"CONTENTdm"@en . "Canadian Pacific Railway"@en . "Canadian Pacific Railway Company"@en . "Colonists"@en . "Agriculture"@en . "Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection"@en . "Canadian Pacific Railway Company"@en . "2017-10-10"@en . "[1889?]"@en . "Pamphlet with accounts from settlers in Manitoba. Includes two maps."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chungtext/items/1.0356660/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " jm\nlAuuftir. jfiiufint jlJInr jdliudBk. iilk nB\u00C2\u00BBtjiiillIiiuii1l!|[iiuiiBiiiL \u00C2\u00ABJ&jrftejdCkjiiLi,u> iifflfcjiflk jJluiflfc jAuAiubBiic. A id jiffltiiLjiiliirjiiBliicjnfflfcc 1nffi11.j1Jl1uik.3Sfe jidETuc jiJttir.Jiii36ir_niian. uBiunfc afflkJiffito |\(\u00C2\u00A3)'\nsiilte\nstem\nSUP\nassi\nSSailSSS\n31^15\nsips\nSIMS\n3ffiB\n3JHP\nsite\n3Jgl5\nsiife\nsiHis\nsi\nS\u00C2\u00ABIS\n0B5\nSllfe\nae\npHh\naS\nPIS\n3S\nSS\nplS\n\"f:\nae\nmm\na\u00C2\u00A9\nas\nSE\n&E\neaS!^i-^w^---^p^^^&fcg!\nSUGGESSFUL\nIN MANITOBA\nIOO\narmeip\n^\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Testify\nan\nsi\nP\n5S\nsi\nP\nte\nSlSte\nwis\nsilte\naws\nSlffilS\nsuns\n51SE\nsiSfs\n51?\nP\nte\n51?\np\nte\naims\nsiiiia\nsi\nP\nte\nas\n\u00C2\u00AE\nmm\nal\nas\nae\nss\na\u00C2\u00A9\nSS\nas\ns@\nas\nas\nfr\n\u00C2\u00BB\nar*\nsi\nP\nte\n^\najunr apnipray \u00E2\u0096\u00A0nignnagir-jiipinniaiiir ajjnc 'jitpr Jfjpninjpir jpinnil^iontTiair ^gjjpoiignc ji||pnajgpii pr aipnipiri\n!W\"f|lr31lFMOIMllI\"r:Ifillrjl,liilF'JnfflF\nWJPrJtnprjnr\nFJI!F \u00E2\u0084\u00A2gr'JIF3llF'JI,\u00C2\u00BBn' REGULATIONS FOR|THE SALE OF LANDS\nZXl OF THE\t\nCANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.\noioiiiiii mini i tut in tumult\n^*HE Canadian Pacific Railway Company offer for sale some of the finest Agricultural Lands in Manitoba and the Northwest. The\nvLf lands belonging to the Company, in each township within the railway belt, which extends twenty-four miles from each side of the\nmain line, will be disposed of at prices ranging\nH ':\u00C2\u00A7v FROM ^2.50'| PER ACRE UPWARDS. |\u00C2\u00A7\n(These regulations are substituted for and cancel those hitherto in force).\nIf paid for in Bull at time of purchase, a Deed of Conveyance\" of the land will be given; but the purchaser may pay one-tenth in\ncash, and the balance in payments spread over nine years, with interest.at six per cent, per annum, payable at the end of the year with\neach instalment. Payments may be made in Land Grant Bdnds,..^hich will be accepted at ten per cent, premium on their par value,\nwith accrued interest. These.bonds can be obtained'on application at.the Bank of Montreal, or at any of its agencies in Canada or the\nUnited States. yt^ iS^i.^\nR; '\" j:\"' \u00C2\u00A9MOMAirjj 'COXVDITIOK8, _'\nAll sales are subject to the following general conditions :\ni. All improvements placed upon land purchased to be maintained thereon until final payment has been made.\n2. All taxes and assessments lawfully imposed upon the land or improvements to be paid by the purchaser.\n3. The-Gompany reserve from sale, under these regulations, all mineral and coal lands, and lands containing timber in quantities, stone, slate and marble quarries, lands with water-power thereon, and tracts for town sites and railway purposes.\n4. Mineral, coal and timber lands and quarries, and lands controlling water power!, will be disposed of on very moderate terms\nto persons giving satisfactory evidence of their intention and ability to utilize the same.\nLiberal rates for settlers and their effects will be granted by the Company over its railway.\nDetailed Prices of Lands and all information relating thereto can be obtained on application to the Land Commissioner,\nCanadian Pacific Railway, Winnipeg. Bal-$f\u00C2\u00A5\n j IQ;.. .[A] O\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 -\u00E2\u0096\u00A0eiiMWS'e'\n^cX,\n\u00C2\u00ABss\n-l-H\n\u00C2\u00ABIH tl\nCu\nP c*fo\nin\ncj\nO\n|gj|g\n1879\n$ 100\n$ 2,000\n1878\n45\n1,500\n1881\n700\n2,000\n1878\n500\n2,500\n1870\n500\n5,000\n1874\n100\n5,000\n1877\nNone\n7,000\n1871\nNone\n2,000\n1882\n3,500\n6,500\n1883\n5,000\n12,000\n1879\nNone\n6,000\n1878\nNone\n2,000\nCharacter of Soil.\nBlack clay loam, 18 in. deep, with heavy clay subsoil.\nBlack sandy loam, 2 ft. deep.\nDark sandy loam, mixed with clay.\nBlack loam, 4 in. deep ; clay subsoil.\nBlack clay, 2 or 3 ft. deep.\nLoam, 3 to 4 ft. deep.\nBlack loam, underlaid by yellow clay.\nBlack sandy loani, 2^ ft. deep, with clay subsoil.\nFrom'2J to 3 ft. of black soil, as rich as I have ever seen in a\ngarden in Ontario.\n6 in. to 1 ft. of loam, with clay subsoil.\nRich loam, 18 in. deep, overlying clay subsoil, part sandy loam.\nSandy loam. ' ^^^ Name and Address.\u00E2\u0080\u0094-Manitoba.\nGeo. G. Downie, Crystal City...\nW. B. Hall, Headingly\t\nJames R. Routley, Carberry.. ..\nAlfred Pickering, Austin \t\nR. Dunsmore, Bridge Creek\t\nHarold Elliot, Morden\t\nThomas D. Perdue, Richlands...\nR. S. Conklin, Sunny side\t\nB. R. Hamilton, Neepawa\t\nAlfred Walker, Shepardville\nD. D. Buchanan, Gristvold\t\nS. F. Burgess, Seeburn\t\nJ. G. Elliott, Shadeland\t\nChas. Findlay, Shoal Lake\t\nP. J. McNaughton, Raven Lake.\nJohn George, Nelson\t\nJames Laidlaw, Clearwater\nAndrew Johnston, Mowbray....\nAlex. Naismith, Millford\t\nGeorge M. Yeomans, Dalton.. ..\nCharles C. Oke, Fairwood ,\nWilliam Thompson, Holland....\nThomas Frame, Virden\t\nThomas Hagyard, Pilot Mound\nRichard Brown, Langvale\t\nC. Wheatland, Donore\t\nHenry Last, Stonewall ,\nStephen Birks, Bamsley\t\nF. S. Menarey, Cartwright. ..\nAlbert McGuffin, Melgund\t\nWm. Walton, Marringhurst... \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nA. H. Carroll, Carrollton\t\nF. P. Westwood, Pendennis....\nWilliam Smith, Beaver Creek.. .\nW S. Wallace, Shellmouth\t\nC T3\nS (0\n\"a,\ncd\no\na \u00C2\u00A3\no\np-t\n1880\nNone\n1858\n$ 300\n1882\n20\n1880\nNone\n1880\nNone\n1880\n400\n1881\n800\n1876\nNone\n1880\nNone\n1882\n500\n1880\nNone\n1882\n200\n1880\nNone\n1879\n200\n1882\n150\n1877\nNone\n1881\n800\n1880\n2,000\n1880\n1,500\n1873\n2,000\n1882\n100\n1882\n1,000\n1882\n800\n1878\n300\n1882\n800\n1880\n500\n1872\n150\n1882\nNone\n1885\n400\n1881\nNone\n1885\nNone\n1882\n1,600\n1880\n300\n1880\n1,000\n1881\n150\n$2,500\n10,000\n2,200\n2,000\n2,000\n2,000\n1,600\n3,000\n2,000\n3,000\n1,200\n2,000\n10,000\n6,000\n2,500\n3,000\n4,000\n5,000\n4,000\n12,000\n3,500\n5,000\n6,000\n4,000\n4,800\n3,000\n1,500\n2,000\n1,000\n3,509\n3,000\n5,000\n3,200\n2,000\n1,000\nCharacter of Soil.\nAlluvial deposit 3 ft. deep.\nBlack clay loam, 1 to 2 ft. deep.\nClay loam, 3J ft. deep, with stiff clay bottom.\nSandy loam, 2 ft. deep.\nBlack loam, 18 in. deep.\nLevel prairie, sandy soil.\nClay loam, 2 ft. deep.\nHeavy black loam, 16 in. to 4 ft. deep.\nRich black loam, 18 in. deep, with clay subsoil.\nBlack mould, 2| ft. thick, with clay subsoil.\nA heavy dark loam, sometimes mixed with sand.\n1 ft. of black loam with clay subsoil.\nBlack clay loam, from 2 to 7 ft. deep.\nBlack loam, 1 to 2 ft. deep.\nBlack loam, about 18 in. deep ; clay subsoil.\nDeep clay loam.\nDeep black clay loam.\nBlack loam, 2 ft. deep, with clay subsoil.\nBlack loam, 1 to 2 ft. deep, overlying clay.\nSurface, mellow, rich and black ; subsoil, porous clay\nAbout 16 in. of rich black loam ; the hills are gravelly.\nSandy loam, of great depth.\nClay loam, with sandy clay subsoil.\nBlack clay loam.\nSoil varying from light to heavy, and from 12 to 24 in. in depth.\nHeavy black clay loam.\n18 in. of black sandy loam.\n18 in. of black loam.\nSandy loam 2 ft. deep.\nBlack sandy loam, over clay.\nA | quick \" soil, varying in composition.\nHeavy, clayey, black loam.\nLight; some clay, some sandy subsoil; from 8 to 24 in. deep.\nBlack loam.\nSandy loam, 18 in deep Name and Address.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Manitoba.\nAlex. Stewart, Castleavery\t\nJoseph, Tees, Manitou,\t\nGeo. Gillespie, Greenwood\t\nR. Armstrong, Silver Spring\t\nCroton McGuire, Boissevain\t\nWm. Summerville, Montefiore .\nGeorge U. White, Foxton\t\nJames Muir, Douglas\t\nL. Wilson, Stockton\t\nD. W. Grimmett, Elm Valley....\nWilliam J. Brown, Melita\t\nGeorge G. Nagy, Rosser\t\nAlvah Gilbert, Wakefield ,\nR. B. Wetherington, Douglas ....\nW. H. Bridgeman, Wellwood.. ..\nT. H. Jackson, Minnedosa\t\nVictor, Major, St. Boniface ,\nJohn Duncan, Austin\t\nWm. A. Doyle, Beulah\t\nMatthew Kennedy, Lothair\t\nGeo. Bowders, Balmerino\t\nJohn A. Mair, Souris ,\t\nM. G. Abey Chater\t\nWilliam Lindsay, Emerson\t\nJames Drury, Rapid City\t\nJames Little, Oak River\t\nJ. Connell & Son, Creeford\t\nA. Davison, Green Ridge\t\nJohn Spencer, Emerson\t\nF. A. Brydon, Portage La Prairie\nThomas McCartney\t\nRoland McDonald, Lowestoft\t\nWm. H. Wilson, Deloraine\t\nIf 1\n^ in\n1\n'S,\ncd\nu\n1882\n$ 1,000\n1879\n500\n1873\nNone\n1879\n1,000\n1879\n1883\n1,500\n3,000\n1874\n800\n1880\n1,200\n1881\n1882\n1,000\n100\n1881\nNone\n1879\n1,000\n1884\n500\n1879\n40\n1883\nNone\n1878\n100\n1859\n3\n100\n1878\n1874\n1,000\nNone\n1882\n3,000\n1877\n450\n1880\nNone\n1879\n600\n1880\n150\n1879\n1882\n1,000\n1,500\n1871\n200\n1881\n1,000\n1875\n750\n1878\nNone\n1879\n1882\n1,800\n300\nc \ndeep.\nDeep black loam, with sandy subsoil. ,\nBlack loam, 6 to 27 in. deep.\nHeavy black loam.\nSandy and clayey loam.\nSandy loam and heavy clay, 1 to 10 ft. of good soil.\nSandy loam, 18 to 24 in. deep.\nBlack loam, with clay subsoil of great depth.\nClay loam, 18 in. deep.\nHeavy clay loam.\nBlack soil, 2 to 4 ft. deep.\nThick black loam, on clay subsoil.\n2 ft. of very rich black loam.\nBlack loam, overlying clay.\nRolling prairie of black loam ; clay subsoil.\nHeavy black loam, very deep.\nHeavy clay, with 2 ft. of loam on top.\nLoam, 2 to 3 ft. deep.\nSandy loam, 3 ft. deep.\nClay loam 18 in. deep, with clay subsoil. ____ II.\u00E2\u0080\u0094BEGINNING A FARM.\nThe next group of questions refers to the beginning of a farm. The general opinion is, that the breaking of new land should be done in May or June,\nand back-setting as soon as the sod is well decomposed; the process of decomposition apparently takes about two months. Many correspondents express\npreference for deep ploughing at first, and then harrowing only. It appears that oats, barley, roots and wheat will yield a fair crop on land first ploughed, the\nsame spring. The statistics as to cost of breaking and raising a crop vary with the locality, and also with the amount of timber or scrub encumbering the land.\nThese circumstances also aftect the amount of a day's work, as will be seen by observing the answers following :\nQuestions :\n1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 When is the best time for breaking and back-setting ?\n2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Do you consider that a partial crop can be obtained the first year, off^ breaking\" and if so, what is the best seed to sow ?\n3. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 What is the cost per acre of breaking to a farmer doing his own work.