ufa 



usually dry! Jooe is the i ->'H. July ami tin- 



'Month* :m>l 'luring these tin- growth of all pi 

 velloush IN an. I .juirk. Tin- aiituinii is C.M .1. di y ami in- 



ther fur hai Tin- ri\ 



lakes freexe in No\eml>er. aiil <>|M-II f'>r navigation in April. 



Decvml-er iv clear and cold, l.iit little sm>w. .January ami 



tin- coldest months, ami storms may ' looked 



for occasionally. March is sunny ami l.roken l>y thaws. I >ur 



tin- greater part >!' winter, tin- air is r.-markal.ly still. 



Thf th'-riiKini, t<-r may sink t" '<> ilegrees IM-|W /..TO, hut 



] jlr |>ro]M-rly clad ace m> im-imv.-n! ! t.-am- 



in^', lt^in.ir. ami r<x-k -rutting ^> on to as great an .-\t. nt as 

 in tin- raM.-rn jtroviin 



\v ilitlicultii--; may t- im-ntiom-<l, such a.s local hailst* rm- 

 in Ati^nist ami S.-|.t.-iiilM-r. which -lama^c the crops soin.-tim.- : 

 trrritic tliuml.-r ami li^htnin^. iiios|uitoes, especially m-ar 

 mpa, grasshoppers from tin- ^r-at Aim-rican ili-si-rt. occa- 

 sional sunini'-i- : :nl alkali, or an iiiipup- sulphate of 

 siHlitim in the soil, over large tracts of country, particularly in 

 tin- In-avirr clay lamls. must also !> tak.-u into account, l.ut 

 th>-s.- liavi- l..-1-n ma^nitifil. As to the la.st. farim-rs now con- 

 si.l.-ra little alkali in the soil Ix-ncticiul. It lrin^s c.-n-als to 

 maturity earlier, ami t.-n. k to stiffen ami shorten the MIMW 

 thus emililinir it to stan-1 the lii^li wimls. The chief difficulty 



keep it out of the wells. In a word, emigrant- with 

 small means m-ed imt expect to l.eeoine wealthy suddenly. 

 They can. with frugality and industry, attain to imle]-nd.-iic.- 

 in Manitoba in a short, T time than in Kast.-rn < 'anada. Then. 



the Indian- .idually disapjM-arin^ l.efoiv tlie 

 nger races. Bre<l and rean-d in j Mildirt.aml hav- 

 ing generally the taint : aiv, asarnle. 

 slu.rt-lived. The I Io\ ,-niiii'-nt has appointed instructor-, well 

 supplied with implements, seed and cattle, to teach them farm- 

 ing liy prect-pt and example, hut the j r cr.-at uivs do not take 



kindly to steady work. They are seen at their l>est when they 

 assemble at the appointed ivmle/voiis to receive their ti 

 money: faces daul-ed with 1. right paint, and tin- 1'nion .lack 



