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the pasture. It is a section of the prairie, the severe 

 flatness of which is broken by undulating hills. 



Flax is cultivated in large quantities, which is 

 used in the manufacture of oil cake and ropes. 



The ground was being broken up for the winter 

 wheat as I travelled along the line, and from the 

 train we could see the steam ploughs busy at work. 

 The grain is threshed in the field where it is reaped, 

 and the straw in that locality is burned, as it finds no 

 market. In other parts of the agricultural districts it 

 has an economic use, and commands a good price. 