\n4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 What do you consider the cost per acre of preparing new land and sowing it with wheat, including seed and harvesting ?\n5.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 What kind of fencing material do you use, and what is its cost per rod ?\nName and Address.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Manitoba.\nJohn K. Ross, Deloraine,\nJames McConechy, Virden Early spring.... [July 15.\nW. J. Helliwell, Ralphton May to June 15. |July 15.\nDate of\nBreaking. Back-setting.\nEarly spring..\nBefore harvest..\nGeorge H. Halse, Brandon\nJohn Cumming, Minnedosa\t\nAgenor Dubuc, Lorette\t\nW. B. Thomas, Cypress River..\nF. W. Stevenson, Hillview\t\nRobert Renwick, Carberry\t\nRobert Campbell, Bridge Creek.\nThomas D. Perdue, Richlands..\nBefore June 30.\nMay to July 1...\nJune 15 to Aug. 1\nJune\t\nMay to July ...\nMay or June ....\nJune\nJune\nB. R. Hamilton, Neepawa June and July...\nD. D. Buchanan, Griswold Ijune and July... September\nJuly 15.\nAfter 2 months..\nSpring or fall.. ..\nAfter 2 months..\nJuly and August,\nSeptember.\nAutumn...\nFall\t\nCan crop be taken off breaking.\nPotatoes, turnips, oats and flax do\nwell\t\nNo\t\nOats do fairly well\t\nGot 10 bu. wheat and 75 bu. potatoes\nfirst year\t\nNot here\t\nSix to 10 bu. wheat\t\nOats, potatoes or turnips\t\nNo\t\nWheat or oats\t\nGood wheat and barley\t\nNever succeeded\t\nOats, potatoes or wheat in a moist\nseason\t\nDo not advise it\t\nu\nti)\np<\n4; C\n*->\no\nU\nl-i\n$2\n50\n1\n50\n1\n25\n2\n00\n2\n00\n3\n00\n1\n50\n2\n00\n1\n50\n2\n50\n1\n50\n2\n50\n2\n00\nTotal cost\nper acre\nincluding\nHarvesting.\n$6.80, including\nboard of 1 man\n6 50\n5, without help\n9 00\n7 00\nti oo\n7 20 first crop\n6 00 to 7 00\n8 00\n5 00\n6 75\nFencing and cost\nper rod.\nPoles, 20c.\nWire, 18c.\nWire, 18c.\nWire and top rail 40c.\nWire, 14c.\nWire^Vc'.\"\nTwo wires, 20c,\nWire, 25c.\nRails and wire\nRails, 10c. ; wire, 20c.\nWire\nWire Name and Address \u00E2\u0080\u0094Manitoba.\nCharles Findlay, Shoal Lake\t\nJohn George, Nelson\t\nJ. G. Elliott, Shadeland........\nA H. Scouten, Raven Lake\t\nWilliam Thompson, Holland. ...\nGeorge E. Yeomans, Dalton\t\nRichard Brown, Langvale\t\nCornelius Whextland, Donore. ...\nStephen Birks, Barnsley\t\nF. S. Menarey, Cartwright\t\nA. H. Carroll. Carrollton\t\nWilliam S. Wallace. Shellmouth.\nAlexander Stewart, Castleavery..\nJoseph Tees, Manitou\t\nJ. R. Routley, Carberry\t\nOswald Bowie, Morden\t\nGeorge C. Wright, Boissevain...\nW. J. Brown, Melita\t\nRobert B. Witherington, Douglas\nG. R. Black, Wellwood\t\nGeorge Jackson, Neepawa\t\nJohn Duncan, Austin\t\nWilliam A. Doyle, Beulah......\nJohn A. Mair, Souris\t\nJames Drury, Rapid City \t\nJ. Connell & Son, Creeford\t\nE D. Young, Brandon\t\nDate of\nBreaking. Back-setting.\nJune\nJune\nJune\nJune\nJune\nJune\nBefore June 15.\nSpring\t\nJune\t\nJune and July.\nEarly spring ..\nSpring\t\nMay and June.\nJune\t\nMay or June.\nJune ....\nBefore July...\nMay and June.\nMay and June.\nJune\t\nJune\t\nJune \t\nJune\t\nJune\t\nJune\t\nJune\t\nJune \t\nEarly fall.\nFall\nAugust.\nAugust.\nFall ...\nAfter July 15.\nAfter harvest.\nMay\t\nSeptember...\nWhen ready.\nFall\t\nSeptember...\nOctober\t\nEarly fall\t\nAfter harvest.\nWhen ready.\nAugust p\nAugust\t\nWhen ready.\nSeptember...\nOctober\t\nOctober\t\nWhen ready.\nAugust\t\nAugust\t\nAugust\t\nCan crop be taken off breaking.\nIf broken early and shallow; oats\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nI have grown 45 bu., but it spoils\nthe land\t\nPotatoes and turnips only.\t\nIt spoils the ground ,\nHalf a crop in a moist season\t\nYes\u00E2\u0080\u0094flax, barley and potatoes\t\nNot around Portage La Prairie, but\ndoes well westward\t\nSometimes when sod is not too\ndense \t\nOats\t\nWheat or peas\t\nOats\t\nOats sometimes succeed\t\nOats ; as good as after back-setting...\nWheat and oats may succeed, but not\nadvisable\t\nPeas or potatoes\t\nOats will do but spoils the land for\ntwo years\t\nIt can; oats or wheat\t\nIn the wet season; flax, oats or wheat.\nHalf a crop on light land\t\nNot here\t\nTwenty to 35 bushels\t\nNot profitable\t\nYes\u00E2\u0080\u0094but oats and roots only\t\nNever done here\t\nOats and potatoes\t\nHave known 40 bushels of oats\t\nNot advisable\t\n&. v -S\nio y is\nO \no 3\nHO\nAcreage and average of the following crops :\nAverage yield, in bushels.\nName and Address.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Manitoba.\nWheat\nOats.\nBarley.\n-,\n3\n1\no\nSi\nCIS\nU\n!S1\ncd\nCO\na\ncd\nV\ncd\ni\nVegetables.\nGeo. H. Halse, Brandon\t\n120\n160\n50 acres, 30 bus.\n60 acres, 25 bus.\n25 acres, 40 bus.\n12 acres, 45 bus.\nAsparagus, lettuce, radishes, parsnips, cabbage, cauliflower, beans,\nmelons, citrons, beets, onions,\ngreen peas, carrots, rhubarb and\nsweet corn have all done very\nwell.\nI have raised nearly all usually\ngrown in Canada.\nW. J. Helliwell, Ralphton .\nm 11\nto \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n<0 T3\ncj <\u00C2\u00B0\nCJ 4_i\ncd cd\n^_ >\ncd \"J3\nO 3\nHO\nAcreage and\naverage of the following crops :\nAverage yield, in bushels.\nName and Address \u00E2\u0080\u0094Manitoba.\nWheat.\nOats.\nBarley.\nCO\n\nPQ\ncd\nVegetables.\nThos. A. Sharpe, Adelpha.. ..\n45\n75\n200\n52\n120\n55\n3 acres, 35 bus.\n12 acres, 30 bus\n60 acres, 34 bus.\n9 acres, 35 bus,\n35 acres, 32 bus.\n13 acres, 45 bus.\n22 acres, 40 bus.\n50 acres, 60 bus.\n16 acres, 45 bus.\n12 acres, 45 bus.\n5 acres, 32 bus.\n10 acres, 50 bus\n300\n300\n320\n300\n200\n300\n200\n350\n150\n360\n400\n300\n250\n350\n300\n350\n250\n150\n1000\nAll, including the less hardy sorts,\n12\nlike vegetable oysters, flourish\nhere.\nCabbages, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.\nWm Corbett, Springfield\t\nMy experience has been very satis\nJohn Cumming, Minnedosa....\nJohn Q Sumner, Arnaud\t\nG. G. Downie, Crystal City. ..\nfactory with all kinds.\nNever saw better.\n75 acres, 40 bus.\nNo trouble to raise any vegetable.\nSoil well suited to them. I saw\n 60 bus.\n 25 bus\n 40 bus.\n 35 bus.\n400\npotatoes this year weighing 4J\npounds.\nNearly all kinds.\nVery successful.\n30\n185\n200\n330\n80\n100\n130\n64\n50\n15 acres, 30 bus\n85 acres, 30 bus.\n70 acres, 35 bus.\n240 acres, 25 bus.\n50 acres, 25 bus.\n14 acres, 30 bus.\n70 acres, 44 bus.\n39 acres, 30 bus.\n25 acres, 27 bus.\n9 acres, 60 bus.\n28 acres 35 bus.\n25 acres, 60 bus.\n80 acres, 40 bus\n20 acres, 40 bus\n7 acres, 55 bus.\n29 acres, 70 bus.\n4 acres, 30 bus.\n8 acres, 50 bus\n2 acres, 33 bus.\n13 acres, 30 bus.\n10 acres, 40 bus.\n10 acres, 35 bus.\nChas. C. Oke, Fairburn \t\n600\n800\nAll garden sorts with much success.\nS. W. Chambers, Wattsview..\nVery successful; onions, cabbage,\nF. W. Stevenson, Hillview....\ncauliflower, tomatoes, corn, peas,\nbeans, carrots, parsnips, squash,\ncitrons, cucumbers.\nVery little trouble to raise them. I\nW. D. Thomas, Cypress River.\n200\n600\n20\n12\ncultivate the Early Rose potato\nand Swede turnip.\nThey do well.\nVery successful in all kinds. I have\nhad 225 bushels of tomatoes to\nthe acre.\nGrow to perfection, but insect pests\nhave given me some trouble.\nWith sufficient rain Manitoba vegetables can equal the best.\nIn small quantities, the cabbage,\npea, pumpkin, squash, cucumber,\nbeet, carrot, onion and rhubarb\nall do well here; but tomatoes\nand Indian corn do not succeed.\nW. B. Hall, Headingly\t\nG. Forbes & Son, Treherne. ..\n7 acres, 20 bus.\n8 acres, 30 bus.\n300\n20\nA. Pickering, Austin\t\n400\n400\nD. A. Buchanan, Griswold. ..\n6 acres, 22 bus. 12\nCO .\nvn3\no Si\ncd cd\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094, >\ncd 35\n-*-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u0094i\nO 3\nHO\nAcreage and average of the following crops:\nAverage yield, in bushels.\nName and Address.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Manitoba.\nWheat.\nOats.\nBarley.\nCO\nU\no\n4-1\ncd\no\nn\nCO\na,\n'3\nH\nCO\nO\nN\ncd\nO\nCO\ncd\nV\nn\nto\na\ncd\nPQ\ncd\nVegetables.\nAlfred Walker, Sheppardville..\nAlex. Naismith, Millford\t\nWm. Thompson, Holland\t\n85\n30\n220\n130\n156\n100\n500\n140\n100\n140\n136\n200\n70\n160\n23\n80\n20\n100\n75\n43\n15\n100\n300\n100\n85\n60\n49 acres, 28 bus.\n19 acres, 33 bus.\n160 acres, 35 bus.\n80 acres, 32 bus.\n108 acres, 22 bus.\n40 acres, 29 bus.\n. . acres, 32 bus.\n40 acres, 26 bus\n42 acres, 34 bus.\n25 acres, 37 bus.\n5 acres, 36 bus.\n130 acres, 28 bus.\n23 acres, 27 bus\n110 acres, 31 bus.\n12 acres, 60 bus.\n250\n200\n400\n700\n350\n300\n350\n350\n400\n600\n400\n200\n150\n350\nCan heartily recommend the prairie\n5 acres, 75 bus.\n50 acres, 65 bus.\n25 acres, 56 bus\n28 acres, 40 bus.\n13 acres, 72 bus.\n.. acres, 71 bus.\n1 acre, 40 bus.\n10 acres, 38 bus.\n12 acres, 50 bus\n20 acres, 30 bus.\n30\nfor cabbages and onions.\nBest soil I ever saw, but grubs are\n300\n600\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\ntroublesome.\nNot had good luck with them.\n800\n10\nHave raised nearly every sort.\nThos. Hagyard, Pilot Mound..\nDecidedly successful.\nAll do well.\nGeo. M. Yeomans, Dalton....\nI had 2,000 rhubarb roots in full\nJohn George, Nelson \t\nP. J. McNaughton, Raven Lake\nChas. Findlay, Shoal Lake....\nJ. G. Elliott, Shadeland\t\nWm. Walton, Marringhurst..\n30 acres, 50 bus.\n15 acres, 45 bus.\n15 acres, 16 bus.\n10 acres, 42 bus.\n13 acres, 35 bus.\nbearing ; many roots yielded 10\npounds at a single picking.\nAll do remarkably well.\nThey do exceptionally well.\nHave never seen better.\n33 acres 60 bus.\n42 acres, 45 bus.\n8 acres, 40 bus.\n40 acres, 43 bus.\n22 acres, 52 bus.\n10 acres, 40 bus.\n12 acres, 34 bus.\nAll sorts in abundance.\nAll sorts of garden produce.\n520\n500\nAll kinds, including some delicate\nT. S. Menarey, Cartwright...\nJohn Hopper, Middlechurch...\nCornelius Wheatland, Donore..\n....\n40\nones.\nExcellent.\n20 acres, 30 bus.\n6 acres, 18 bus.\n30 acres, 27 bus.\n48 acres, 33 bus\n30 acres, 20 bus.\n5 acres, 25 bns.\n47 acres, 29 bus.\n16 acres, 30 bus.\n60 acres, 27 bus.\n45 acres, 30 bus.\n22 acres, 22 bus.\n.. acres, 54 bus.\n20 acres, 30 bus\n20 acres, 30 bus\n16 acres, 47 bus.\n6 acres, 54 bus.\n6 acres, 30 bus.\n300\n300\n300\n250\n350\n250\n220\n250\n400\n300\n250\nAll kinds.\n200\n20\nAll very easily raised.\nAll very easily raised.\n15\nWm. Smith, Beaver Creek\nAll very easily raised.\nAlmost every variety suitable to the\nW^m. S. Wallace, Shellmouth..\n200\nFair\n400\n150\nGood\n400\n600\nAlex. Stewart, Castleavery ...\nR. E. Hopkins, Beresford\t\nAndrew Johnston, Mowbray...\nOswald, Bowie, Morden\t\n3 acres, 50 bus.\n12 acres, 40 bus.\n45 acres, 47 bus.\n25 acres, 40 bus\n30 acres, 45 bus.\n10 acres, 40 bus.\n4 acres, 36 bus.\n4 acres, 30 bus.\n35 acres, 36 bus.\nGood\ntemperate zone flourishes here.\nAll kinds.\nOccasional grubs are the only hindrance to complete success.\nAll kinds.\nAll the hardier kinds grow finely.\n20\n....\n18\n10 acres, 40 bus.\n4 acres, 25 bus.\nNearly all varieties.\nAll vegetables, including celery, tomatoes and all kinds of vines.