north Saska-
tchewan are rapidly being settled
with farmers who will engage
extensively in growing wheat
and other grains.