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rink, and various places of amusement. Not far from the town is the 

 oxiHTimciital farm, of 625 acres. It is ].artly in the valley of 

 Assiniboine, aiul partly on the adjoining hi^h land. It was com- 

 lufneed in 1888, and since then very rapid progress has been made. 

 When the trees planted along the fside of tlie road have grown a 

 little larger, the farm will present n veiy attractive appearance. 

 Wo were greatly struck by the windmill which has been erected, 

 and by wliich power of from 4 to 14 horse can be generated. 

 It was manag(>d with the utmost ease. They had devoted here 103 

 plot3 of land to different qualities and kinds of wheat, and they alao 



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experimented on different kinds of oats, barley, &c., &c. Experiments 

 were, also made with different kinds of fruit trees, such as apple, pear, 

 plum, currant, gooseberry, &c. As this farm represents in itself the 

 different qualities of land in Manitoba, it must of necessity be of great 

 interest and assistance to farmers in that district. The number of 

 visitors (4,703 recorded their names in the last twelve months) shows 

 that the intei'est taken in it is great. The afternoon of this date wo 

 visited the first sheep farm that we had come across in Manitoba. On 

 our way we passed through a large tract of land, most of which was light 

 and poor. Upon arrival we found a fine flock of ewes, which last year had 

 cost' the proprietor S!900 (£180). He said that he had sold 60 lambs 

 at S5 (,£1) each, and had in stock lambs valued at 85400 (iJSO). He 

 had also 100 acres of ^heat, which had done badly this year. He was 

 of opinion that mixed farming was more likely to pay than any other 

 kind of farming, although the keeping of a stock of sheep in m intej^ 