\n200\n200 13\nTotal acres\nCultivated.\nAcreage and average of the following crops :\nAverage yield, in bushels.\nName and Address.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Manitoba.\nWheat.\nOats.\nBarley.\nCO\ntl\nO\n4-\u00C2\u00BB\ncd\no\nto\na.\n'S\n3\nH\n200\nCO\nO\nbl\ncd\nO\nCO\ncd\ncu\nPh\nto\na\ncd\nett, Springfield....\nGeo. G. Downie, Crystal City\nNorris Fines, Balmoral.....\nMixed Farming.\nJust the thing\t\nThe only successful way....\nPays better than grain alone\nMost profitable\t\nThe only successful way....\nMakes success sure -.\nOught to be followed here..\nOnly way to continue prosperity.\nIt pays best in Provencher\ncounty.\nThe only profitable way....\nThe best plan\t\nThe proper way\t\nFoundation of success here.\nGenerally practised here\t\nDairying.\nExcellent.\nJ the thing.\nFar ahead of Ontario....\nA good place ; but milking cows require extra\nfood in the fall.\nCan't be beaten\t\nIt is a good place\t\nExcellent dairying region\nGenerally good\t\nCould not be better\t\nVery good\t\nWell adapted to it in all\nits departments.\nCannot be beaten.\nJust the place. ...\nWater.\nFruits: a, Wild ; b, Cultivated.\nWell, 16 feet deep\nPlenty ; 10 to 15 feet.\nSouris River and a well 24\nfeet deep.\nPlenty from wells 10 to 15\nfeet deep.\nYes, from a well 30 ft. deep.\nAll I can use, from a well 63\nfeet deep, made with a 14\ninch augur ; cost $35.\nWell, 18 feet deep\t\nPlenty from springs\t\nSeine River and an artesian\nwell.\nWell, 12 feet deep\t\nAssiniboine River\t\nPlenty from a\ndeep.\nwell 40 feet\nRiver and deep well.\nWell, 8 feet deep ...\nWild\u00E2\u0080\u0094Saskatoons, cranberries, strawberries,\nplums, currants. Cultivated\u00E2\u0080\u0094Red, black\nand white currants.\nWild\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cherries, high bush cranberries, plums,\ncurrants, gooseberries. Cultivated\u00E2\u0080\u0094All small\nfruits.\nWild\u00E2\u0080\u0094Plums, currants, gooseberries and cranberries.\nApples and all the small fruits are grown.\nWild\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cherries, high-bush cranberries, plums,\ncurrants, gooseberries. Cultivated\u00E2\u0080\u0094All small\nfruits.\nWild\u00E2\u0080\u0094Plums, strawberries, grapes, blueberries.\nWild\u00E2\u0080\u0094Strawberries, currants, raspberries, saskatoons, cranberries. Cultivated\u00E2\u0080\u0094Currants,\ngooseberries, raspberries, strawberries.\nWild\u00E2\u0080\u0094Strawberries, currants, raspberries, saskatoons, cranberries. Cultivated\u00E2\u0080\u0094Currants,\ngooseberries, raspberries, strawberries.\nWild\u00E2\u0080\u0094Pears and all the other fruits mentioned\nabove. None cultivated.\nSame lists as given above.\nWild\u00E2\u0080\u0094Plums, saskatoons, blueberries, cranberries (12 varieties), strawberries and raspberries. Cultivated\u00E2\u0080\u0094Plums (3 varieties),\ncurrants, two raspberries and strawberries.\nWild\u00E2\u0080\u0094Plums, saskatoons, blueberries, cranberries (L2 varieties), strawberries and raspberries. Cultivated\u00E2\u0080\u0094Plums (3 varieties),\ncurrants, two raspberries and strawberries.\nCurrants and gooseberries principally.\nTwo cultivated crab apples, and other small\nfruits as above. 27 T\n28\nName and Address.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Manitoba\nThos. Frame, Virden.\nGeo. M. Yeomans, Dalton..\nWm. Smith, Souris\t\nJohn George, Nelson\t\nS. A. Ward, Clandeboye\t\nC. Wheatland, Donore\t\nThos. Hagyard, Pilot Mound\nC. C. Oke, Fairbum\t\nWm. Thompson, Holland\t\nF. T. Westwood, Pendennis.\nA. H. Carroll, Carrolllon. ..\nJas. Muir, Douglas\t\nG. U. White, Foxton\t\nJohn S. Mackay, Rapid City\nS. R. Henderson, Kildonan ^..\nJos. E Paynter, Beulah\t\nWm. Somerville, Montefiore...\nThos. M. Kennedy, Menots,....\nT. McCartney, Port, la Prairie\nAndrew Davison, Green Ridge.\nL. Wilson, Stockton\t\nMixed Farming.\nAny person of moderate\nmeans would be foolish to\ntrust to grain growing\nalone, for in case of failure\nhe has nothing to fall back\nupon.\nIt always does well under\nefficient management.\nMost successful way\t\nBest way\t\nBest way\t\nI could not farm in any other\nway.\nMost profitable course\t\nIt pays to keep 25 or 30 cattle and horses.\nThe only profitable method.\nThe only profitable method.\nJust the thing\t\nNo success otherwise \t\nNo success otherwise\t\nBest way, where possible...\nBest way, where possible...\nBest way, where possible...\nBest way, where possible...\nBest way, where possible...\nBest system. It keeps you\nin work and gives something to fall back on\t\nThe only safe plan\t\nThe best way\t\nDairying.\nSome parts of the Province cannot be beaten\nfor dairying.\nDairying will not pay\nnow if it is necessary to\nhire help.\nGrass and climate both\nfavorable\t\nHard to surpass it\t\nHard to surpass it\t\nGood ; the cows saved us\nlast year.\nCertainly; first rate on\nthe Turtle mountains.\nGood, where you have\ngood water.\nGood\t\nSplendid\t\nGood \t\nGood \t\nThe milk of three cows\nfor four months made\n$103.35 worth of\ncheese.\nUnsurpassed\t\nUnsurpassed\t\nUnsurpassed\t\nUnsurpassed\t\nGood\t\nWater.\nFruits: a, Wild; b, Cultivated.\nVery good\t\nCannot be beat\nI have a well 28 ft. deep, but Lists as above,\nin summer cattle generally\nget water in sloughs.\nAbundance in wells 12 to 20\nfeet deep.\nRiver and well\nWell 15 feet deep..\nPlenty at 24 feet., .\nWell, 50 feet deep.\nWells, in shale, 20 feet....\nWells, 18 feet deep\t\nSprings, open all winter..\nRiver and well\t\nEasily obtained\t\nSprings and wells\t\nSlough, and a well 15 ft.deep\nRed River and a well.\nWell 12 feet deep, ...\nWell 16 feet deep\t\nPlenty from a well 12 feet\ndeep.\nWell 20 feet deep.\nWell 20 feet deep.\nAll the small fruits.\nCrab apples and various small fruits.\nStrawberries, raspberries, black and red currants\nPlums and currants.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore; apples, mulberries, &c, do\nnot thrive.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nAll the wild berries can be cultivated.\nAll the wild berries can be cultivated.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore. 29\nName and Address.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Manitoba.\nMixed Farming.\nDairying.\nW7ater.\nFruits : a, Wild; b, Cultivated.\nWm. J. Brown, Melita\t\nW. S. Moody, Rounthwaite...\nJoseph Charles, Oakland\t\nJames Drury, Rapid City\t\nThe milk is far richer\nthan that of the cows\nin Ontario.\nThe pasture produces an\nabundant flow of rich\nmilk.\nWell 14 feet deep gives\nplenty of water.\nWell and springs\t\nWell 15 feet deep\t\nLists as heretofore.\nPlum, cherry, saskatoon.\nAll the wild fruits known in Manitoba grow\nhere. All the hardy kinds can be cultivated.\nThe Canadian blueberry might, and ough\nto be, added.\nLists as heretofore.\nGives work for all the boys\nand girls of a large family;\nand cattle form a crop that\n-grows summer and winter\nBut for young men homesteading grain growing is\nbest.\nThe best way\t\nCultivated fruits do well.\nLists as heretofore.\nMost remunerative and cer-\nPlenty at 18 feet\t\nPoor well, 18 feet .deep.. ..\nPlenty; well 100 feet deep,.\nPlenty at 40 feet\t\nWild-Grapes and plums. Cultivated-All sorts\nFairly good ; little done\nhere.\nGood\t\nPays where hay is plentiful.\nRoland McDonald, Lowestoft..\nG. R. Black, Wellwood\t\nThe usual lists.\nOnly way if your market is\nThe usual lists.\nAbundant; well 23 ft. deep\nWells 70 feet deep\t\nInexhaustible well, 58 feet. .\nWells 26 feet deep\t\nPlenty in shallow wells....\nWell 18 feet deep\t\nJohn Hopper, Middlechurch....\nGeo. Gillespie, Greenwood\t\nJoseph Tees, Manitou\t\nAlex. Stewart, Castleavery\nThos. A. Jackson, Minnedosa..\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nLists as heretofore.\nThe only profitable way....\nShould be practiced where-\never hay can be got.\nLists as heretofore.\nDairying is profitable...\nWell suited to it\t\nOne of the best in the\nWild: Plums, grapes, saskatoons and various\nberries.\nLists as hitherto.\nGeorge Bowders, Balmerino...\nBest adapted to the country.\nOn the plan of never having\nall your eggs in one basket, mixed farming should\nalways be carried on.\nWells 10 and 30 feet\t\nAbundance of excellent\nspring water all along the\nslope of Pembina Valley..\nAll the wild fruits; none cultivated.\nWm. Walton, Marringhurst...\nI have filled my garden with the wild berries\nand small fruits ; they do well under cultivation. Name and Address \u00E2\u0080\u0094Manitoba.\nWm. S. Wallace, Shellmouth .\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Wm. Smith, Beaver Creek.\nRobt. Armstrong, Silver Spring\nRobert Dunsmore, Bridge Creek\nJ. W. Bridge, Carman\t\nP. Campbell, Campbellville....\nR. B. Wetherington, Douglas..\nJ. H. Martin, Rapid City\t\nJohn, Plant, Rossburn\t\nA. G. Wakefield, Rossburn\t\nGeo. G. Nagy, Rosser.\nMatthew Kennedy, Lothair.\nWm. A. Doyle, Beulah\t\nMixed Farming.\nMost suitable for northwestern part of Manitoba.\nBetter than either stock\nraising or grain growing\nalone.\nWorks especially well on a\nsmall farm.\nThe only way that will pay.\nThe only way that will pay.\nAbsolutely necessary.\nThe best way\t\nThe best way\t\nThe best way\t\nThe best way\t\nDairying.\nUnsurpassed. The water\nin springs and wells is\nice cold, and the nights\nare always cool.\nFine\t\nGood\nit,\nThe best way.\nThe best way.\nThe best way.\nCan't be beaten for but\nter.\nVery well suited to\nbut prices are low.\nWell suited to it\t\nVery good\t\nVery good\t\nVery good\t\nBetter than New York\nState.\nThe milk produced here\nis rich and in great\nquantity.\nUnsurpassed\t\nUnsurpassed\t\nWater.\nRiver, unfailing springs and\nwells.\nWells 14 feet deep.\nWell 22 feet deep.\nFruits: a, Wild; b, Cultivated.\nThe wild fruits are so various and plentiful that\nthere is no need to cultivate any.\nLists as hitherto.\nLists as hitherto.\nScarce here Lists\nWater at 10 feet I Lists\nI\nThe Boyne River Lists\nA well, 13 feet deep. Lists\nScarce Lists\nPlenty in wells Lists\nBirdtail Creek | Lists\nPlenty at 27 feet\t\nSpring and creek\nSpring and creek.\nLists\nLists\nas hitherto.\nas hitherto.\nas hitherto.\nas hitherto,\nas hitherto,\nas hitherto,\nas hitherto.\nas hitherto,\nas hitherto. 31\nGENERAL ADVICE.\nIn answer to the question as to the best time for a settler to arrive in Manitoba, there seems to be only one answer\u00E2\u0080\u0094early spring. By this is meant, in\ntime to begin to break his land as soon as the season opens. It will be observed, however, that several writers advise new comers to work for an experienced\nfarmer one year before beginning farming on their own account, in order to familiarize themselves with the new and peculiar methods demanded by prairie\nagriculture.\nColonists from Great Britain are urged to bring nothing with them except clothing and bedding, and many add that of these only so much should be\nbrought as can be carried in one's trunks. House furnishings and farming implements of all sorts can be got in Manitoba more cheaply, and of a kind bette\nadapted to the region.