Homesteading 



Plains (the latter after vicissitudes) seemed s< 

 profitable for grain growing, that it is not wonder 

 ful if the new settlers, who in recent years havi 

 been pouring in north-westwards, should hav( 

 striven to follow on the same lines, forgetting 

 that not only were they further from the world'i 

 markets, but that their country was practicalh 

 untried. 



Not that from climatic conditions or othe 

 causes the particular district of which I an 

 speaking and similar great stretches of countr 

 in Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta are un 

 suited for the growth of grain ; in fact, I believ 

 samples of wheat from one of the parts name* 

 have taken the world's prize at a recent larg 

 exhibition. The country, however, appears t 

 be less uniform, needing more knowledge ant 

 experience, while the settlers that have beoi 

 pouring in have, perhaps, had less than somj 

 of those who came to places like the Regin 

 Plains and some other parts. From this an 

 causes before mentioned, there have been muc 

 discouragement and disappointment among man; 

 who have toiled on year after year courageouslj 

 hoping for better times. On the other hanc 

 ranchers, who are being more or less crowde 

 out, and for the most part Hve in an exceeding! 

 primitive way, have been doing pretty well, ao 



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