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seen it grow as tall as I saw it in Ireland. Vegetables of all kinds grow 

 splendidly without much labour and with no manure." — Mathew Owens, 

 J. P., High Bluff. 



" Land ought to be ploughed in the fall and sown as early as possible 

 in the spring. Seeding is from 10th to 15th of April, and harvest from 

 10th of August to 15th of September. The Mennonites here grow all 

 their tobacco, and it stands about four feet high." — John W. Carlton, 

 Clear Springs. 



" The month of May is generally fair ; June wet ; August and September 

 fair weather. All kinds of roots and vegetables should be sown as early 

 as the ground is in fit condition, and will be tit for gathering about middle 

 of October. Brush ground broken in spring will yield a good crop of oats 

 or potatoes the same season." — James Sinclair, Greenwood. 



" I have been in the country six years and have found the driest 

 summer to give the best crops, even though there was no rain except an 

 odd thunder- shower. New settlers should come in May, and break their 

 land till July ; then, after cutting and saving plenty of hay for all the 

 cattle, they can prepare their buildings for the winter." — Henry West, 

 Clear Springs. 



" For stock-raising purposes the district is unequalled, as the supply of 

 hay is unlimited, and a man can raise as much stock as he is able to cut 

 fodder for." — David Chalmers, St. Anne, Point Du Chene. 



" The potatoes raised here are the finest I ever saw. I have not been 

 in the country but one year, but I am very well pleased with it. All 

 kinds of roots grow better and larger here than in Ontario." — William 

 Start, Assiniboine. 



" I started with one cow, one horse and a plough eighteen years ago, and 

 to-day my assessment was for $13,000. I did not fail one crop yet in 

 eighteen years of my farming here, and I must say this year's crop is better 

 than I have had before," — Benjamin Bruce, Poplar Point. 



" Rye does well in this country. I have been in Scotland, England, 

 and the United States, and in Ontario, but this country beats them all for. 

 large potatoes." — Robert Bell, Burnside. 



" I would suggest that intending settlers in the North- West who come 

 to settle down on prairie land should break up an acre or two around 

 where they build, on the west, north and east, and plant with maple seeds. 

 Plant in rows four feet apart, the seeds to be planted one foot apart ; they 

 afterwards can be thinned out and transplanted. I have them twelve feet 