\nGeneral satisfaction with the present and future of Manitoba ; hearty commendation of the soil and weather; and sensible instructions to beginners, will\nbe found in the answers to the third and fourth questions of the appended list, to which special attention is directed.'\nQuestions :\n1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 When, in your opinion, is the best time for a settler to come to this country to start at farming ?\n2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 What would you recommend a settler coining from Great Britain to bring with him in the shape of clothing and house furnishing ?\n3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Are you satisfied with the country, the climate, and your prospects?\n4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094General remarks.\nName and Address\nManitoba.\nBest Time to Come.\nWhat to Bring.\nSatisfaction with\nProspects.\nGeneral Remarks.\nJ. G. Elliott, Shadeland\t\nChas. Findlay, Shoal Lake ....\nA. H. Scouten, Raven Lake\t\nApril or May\t\nIn the spring\t\nA good supply of warm\nclothing.\nA good supply of warm\nclothing.\nClothing, but no furniture,\nwhich can be got cheaper\nhere.\nClothing, but no furniture,\nwhich can be got cheaper\nhere.\nCheaper to buy here than\npay freight.\nI like the country....\nPretty well satisfied..\nWe can grow in Manitoba from 30 to 50 bushels of wheat\nto the acre, and from 40 to 60 of barley, and from 50\nto 100 of oats ; and we can raise horses, cattle and\nsheep upon the natural grasses for next to nothing.\nWhat other new country can offer such inducements\nwith as few drawbacks ? I say none.\nNone should come but those able and willing to work.\n'f-\nYes....\t\nYes, generally speaking. 82\nName and Address.\nManitoba.\nWin. Smith, Souris\nStephen Birks, Barnsley.\nJ. E. Stirton, Cartwright.\nD. J. McQuish, Morden.\nWm. Somerville, Montefiore.\nWm. Gibbs, Selkirk.\nJ. K. Ross, Deloraine\t\nJohn Hopper, Middlechurch..\nW. J. Helliwell, Ralphton\t\nThos. Hagyard, Pilot Mound.\nThos. Adair, Treherne.......\nBest Time to Come.\nIn March, so as to\nget settled and be\ngin breaking by\nMay.\nIn March, so as to\nget settled and be\ngin breaking by\nMay.\nMay or September.\nApril I\t\nEarly Spring.\nEarly spring .\nEarly spring .\nEarly spring .\nEarly spring .\nAbout May I\nEarly spring,\nWhat to Bring.\nCheaper to buy\npay freight.\nhere than\nSatisfaction with\nProspects.\nYes, generally speak\ning.\nNothing but wearing ap\nparel.\nBedding and clothing only..\nWoollen clothing only.\nClothing and bedding.\nCheaper to buy here than\npay freight.\nPlenty of strong clothes (no\nknee breeches), woollen\nblankets and such articles.\nBedding and strong clothing\nonly.\nA year's clothing only....\nCertainly.\nGeneral Remarks.\nI would recommend oxen instead of horses for the first\nyear, as they require no grain, and will do nearly as j\nmuch breaking as horses if properly handled. Wood*\nis scarce in most places, but coal of a good quality is\nplentiful, and will be cheap as soon as local mines are\nopened.\n'1\nYes ; I don't want a\nbetter land or climate.\nWell satisfied\t\nYes; I have great\nfaith in Manitoba's\nfuture.\nYes\t\nYes; would\nback.\nYes; would\nback.\nnot go\nnot go\nI have a good home,\nand would not go\nback for a good\ndeal.\nYes, and prospects\nare bright.\nYes, and prospects\nare bright.\nIf this should reach any of my Highland friends in the\nOld Country, and if they want any information and\nwill write to me, I will give them any that I can.\nManitoba is the best place for the tenant farmers of England, who have some capital, to come to, the homesteading laws being liberal, and a return from labor\nalmost certain the first year.\nFor laborers able and willing to work on a farm, Manitoba\naffords a good opening. During eight months of the\nyear $30 per month will be paid, and those who have\n$2,000 capital can purchase a farm and soon become\nindependent.\nWe want able-bodied men and women who are not afraid\nof hard work. Let the croaker and drone stay away.\nWe have no room for such, but the former is sure to\nsucceed.\nManitoba is the best place for the tenant farmers of\nEngland, who have some capital, to come to, the\nhomestead laws being liberal, and a return from labor\nalmost certain the first year.\t 33\nName and Address.\nManitoba.\nHenry Last, Stonewall\t\nCroton Maguire, Boissevain.\nR. Armstrong, Silver Spring\nJ. R. Routley, Carberry\t\nGeo. Gillespie, Greenwood ..\nJoseph Tees, Manitou\t\nThos. M. Kennedy, Menota...\nC. C. Oke, Fairburn\t\nRichard Brown, Langvale...\nGeo. H. Halse, Brandon...\nC. Wheatland, Donore\t\nGeo. M. Yeomans, Dalton ..\nBest Time to Come.\nMiddle of May\nMarch\t\nMarch\t\nMarch\t\nEarly spring .\nEarly spring..\nEarly spring..\nMarch or April; then\nthe settler can get\nearly to work.\nMarch or April; then\nthe settler can get\nearly to work.\nMarch or April\t\nMarch or April; then\nthe settler can get\nearly to work.\nMarch or April; then\nthe settler can get\nearly to work.\nWhat to Bring.\nVery little.\nClothing and bedding\t\nClothing and bedding\t\nYes; but no place for\na lazy man.\nClothing, boots and beddinglWell satisfied\t\nSatisfaction with\nProspects.\nYes, perfectly.\nYes, perfectly.\nNothing.\nClothing,\nClothing, boots and bedding Well satisfied.\nAs little as possible.\nClothing but no house fur\nnishings.\nClothing and bedding.\nBedding only.\nYes; though it is\ncold. Manitoba is\nto be the ruling\nprovince of the\nDominion.\nWell pleased with\npresent and future.\nWell pleased with\npresent and future\nYes,\t\nWell pleased with\npresent and future.\nWell pleased with\npresent and future..\nGeneral Remarks.\nA settler coming to this country must not expect anything smooth for the first year or two, but if he makes\nup his mind to work, I think in five years he may be\nquite independent. I, myself, began on $150 and now\nam worth $3,000 or $4,000.\nSettlers coming to Manitoba should abandon the idea of\nreturning to their native homes in two or three years,\nafter they have made their fortunes, but come to stay.\nI have been in Australia, New Zealand and California,\nand farmed in Ontario, and have learned that for a man\nwith small capital Manitoba offers the best advantages,\nas he can start on less capital.\nYoung, healthy women can find good homes and plenty\nof work. We are short of young women.\nI would just say that any man that wants to work and is\nnot afraid of roughing it for a few years, and who has\na little capital, can do well here.\nWe are subject to hail storms and frosts. But we run\nrisks in all countries. In Ontario they have rust,\nweevil, midge and other things, and I would twice as\nsoon live in Manitoba as Ontario.\nWould advise those with money to buy improved farms.\nAnyone with a small capital to start with should do well\nin Manitoba, if he has energy, I would advise renting\na farm the first year.\nI have seen farming from Ontario to Australia, and say,\nwithout hesitation, there is no country to equal Manitoba for the steady, industrious farmer. 34\nName and Address.\nManitoba.\nThos. Frame, Virden.\nA. Johnson, Mowbray\nWm. Thompson, Holland.\nRobt. Dunsmuir, Bridge Creek\nWm. Walton, Martinghurst,\nA. H. Carroll, Carrollton\nW. S. Wallace, Shellmouth,\nAlex. Stewart, Castleavery.\nBest Time to Come.\nMarch or April; then\nthe settler can get\nearly to work.\nMarch or April; then\nthe settler can get\nearly to work.\nIf one has capital, in\nthe fall ; if not, in\nthe spring.\nSpring\t\niarly spring\nEarly spring\nJuly or August, in\ntime to cut hay and\nput up stables.\nMiddle of May, so as\nto select his location comfortably.\nWhat to Bring.\nClothing only.\nNothing\t\nNothing ; but all the money\nhe can collect.\nChange of clothes.\nAs little as he can\nAs little as he can.\nAbundance of bedding and\nclothing, but no house\nfurnishings.\nBlankets and warm underclothing.\nSatisfaction with\nProspects.\nWell pleased with\npresent and future..\nI am\t\nI am.\nI\nam.\nYes.\nYes.\nWe have prospered in\na way we never\ncould hope for had\nwe remained at\nhome.\nYes.\nGeneral Remarks.\nA settler can generally rent a piece of land that has been\ncultivated, and secure a crop the first year, much\nbetter than by sowing on the new sod.\nIf many of our friends in Ontario, or the Old Country,\nknew how easily they could make a comfortable living\nhere, I am sure none of them would hesitate to come.\nLand is cheap and easily cultivated ; labor brings good\nreturns, and the necessaries of life are easily obtained.\nI know all about Ireland, have been in England, through\nthe Southern States and in Ontario, and I am satisfied\nthat Manitoba is ahead of them all for farming.\nThis is the country for any man not afraid to work. I\ngot burnt out two years ago last spring, and lost everything, but after all I am not discouraged. After I\ntook up land I had to work out to earn money to get\nalong. I was sick for over a year before coming here,\nand now can work like a man.\nAn excellent country for all who are not afraid to work,\nand are ready to give up the conventionalities of older\ncountries, also for those who wish to start their families\nin a free, independent life at but small cost.\nA grand agricultural country for any who feel disposed\nto work. There are many near here who began five\nyears ago with nothing who to-day are quite comfortable, in fact they are the ones who succeed.\nA colonist whose means are limited, should not hope to\nwork a farm single-handed; if he has help in his family, good ; if not, he should try to be accompanied by\na friend, or settle near some one with whom he can\nexchange work. In new settlements here hired labor\nis expensive and cannot be employed with profit.\nManitoba is just the country for industrious young men\nwith small or large capital; and for good laboring men\nwho do not mind work, as in a little while they may\nhave farms of their own. 35\nName and Address.\nManitoba.\nJ. J. Cochrane, Deloraine\nF. T. Westwood, Pendennis..,\nJ. Q. Sumner, Arnaud.\nS. R. Henderson, Kildonan.\nG. C. Wright, Boissevain ...\nWm. J. Brown, Melita\t\nGeo. G. Nagy, Rosser\t\nS. D. Barr, Neepawa\t\nJ. E. Paynter, Beulah\t\nJ. W. Newton, Wellwood....\nA G. Wakefield, Rossburn..\nBest Time to Come.\nMarch\nEarly spring.\nMay\nMarch\t\nApril\t\nApril or May\nMarch \\nMarch\t\nMarch\t\nApril\t\nMarch\nWhat to Bring.\nClothing only.\nAs little as he can.\nLittle or nothing.\nNothing but clothing.\nSatisfaction with\nProspects.\nYes.\nFully\nIf I can't get along\nhere I would have\na poor chance elsewhere.\nYes.\nWoollen clothing and bed-'Yes\t\nding. |\nWoollen clothing and bed-.I am not.\nding.\nWoollen clothing and bed- Yes\t\nding. I\nWoollen clothing and bed- Well satisfied..\nding.\nNothing..\nClothing.\nI know no better\nplace\t\nYes\t\nNothing but the cook , Very well satisfied...\nGeneral Remarks.