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cultivation, as I have seen raised in my native place, County Kent, Eng- 

 land, where market gardening is carried on to perfection."— Thos. Henry 

 Brown, Poplar Point. 



" Native hops are grown as large as any I ever saw cultivated." — 

 Francis Ogletree, Portage-la-Prairie. 



" Hemp and flax I have tried, and they grow excellently. Tame grasses 

 of all kinds do well, especially timothy. My advice to all is to come to 

 this country, where they can raise the finest samples of grain of all kinds 

 that ever were raised in any country." — Andrew J. Hinker, Greenridge. 



" Spring is the best time to come to this country, as the settler can 

 then get a crop of oats put in on breaking, which will yield him twenty, 

 five bushels to the acre, and potatoes grow well ploughed under the sod. 

 He can raise enough to keep him for the season. That way I raised fifty 

 bushels from a quarter acre." — Arthur D. Cadenhead, Scratching River. 



" Gentlemen, — The average yield of ray grain last year was : Oats, 

 sixty-five bushels ; wheat, thirty bushels ; potatoes, three hundred bushels, 

 although some of my neighbours had over six hundred ; turnips, I should 

 say, about seven hundred and fifty bushels. I would much rather take my 

 chances here than to farm with the spade in any of the old countries. If 

 you doubt my words, please come and see for yourself." — John Brydon, 

 Morris. 



" Settlers should come without encumbering themselves with imple- 

 ments, etc., etc., as everything can be had at a cheap figure. Oxen 

 we deem advisable to begin farming with. We expect to have a very 

 plentiful garden supply this year, though we sowed in May and June, 

 April being the usual time, yet all is coming on well. Cucumbers growing 

 in the open air, we have had already. Melons and tomatoes we expect to 

 have in any quantity the end of this month or the beginning of next. 

 Wild strawberries and raspberries and many other kinds of fruit are to be 

 had in abundance. The soil we find rich and capable of growing anything 

 that we have yet tried, and that without any trouble. We plough the 

 garden, doing any real fine work with the spade." — Andrew Dawson 

 Headingly. 



" Intending settlers should not bring the long-handled Canadian plough, 

 as it does not work well here, nor should they bring heavy iron axle 

 waggons. The best thing to bring is some improved stock cattle, sheep 

 and pigs." — Chas. Logan, Portage-la-Prairie. 



" The weather in seeding as a rule is all that could be desired. Roots 

 are gathered the first week in October, when the weather is all that could 