\nTo those with capital and who have no previous experience of farming, I would recommend the buying of an\nimproved farm and they will save money ; taking care\nthat the houses and stables are good and comfortable,\nwith a good well and a good sized slough or lake near\nby for the cattle in summer, with plenty of hay land.\nThere is an increasing demand, at good wages, for young\nmen and women servants. Having travelled all over\nthis Province, I find Southern Manitoba the best land\nand the best climate in the Province.\nManitoba is a place where a man or woman can make a\ncomfortable home and lay by a considerable sum to\nenable them to live without working when old age\ncomes. But they must come with the determination\nof working, not as a good many do come, to shoot and\nfool away time and expect to grow rich in that way.\nThe crops this year show that Manitoba stands first.\nNew settlers should try to get close to a good market,\nlike Winnipeg.\nI believe this soil capable of supporting 12 persons on\neach quarter-section.\nI would recommend southwestern Manitoba.\nI advise new comers to hire themselves to farmers the\nfirst year.\nAny person coming to Manitoba, who is willing to work,\ncan do well farming, if he does not\nmeans.\nto too fast for his\nAnyone with a small capital and willing to work need\nhave no fear of coming to Manitoba, where, upon a\nfree grant of 160 acres, he can in a very short time\nacquire the independence he never could obtain in the\nOld Country.\nA man with energy can get along here ; a man coming\nto this country must make up his mind that he has to\nwork, if he intends to make a home for himself. 36\nName and Address.\nManitoba.\nG. R. Black, Wellwood\nJohn A. Martin, Rapid City. .\nR. B. Witherington, Douglas.\nWm- A. Doyle, Beulah\t\nG. Rowan, Parkissimo.\nJohn Spencer, Emerson\nF. Brydon, Portage la Prairie\nWm. Corbett, Springfield....\nA. T. Tyerman, Lothair ......\nPeter A. Leask, Virden\t\nJames Drury, Rapid City\.\nBest Time to Come.\nMay or June\nApril\t\nApril\t\nMarch ....\nSpring\nIn May\nSpring\nSpring\nSpring\nSpring\nApril\nWhat to Bring.\nNothing\t\nUnderclothing\t\nClothing only\t\nUnderwear, bedding and\nboots.\nWarm clothing only\t\nClothing and bedding\t\nClothing only\t\nClothing only\t\nClothing only\t\nBed clothing and stockings..\nPlenty of warm clothing,\nblankets, household utensils, and such furniture as\ncan easily be packed,\nbooks, pictures, carpets\nand curtains, but no china\nor glassware.\nSatisfaction with\nProspects.\nI am; I would not\nreturn East.\nYes\t\nI am\t\nYes\t\nPretty well\t\nProspects are brighter\nthan formerly.. L...\nYes\t\nQuite\t\nYes\t\nYes\t\nYes.\nGeneral Remarks.\nI find Manitoba much better than several localities in the\nUnited States that I have tried.\nTaking into account its infancy and isolation from the\nworld's markets, this Province has made more rapid\nstrides than any country in the world, and its agriculturists have more to show for their labor than those of\nany part of America ; but drones will starve even in\nthis hive.\nI have been in a good many of the Western States and I\ndon't think any of them offer the same inducement to\na settler of limited means that Manitoba does.\nI think Manitoba as fine a country as any one could\nwish to settle in for farming ; a man who is able and\nwilling to work cannot help but get on. I would\nstrongly advise settlers from England to settle together\nas much as possible.\nThere is no better country for a poor farmer.\nI would advise incomers to largely discount their previous experience, and strongly recommend intending\nfarmers to spend at least one year with a farmer here\nbefore starting for themselves.\nWish I had come earlier. I struggled hard in Ontario,\nbut did not make half as much progress as here.\nSince I started in 1883, besides breaking 350 acres of\nmy father's syndicate farm in Ontario, I have broken\n150 on my own place. I cut and stacked 300 acres\nwith the help of one man. I have 4,000 bushels of\nwheat, 3,000 of oats and 500 of barley plowed and\nput in with the same help. Where is the country in the\nworld can beat that ?\nAny man desirous of possessing land of his own cannot\ndo better than come out here; the climate is healthy,\nsoil cannot be improved, scenery varied and picturesque,\ngood markets and railway facilities, also schools and\nchurches within reach. 37\nName and Address.\nManitoba.\nW. W. Grimmett, Elm Valley.\nJ. Connell & Son, Creeford.. ..\nD. D. Young, Brandon\t\nWm. Lindsay, Emerson\t\nWalter Gray, Chater\t\nG. W. White, Foxton\t\nJames Muir, Douglas\t\nGeo. Bowders, Balmerino\t\nJoseph Charles, Oakland.\nAlbert McGuffin, Melgund\nF. W. Stevenson, Hill View\nBest Time to Come.\nApril\nMarch\nApril or May.\nEarly spring..\nEarly spring..\nEarly spring..\nWhat to Bring.\nWoollen clothes and blankets\nNothing; one Will know\nbetter what he needs after\nhe gets here.\nOnly personal luggage\t\nClothing and bedding\t\nFlannel and substantial\nclothing.\nClothing and bedding\t\nSatisfaction, with\nProspects.\nYes.\nPerfectly\nI am ; would be sorry\nto ieave it.\nEarly spring Nothing\nEarly spring.\nYes\nYes\nGeneral Remarks.\nWell satisfied.\nYes ; prospects are\ngood.\nBedding and clothing Yes\nEarly spring, in time A wife and the old family\nto break and back- Bible ; nothing more,\nset. Children are all wanted\nhere, and especially grown\ngirls, for wives are scarce\nEarly spring, in time\nto break and backset.\nEarly spring, in time\nto break and backset.\nClothing, furs and bedding.\nPilot cloth coats and bedding\nYes ; more than satisfied.\nYes. No desire for a\nbetter climate, and\nmy prospects are\nbright.\nYes\t\nKeep a close grip on your cash, buy everything good, and\nprofit by the experience of others Oxen are the most\nsuitable for a man of moderate means.\nWe have bettered our condition by coming.\nA man is his own master here, and with good health,\nplenty of good land and a will to work must get on\nwell.\nManitoba is the proper place for farmers with limited\nmeans or large families.\nIf a man is steady, frugal and industrious he can make\nhimself comparatively independent in a few years.\nI have travelled over the four continents and have never\nbeheld such fields of grain as I saw this year in this\nprovince.\nI have this year about 2,000 bushels of wheat and 1,000\nbushels of oats. There is improved land to buy near\nhere at a reasonable price.\nWould strongly advise young men with limited means,\nor tenant farmers, to come ; there is room for all, and\na home and independence for those willing to work.\nI have gardened since my childhood ; farmed since my\nboyhood, and I am now an old man, and I can say\nthat a man or boy can do four times as much work on\na farm here as he could do on the best farm I ever saw\nbefore I came here. To the paper manufacturers of\nEngland there is a boundless market, in the middle of\na continent, with railroads from sea to sea, and with\nstraw, reeds, rushes and prairie hay for almost nothing.\nIn a few years a settler can become very comfortable,\nowning a large farm free from incumbrances, considerable stock and comfortable buildings.\nThere is no healthier country, nor any country in the\nworld where a steady, industrious man can sooner become independent. 38\nName and Address.\nManitoba.\nS. W. Chambers, Wattsview.\nBest Time to Come.\nMay\nGeo. G. Downie, Crystal City. In spring...\nW. B. Hall, Headingly April\nT. McCartney, Port, la Prairie\nR. S. Conklin, Sunnyside.\nRobt. Campbell, Bridge Creek.\nWalter A. Evans, Rosser\t\nAlfred Pickering, Austin\t\nHenry McLeod, Carberry.. .\nApril\nSpring\nSpring\nEarly spring\nEarly spring.\nEarly spring.\nWhat to Bring.\nClothing only.\nSatisfaction with\nProspects.\nYes ; in every way.\nOnly clothing.\nYes ; decidedly.\nBuy everything in Winnipeg Yes\nClothing only.\nPlenty of clothing only.\nClothing and bedding only..\nClothing and bedding only..\nPlenty of clothes and bedding.\nOne change of clothes\t\nYes.\nVery well.\nI am,\nProspects bright.\nFully.\nGeneral Remarks.\nTo the man ready to work, and who knows, or is apt to\nlearn something of farm work and management, Manitoba offers a competence in a very few years. It is in\nevery way a splendid agricultural country and eminently\nsuitable for successful settlement.\nManitoba offers to beginners the best advantages for the\nleast outlay of capital, and I regard it as the best agricultural country in the world.\nAfter nearly thirty years experience I can safely recommend this country to the intending emigrant. Persevering industry and a capital of a few hundred dollars\nwill ensure success.\nA settler should arrive early and rent a piece of cnltivated\nland to put a crop in, and if he takes up a homestead\nhe can go on and break for next year.\nI think this is the best country in the world for a poor\nman to get a start in, if he is only industrious and\nsteady. The settlers iri this country are always willing\nto help a man if he is willing to help himself. This is\nthe oldest and most prosperous municipality in Manitoba, yet there is plenty of room.\nAny man that has health and a good share of strength\nand energy, and means enough to make a start on a\nfarm, need have no fear about getting along here.\nI do not think that this country can be beaten, as it is\ngood for all kinds of farming and it is healthy. My\nmother {age 75), who came out with me, has not had\na day's sickness yet, although in each of the last three\nwinters before coming out she had had a severe attack\nof bronchitis, and had she not come out would not\nhave lived another winter.\nManitoba can beat the world in growing grain, and anyone with good health and willing to work is bound to\nsucceed.\nIf people would plough more in the fall, sow earlier in\nthe spring, and cut the grains a good deal greener than\nthey do, especially wheat, the samples would be even\nbetter, and less complaints of loss by frost. I had\n2,400 bushels this year. 39\nName and Address.\nManitoba.\nAlf. Walker, Sheppardville..\nMatt. Kennedy, Lothair\t\nRoland McDonald, Lowestoft.\nAlbert E. Philp, Brandon.\nG. Forbes & Sons, Treherne .\nWm. H. Wilson, Deloraine\t\nM. G. Abey, Chater .....\t\nD. D. Buchanan, Griswold....\nWm. Irwine, Almasippi\nL. Wilson, Stockton\nBest Time to Come.\nWhat to Bring.\nMarch Clothing and bedding.\nEarly spring.\nPlenty of warm clothing.\nMay or June ; as he Serviceable clothing.\ncan get some land\nbroken and good\nwages for the after\npart of the year.\nApril or May\t\nSatisfaction with\nProspects.\nAs early as possible.\nWarm clothing only..\nI am\nI am\nYes.\nYes; would not\nchange.\nNot much Yes.\nMarch or April Nothing\nMarch or April....\nMay or June\nApril\t\nMarch \t\nYes ; climate healthy\nand prospects bright\nI am\t\nWarm bedding only\t\nYes....\nClothing, bedding and house Yes ; highly satisfied\nlinen, and by all means a and hopeful\t\nbox of carpenter's tools ..\nCorduroy and moleskin Perfectly, and intend\nclothes. to stay here.\nGeneral Remarks.\nI can heartily recommend life on the prairie to young\nmen with a little capital and plenty of perseverance.\nA good place for farmers with little money.\nI can make an easier living here, with a small capital,\nthan in Ontario.\nThe man who is willing to work, and can bring $2,000\nwith him to this country, can be independent in five\nyears if he will profit by the experience of those around\nhim and leave behind him his former ideas of farming.\nA new comer ought to work out the first year and learn\nthe ways of the country. I have bettered the condition of my family more in five years here than during\nthirty in Ontario.\nAgriculturally speaking, the country cannot be excelled.\nI reached Winnipeg, April 13, 1880; was in debt then\nand worked in service for about two years; commenced farming in 1882 on a homestead ; purchased 160\nacres for $800, deeded to me in March ; cost of horses\nand implements $1857. Now I have over $500 in\nbank to my credit, and the greater part of the past\nseason's crop unsold. So much for agriculture in\nManitoba.\nThis is the country for young and healthy men. Stock\nraising will be more profitable than wheat growing, if\nprices of wheat and labor remain as at present. Farmers can live as easily here as in any country in the\nworld.\nI would not live or work in the Old Country now.\nSettlers coming early and remaining here will soon find\nthemselves in good circumstances. They need not\nfear the climate ; this invigorating air will be a grand\nsurprise even to the healthy. Let them bring out their\nwives and daughters. TT\n40\nCONCLUDING REMARKS. |\nSince the foregoing has been put in type large numbers of letters have been received. They are generally of a very encouraging\ncharacter, and fully bear out the statement that no other known country affords better opportunities for successful farming than the\nCanadian Northwest. A few of these are appended, and will be read with interest.\nPROM EGAN BROTHERS, ROSSER.\nJ. H. McTAVISH, Esq., Winnipeg, December 2ist, 1887.\nLand Commissioner, C. P. R., Winnipeg.\nDear Sir : It may be interesting to you to know the result of our farming operations during the past season, upon land in the vicinity of Winnipeg, which\nis so often reported to be valueless and non-productive as farming land.\nOn the 24th of May we purchased 430 acres of land near Rosser Station, within 15 miles from Winnipeg, in a district in which there has hitherto been very\nlittle or no cultivation. We paid $7,500 for the property, the buildings on it alone (erected by an English \" gentleman farmer,\" whose funds gave out) being worth\nthat amount, consequently the land itself stands us nothing. The farm had not been cultivated, with the exception of 70 acres, for several years, and was consequently in a nearly wild state, having grown up to weeds, etc.\nOn the 27th of May last we commenced ploughing, following up at once with the seeders, sowing at a rate of 6\u00C2\u00A3 bushels per acre of wheat and 3\ bushels\nper acre of oats. Of the 380 aores broken by us, the following division of crops was made :\n36 acres Wheat.\n94 I Barley.\n250 I Oats.\nIn addition to the above, our vegetables were put in a piece of land containing 32 acres, which had been cultivated, the acreage for each variety being\n14 acres Potatoes.\n16 \" Turnips.\n1 \u00C2\u00AB, j Beets.\n j Cabbages.\nf Onions.\n1 \" A Carrots.\n^ Radishes.\nOur returns upon the above acreage were as follows :\nWheat (graded No. 1 hard) 900 bush, sold in Winnipeg at $0 57 per bush $ 513 00\nBarley (sold to brewery for malting) 19C0 1 40 760 00\nOats ..12750 \" 25 \" 31\u00C2\u00A77 50 41\nPotatoes .. 3000 bush, sold in Winnipeg at $0 25 per bush $750 00\nBeets 50 \" 50 \" 25 00\nOnions 50 | 125 | 62 50\nCarrots 50 \" 60 \" 25 00\nRadishes 50 \" 40 | 20 00\nTurnips (retained for our own use) 6000 | 124\" 750 00\nCabbages (retained for our own use) 1600 head, 3 each, 48 00\nHay (cut alongside farm) 300 tons, 4 00 per ton 1200 00\n$7341 00\nWe would particularly call your attention to the very late date upon which we began our work, our harvest having been done during the first week in\nAugust, a little over two months after seeding. Yours truly,\nEgan Brothers (per Edward Egan),\nCorner of Graham and Garry streets, Winnipeg.\nP. S.\u00E2\u0080\u0094You are doubtless aware that this is our first attempt at farming, our business being railway contracting, and, considering this fact, I feel that we\nhave done remarkably well, as, barring our own work (we did not hire any labor), we realized enough from one crop to pay the original price of the land, and have\nnow the valuable property to the good, and our success this year has decided us to adopt farming in Manitoba as our future calling.\nTell this, if you like, to the suffering farmers of Ontario, and if your story is doubted, refer them to me and my brothers. E. E.\nFROM THE BRANDON DISTRICT.\nKemnay, January 16th, 1888.\nI take great pleasure in giving a correct statement of all the crop I had on my farm, which is situated on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway,\nseven miles west of the city of Brandon. I had 145 acres of wheat, from which the total yield the past season was 6,840 bushels. One piece of 45 acres of summer fallow gave 2,240 bushels, being an average of 5'i bushels per acre, and 100 acres averaged 45 bushels per acre. I had also 45 acres of oats,\nwhich yielded 3,150 bushels, an average of TO bushels per acre. Ofl 6 acres of barley I had 387 bushels. I planted about % of an acre potatoes\nand had 225 bushels good, dry, mealy potatoes. The yield of roots and garden vegetables was large and of good quality. In conclusion I would say that previous\nto coming to Ontario, Canada, I had farmed in one of the best agricultural districts of Germany, and after coming to Canada I farmed twelve years in the county\nof Waterloo, Ont. I removed to Manitoba in March, 1884 ; that summer I broke 190 acres, off which I reaped in 1885 a fine crop of wheat, fully as good as this\nyear. My two sons have farms joining mine, and their crops yield equally as large as mine. I must say that farming has paid me better in this Province than in\nOntario or the Fatherland.\n(Signed), Christian Senkbeil. iir ~^r~\n42\nfrom moosomin, n. w. t.\nMoosomin, N. W. T.\nRange 30 and 31, Township 14, four miles from station. Came to the country in 1883, and settled in present location. Amount of capital, $12,000.\nAcreage now owned, 4,000. Under crop in 1887, 600 acres. Present capital, $40,000. Yield per acre, 1887, 30 bushels, average. Live stock, 14 horses. I\nam pleased to give my experience since I came to this country. My success has been far beyond my expectations. I am fully convinced for extensive farming,\nwholly grain or mixed farming, it cannot be surpassed. I think Moosomin district is equalled by few and surpassed by no other point in Manitoba or the North-\nWest Territories. Moosomin is a first-class grain market and is growing rapidly in importance.\n(Signed), J. R. Neff.\nEXTRACTS FROM OTHER LETTERS.\nW. Govenlock\u00E2\u0080\u0094S. 27, T. 11, R. 23, near Griswold. Had 60 bushels of wheat per acre on 5 acres, and 3? bushels per\nacre on 250 acres.\nSamuel Hanna\u00E2\u0080\u0094S. 7, T. 10, R. 22, near Griswold. Had an average ot 40 bushels of wheat per acre, on 250 acres.\nJohn Young\u00E2\u0080\u0094S. 1, T. 10, R. 23. Had \"75 bushels of wheat from one acre.\nAlex. Johnston\u00E2\u0080\u0094Near Elkhorn. An average of 41 bushels wheat per acre on 14 acres.\nGeo. Freeman\u00E2\u0080\u0094Near Elkhorn. An average of 37^ bushels of wheat per acre on 50 acres.\nThos. Wood\u00E2\u0080\u009410 miles north of Virden. Had an average of 63 bushels ol wheat on 5 acres, (315 bushels ol wheat\nfrom 5 acres).\nRichard Tapp\u00E2\u0080\u0094South of Virden. Had an average of 51 bushels of wheat on 20 acres.\nThos. Bobier\u00E2\u0080\u0094Half a mile north of Moosomin. Had forty acres of wheat averaging 38 bushels to the acre.\nJ. R. Neff\u00E2\u0080\u0094Three miles north of Moosomin. Had 115 acres of wheat, averaging 37 bushels to the acre.\nG. T. Cheasley\u00E2\u0080\u0094Four miles north-east from Alexander. Had an average of 45 bushels per acre on lOO acres of wheat.\nA. Nichol\u00E2\u0080\u0094Four miles north-east of Alexander. Had 150 acres wheat averaging 40 bushels per acre.\nH. Touchbourne\u00E2\u0080\u0094Four miles north-west of Alexander. Had an average of 40 bushels per acre on 100 acres of wheat.\nW. Watt\u00E2\u0080\u0094South-west of Alexander. Had \u00C2\u00A70 acres wheat with an average of 40 bushels per acre.\nRobt. Rogers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Near Elkhorn. Had 10 acres of wheat averaging 40 bushels per acre.\nWm. Wenman, from Kent, farmer, Plum Creek ; came 1881; capital about $1,000 ; took up homestead and pre-emption for self and two sons, 960 acres\nin all; has over 8000 bushels of wheat this year ; three teams of horses worth $1,200 ; eight colts worth $1,000 ; cattle worth $500 ; implements, etc., $1,000.\nHis real estate at present is worth at least $8000.\nH. Selby, from Leicester, office Clerk, 23 years old, came 1883, took up homestead and pre-emption ; capital nil; has this year 1,200 bushels wheat, some\noats and barley ; yoke cattle and implements worth $400 ; real estate worth $1,200. (This is a worker.)\nMichael Creedan, carpenter, from Cork, came 1882 with wife and six children; arrived at Plum Creek in debt ^80 ; has now good plastered house\nand two lots in Souris town ; 160 acres good land ; four cows in calf, three heifers, pigs and fowl; no debts ; real estate worth $800 ; cattle worth $300, 43\nDanIel Connolly, plasterer, from Cork, came 1883 ; brought out wife and seven children; has now a good plastered house in Souris town worth $600 ;\ncash at least $500; no debts.\nJames Cowan, Irish, arrived in Manitoba 1882 without a dollar; hired out until he could earn enough to buy a yoke of oxen ; owns now 320 acres, of\nwhich 200 are under cultivation ; comfortable frame house, two teams of horses, eight cows, and everything necessary for carrying on a large farm; also a wife and\ntwo children ; has 9,000 bushels of grain this year.\nStephen Brown came out in 1882 ; was hired out until 1885 ; saved enough to buy a team of horses and make payments on land; broke land in 1885\nand had his first crop in 1886; got his brother to come out, who also had a team and bought land alongside, so that they worked together; have each 160 acres\nand good house and stock ; raised their second year 7,000 bushels of grain.\nMorgan and Thomas Powell, Welsh miners, came in 1882, ,\u00C2\u00A380 capital; last year brought out their wives and families; have each about 4,000\nbushels of,grain this year.\nPatrick Buckley came out in 1882 ; has worked on a farm, hired ever since ; has ;\u00C2\u00A3300 in the bank.\nPhillips Brant, a Guernsey carpenter, ^200 capital; has 320 acres, 60 head of cattle, and three sons settled within four miles, all on their own farms of\n320 acres, and raising large crops.\nDonald Sutherland and Thomas Stewart came from Scotland in 1882 ; bought each a yoke of oxen and went to work breaking their land, their\nwives meanwhile erecting sod houses, in which the families lived for two years. They are now independent; good frame houses, a quantity of stock and large\ncrops.\nGlenboro, Manitoba, 1889.\nDear Sir : In reply to your letter requesting me to give you some of my experience since coming to this Province, I will try and give you a short sketch\nof my career since coming to this country in June, '75.\nI was so much pleased with the description of the country given by a brother of mine who came to the country in '72, that I wrote, asking him to secure me\na quarter section of land, which he did near High Bluff. I was then in one of the Western States, and had a position worth four dollars per day, when I left to\ncome to this country. No doubt some will think that was rather a good thing to leave, but I have made more than that on an average per day since coming to\nManitoba.\nOn my arrival at High Bluff I went to inspect my farm, and was very much pleased with it, as well as with the country. I never had any fancy for farming\nuntil I came to Manitoba, but I assure you I soon changed my mind after coming to this Province, and in a few years had over one hundred acres under cultivation.\nI sold the farm during the boom, and after travelling around a good deal, I decided to locate where I now am, in the Glenboro District, which I consider\nis second to none in the Province, either as a wheat or a stock country. I now own a section and a-half, and have four hundred acres under cultivation : I have\nsucceeded beyond my expectations. With the exception of two seasons, I have always had an average of over 30 bushels of wheat to the acre, oats about 50 ;\nwheat has averaged as high as 40 and oats 75. It is a very easy matter to farm in this country with such a rich soil, and so easily worked. I have been back to\nmy old home in Ontario several times, and once to California since coming to this country, and still think this the best country for the poor man or the capitalist.\nI remain, yours truly,\nGlenboro, November i8th, 1889. (Signed.) James Davidson. 44\nStockton, December nth, 1889.\nDear Sir :\u00E2\u0080\u0094In answer to your letter regarding my experience in this country would say, that I came to Manitoba in the month of March, 1880, had about\n$25 left when I settled down on the farm on which I now live ; not being able to buy a yoke of oxen, I found it very hard to make a start on a farm. In about\n18 months I bought a yoke of oxen on time; I very soon with my oxen made enough to pay for them and buy another yoke and pay for them ; I now have seven\nhorses, one yoke of oxen and a good stock of cattle on my farm; my average of wheat per acre has been about 28 bushels until this last year, when the average\nwas only 11^ bushels, owing to not having scarcely any rain all summer. I think the average of land in Manitoba is capable of producing at least 25 to 35 bushels\nof wheat per acre, when it is properly managed ; the most part of the early settlers of this country knew nothing about farming at first, but now, having more\nexperience, and in many cases farms having changed hands, the average of crops is on the gain. One great benefit to this country is the frost going so deeply in the\nground in winter, in the spring it takes so long for the frost to get all out of the ground, thereby keeping a dampness continuously rising to the surface, until the\ngrain is nearly capable of shading the ground. I have lived in the Province of Ontario and in the United States for about 40 years, and can truthfully say that\nthis is the best farming country that I have ever been in. My opinion is that if a farmer cannot live and make money in farming in this country, he need not try\nelsewhere. In conclusion would say that I like the country very much in every way.\nYours respectfully,\n(Signed) Wm. Abbott, Stockton, Manitoba.\nPine Creek, South of Calgary, 18th November, 1889.\nDear Sir : After a residence of 12 years in Manitoba, I came to Alberta in 1883 and took up a homestead and pre-emption in the neighborhood of Pine\nCreek, about 12 miles south of Calgary and have since been farming there. My crops each year have been good, wheat and oats exceptionally so. In 1888, I\nhad 35 acres under crop of oats, wheat, barley, alfalfa, potatoes and garden vegetables. Oats returned a yield of 45 bushels per acre, wheat 30, barley 30. I had\nunder cultivation this year, 1889, about 50 acres of grain, and 3 of roots, and have now 1009 bushels of oats, 350 bushels of wheat, and 60 bushels of barley, 300\nbushels of potatoes, and 200 bushels of turnips. I have grown alfalfa for two years and found it a good crop : during January 1889, it grew over half an inch, and\nwas green fully a month before the native grasses in the spring. I believe the country is well adapted for its growth, and that it will be a valuable crop here.\nFrom my experience of Alberta I consider it the best part of Canada for general farming, and think any practical farmer coming here with a little capital,\nwill never regret the move, as Alberta is bound to be the most prosperous province in the Dominion, as well as having the most enjoyable climate.\nYours truly,\n' (Signed), Peter Cleland.\nI raised my first crop in 1883 from land broken late in the season of 1882, and backset in the spring of 1883, and had from 5\u00C2\u00A3 acres sown 196 bushels of\nwheat No. 1 hard. In 1881 had 40 acres rented to another party that yielded 32 bushels per acre. In 1885, the yield was 34 bushels per acre. In 1886 (another\ndry season) the yield was 20 bushels per acre. In 1887, 160 acres yielded 6,900 bushels, an average of 43 bushels per acre. In 1888 the average was 32 bushels\nper acre. In the present year the average was 15 bushels per acre on 220 acres sown. I had 125 acres that yielded 20 bushels per acre; the balance on account 45\nof a very hard stubble plowed under last fall and the season being dry, only yielded 10 bushels per acre. Now, for the seven years I have had crop, the average\nfor wheat was 29 bushels per acre, and oats 43 bushels. And for five years the average of barley has been 25 bushels per acre, with the exception of 1887 when\noats ranged 75 bushels, and the present season at 12 bushels, the general average was 50 bushels per acre.\nMine is not an exceptional case. There are plenty of others who have as good a record as mine, and some better. The present dry season may be\ndiscouraging to new comers, yet it would be unfair to judge our country by the present dry season, and it convinces me that our soil with proper farming will raise\na fair crop, under almost any circumstances. My crop this year had almost no rain, as not an inch fell from seeding to harvest. I came here from near Guelph,\nOntario, with a capital of about $700 and now have a farm of about 1,000 acres of land, 450 under cultivation; will sow 350 acres next spring and break 100\nmore. I have 11 horses, 3 good colts rising 2 years old, 4 colts rising one year, 12 head of cattle and 20 hogs, in all worth $2,500. Implements worth $1,000.\nDwelling house, grainery and stable cost $1,500. Now, it would have taken me a long time in Ontario to have gathered this much together on my capital. The\ndifference with me between there and here is\u00E2\u0080\u0094six good crops and one poor one in seven years in Manitoba, and one good crop and six poor ones in seven years in\nOntario. I must say I am well pleased with the country and the prospects before me, and think that anyone who is able and willing to work and who has some\ncapital to start on, can do well in this new country a great deal easier than in an older country. I can point you to hundreds of settlers who seven years ago had\nhardly money enough left after coming here to buy a yoke of oxen, who to-day have a good half section (320 acres) of land, two good teams and everything needed\nto work their farms, and living comfortably. I would say to new settlers don't be discouraged, but put in all the crop you can the coming season. It may be a\nrepetition of 1887, as the ground is better plowed this fall than I have ever seen it before. In conclusion I would say that you are at perfect liberty to use this\nletter or any part of it, if of use to you in the interests of emigration, as the statements I have made can be corroborated by plenty of my neighbors who have done\njust as well as I have and some better.\nAlex. Nichol,\nReeve of Whitehead, County of Brandon, Alexander Station, Manitoba.\nWinnipeg, 16th January, 1889.\nL. A. HAMILTON, Esq.,\nLand Commissioner, C. P. R., Winnipeg.\nDear Sir : During the past season (1888) we had under cultivation on our Rosser farm 501 acres, divided as follows :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n330 acres of oats, from which we secured 49 bushels to the acre, equal to 16,170 bush.\n140 acres of wheat, @ 18 bushels per acre , 2,520 \"\n25 acres of barley, @ 40 bushels per acre 1,000 \"\n6 acres of roots, (potatoes and turnips) 2,000 \"\nWe were offered $1.10 per bushel for our wheat, but declined to sell, and subsequently when the price had declined, accepted 95 cents per bushel. We sold\nthe barley at 40 cents per bushel. We sold about 9,000 bushels of our oats at 30 cents per bushel, and retained the balance, and also the roots, for our own use\nin connection with our contracts. We also put up 250 tons of hay, worth $9.00 per ton. IT\n46\nThe total results of our farming operations for the year may be summarized as follows :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n16,170 bushels of oats, @ 30 cents $4,851\n2,520 | wheat, @ 95 cents 2,394\n1,000 \" barley, @ 40 cents 400\n2,000 I roots 400\n250 tons of hay, @ $9.00 2,250\n$9,295\nThe results taken in connection with those of 1887, show our farming operations to have been very satisfactory indeed.\nEgan Bros.,\n93 Garry Street, Winnipeg.\nGretna, January 16th, 1889.\nL. A. HAMILTON, Esq.,\nLand Commissioner, C. P. R., Winnipeg.\nDear Sir : I beg to send you a report of our farming operations :\u00E2\u0080\u0094Our farm consists of 640 acres of land, situated in Township 2, Range 3, West, being\nabout 15 miles from Gretna and 7 miles from Plum Coulee, on the C. P. R. South Western. We cultivate the entire section. The first crop was sown in 1884,\nwhich was put in on breaking done the previous July, and consisted entirely of flax, which yielded 19 bushels to the acre and netted a very handsome profit for our\ninvestment. Since that season we have mixed our crop, sowing only 500 acres of wheat, flax, barley and oats, and preparing the balance of about 140 acres as\nSummer fallow, during the slack season before harvest, and enabling us to have sufficient plowing done in the Fall for all grain we wished to sow in the Spring.\nOur farm is worked entirely by hired help, and the profits over all expenses has exceeded $3,000 yearly the past two years. The yield of wheat in the crop of 1889\nwas about 29 bushels per acre, of which we had 400 acres. The crop of 1888 did not yield so well, averaging only about 23 bushels to the acre, but the sample\nwas good, grading 1 Hard. Our barley yielded about 35 bushels to the acre, oats 55, and flax 15. The season of 1888 was not as favorable as former years, but\nthe results were very satisfactory, owing to good prices. Our plan of securing help in harvest proved very successful and profitable. We secured a number of men\nin Ontario, under contract for 60 days, and made arrangements with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for reduced rates for that time, and saved our grain\npromptly, without loss by shelling or bad weather. Farming, if properly attended to, is certain to give favorable results.\nI have the honor to be, Sir, yours very truly,\nM. Long,\nManitoba Manager for J. & J. Livingston.\nQu'Appelle, March 6th, 1889.\nSir : I came to this country in the year 1878, and drove stage from Winnipeg to Battleford for four years, and in 1882 took up a farm in what is now the\nMunicipality of South Qu'Appelle, believing it the best land I had travelled over between these points, and have never regretted the choice I then made. I have \"\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"--'-g\"\"<\"\"\"-\"\n47\nevery year had a good average crop, and last year an excellent one. Wheat yielded 30 bushels per acre and oats 60. I had 40 acres of wheat and 50 acres of\noats. I sold my wheat for $1.00 per bushel. I am worth now $6,000, all of which I made since I came here, excepting what I paid for team, waggon and plow. I\nwas raised in the County of Leeds. I like the climate and country well, and would not go back to live in Ontario. I would advise any young man who knows\nanything of farming to come here. Yours, etc.,\nEd. Whalen.\nSouth Qu'Appelle, March 5th, 1889.\nSir : I came to Qu'Appelle in April, 1882, and located on the S. J of Sec. 2, Tp. 18, R. 14, four miles South of Qu'Appelle. I had for some time before\nmy coming here, been looking over Manitoba and a portion of the Territories, but saw nothing that pleased me so well as this district. I had little or no means\nwhen I settled on my land. At the present time I have 22 head of horned cattle, 3 working horses, self binder, and other implements necessary for farming, which\nare all paid for.\nIn 1883 I farmed 10 acres, wheat returned me 20 bushels per acre, and oats 60 bushels. In '84 I had 30 acres under crop ; wheat 30 bushels per acre and\noats 62. In '85, 30 acres wheat which averaged me 50 bushels to the acre. In '86, did little or no farming, being away most of the summer. In '87, I cropped\n10 acres wheat, averaging me 31 bushels per acre, 8 acres of oats 59 per acre, 15 of barley 35 per acre. In '88, 20 acres of wheat 23\u00C2\u00A3 bushels per acre, barley 10\nacres, 40 bushels per acre, and oats, 10 acres, which returned me 65 bushels per acre, The root crop, especially potatoes, yielding each year large returns. I am\nmore than satisfied with my lot and can strongly recommend settlers in coming to this district. Yours, etc.,\nAndrew Dundas.\nOak Lake, May 27th, 1889.\nIn the fall of 1874 I made up my mind to go and visit the Northwest and Montana, and I never stopped travelling and visiting the great Montana country\nand the Western part of Dakota for three years, to try and find a good place to settle in. The last place I went to see was the country lying between the Missouri\nRiver and the little Rocky Mountains. There were something like three hundred families along with me then who were, like myself, trying to find a place to\nsettle in. After we had examined the whole country thoroughly, we decided that there was no land there fit for agricultural purposes, so I called a meeting of\nthose who accompanied me and moved a resolution that we should go to Oak Lake, Manitoba, and start a new settlement, and every man in the camp was of the\nsame opinion. I was 43 days on the road, travelling every day, coming to where I am now, and I built this old log house on the banks of Oak Lake, and it is\nthe first house that was built in this district. My nearest neighbors were Mr. McKinnon (30 miles on this side of Portage la Prairie) and Mr. Lariviere (30 miles\nsouth east of this place). The readers of this letter will see by this that I knew what I was doing and knew that, one day, I would see a prosperous population\nsettled here near this beautiful Oak Lake, and I know to-day, that before many years I shall see all the land lying in Townships 6, 7, 8 and 9, from Range 22\nright up to Range 20, W. 2nd Meridian, settled up with as good farmers as are settled at the present time between here and Portage la Prairie, for I know that\nthe tract of land mentioned will be one of the best wheat countries in the Dominion of Canada.\nNow I wiH write a word on the climate. I have been here eleven years and I never had a bushel of frozen wheat, nor any other kind of grain, and as for\nall kinds of vegetables, they can be produced to perfection. Two years ago I exhibited at Oak Lake cabbages weighing 36 lbs. each; onions weighing 1 lb. each; [Iff\nI\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n48\npotatoes from 2J to 4 lbs. ; beets from 9 to 14 lbs. and turnips 22 lbs, I should think that immigrants would not delay a moment in coming to a country that\ncan produce vegetables of that enormous size, without the use of manure of any kind. At any rate they should come and see it. The C. P. R. gives you a good\nchance to go over it. This is the time for you. Come ! Do not wait any longer, for in a few years all the land will be taken up for a hundred miles west. Now\nyou will see why I came to Oak Lake in preference to Dakota and Montana. Because this country is far ahead of anything I ever saw across the line, and I am\nto-day still more convinced that Manitoba and the Northwest will surpass anything ever seen for mixed farming, and I know that if you will only take my advice\nyou will never be sorry.\nIf you want further particulars, write to me personally, and I will make it my duty to answer you immediately.\nAmable Marion.\nOak Lake, May 28th, 1889.\nAfter ten years in Manitoba and the Northwest my opinion of the country as affording a comfortable home to agricultural emigrants remains unchanged.\n. I question if any country has fewer drawbacks to the farmer. It is true we have sometimes been troubled with early and late frosts, but these are, I believe,\nless frequent than they were in the older provinces at first, and older settlers unite in telling us that they are becoming less prevalent and will continue to do so,\nas the country becomes settled and cultivated.\nIn this country a man has not to spend a life time in clearing his ground, as for the most part, the rich prairie is ready for the plough. We have also a most\nhealthful climate throughout the year, which speaks volumes for our country.\nI must add, that I am particularly attached to Oak Lake as a farming district. Taking the district all through, I question if a more prosperous community\nof farmers can be found in any new settlement, and the prospects were never brighter than at present; for the season forward, crops are looking well and our\npeople are happy.\nR. Charles Quinney.\nIll, 1 V l**BF\u00E2\u0084\u00A2\nAll even numbered sections excepting 8 and 26 are open for homestead entry. y|?;\n'1 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\" brtot1.\nEntry may be made personally at the local land office in which the land to be taken is situate, or, if the homesteader desires, he\nmay, on application to the Minister of the Interior, Ottawa, or the Commissioner of Dominion Lands, Winnipeg, receive authority for\nsome one near the loeal. office to make the entry for him.\n**\nUnder the present law, homestead duties may be performed in three ways:\n1. Three years' cultivation and residence, during which period the settler may not be absent for more than six months in any\none year without forfeiting the entry.\n2. Residence for three years within two miles of the homestead quarter section and afterwards next prior to application for\npatent residing for three months in a habitable house erected upon it. Ten acres must be broken the first year after entry, 15 acres\nadditional in the second, and 15 -acres in the third year; 10 acres to be in crop the second year, and 25 acres the third year.\n3. A settler may reside anywhere for the first two years, in the first year breaking 5, in the second cropping said 5 and breaking\nadditional 10, also building a habitable house. The entry is, forfeited if residence is not commenced at the expiration of two years from\ndate of entry. Thereafter the settler must reside upon and cultivate his homestead for at least six months in each year for three years.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 :ifAPFUCATZOXI F0I PATERT\nmay be made before the local agent, any homestead inspector, br the intelligence officer at Moosomin or QuAppelle station.\nSix months' notice-must be given in writing to, the Commissioner of Dominion Lands by a settler of his intention, prior to making\napplication for patent.\nIntelligence | ffices are situate at Winnipeg ai\d Qu'Appelle station. Newly arrived immigrants will receive at any of these\noffices information as to the lands that are open for entry, and from the officers in charge, free of expense, advice and assistance in\nsecuring lands to suit them. ^^\nAll communications having reference to lands under control of the Dominion Government, lying between the eastern boundary of\nManitoba and the Pacific Coast, should be addressed to\nThe Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or The Commissioner of Dominion Lands, Winnipeg, Man. The 1 Canadian ^ Pacific \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 Railway\nProvides for the\nCOMFORT AND CONVENIENCE\nOF SETTLERS\n-going to-\nTHE CANADIAN NORTHWEST\nA Special Form of Passenger Equipment,\nknown as\nColonist Cars\nWhich are run through to MANITOBA and\nBRITISH COLUMBIA on the regular Express\nTrain leaving MONTREAL each week day. They\nare really \" Sleeping Cabs,\" modelled after the\nstyle of the first-class \"Pullman,\" with upper\nand lower berths, closets, lavatories, etc > etc., the\nonly difference being that the seats and berths\nare not upholstered. Occupants may supply\ntheir own bedding, or can purchase of the Company's Agents at QUEBEC, MONTREAL, or\nTORONTO, a mattress, pillow and blanket for\n$2.50 (10 shillings), which, they can retain at the\nend of their journey.\nThe accompanying cut shows the interior of a\nColonist Car, with a portion of the berths made\nup for sleeping purposes.\nHolders of COLONIST or SECOND-CLASS TICKETS are allowed FREE USE OF\nTHESE CARS^FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THEIR JOURNEY\nOVER THE CANADIAN PACIFIC .RAILWAY."@en . "Advertisements"@en . "Pamphlets"@en . "CC_TX_194_013"@en . "10.14288/1.0356660"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Box 194"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. 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