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The Ag)-icuUural Resources of Canada. 



othor Bubj.^cts, farming is taught. The ]ii.shop of the diocese is l^ho 

 principal of the college. „' t" '■»• " 



" •-.;- Ou the 20th we drove from Qu'Appelle to Indian 



Indian TTead. Head, where Lord Brassey's farms ara situated. There 

 are also the Bell, Alliance, and Experimental Farms. 

 About two miles from the station we saw, on a farm, the finest crop of 

 wheat that we came across in our travels. The farmer had 280 acres of 

 wheat, which averaged 40 bushels to the acre. The soil here is heavy, 

 and takes three horses to do the work usually performed by two. It so 

 sticks to the moulds of the ploughs that there is great ditliculty in 

 l)loughing. It is a black loam, of tirst-rate quality, the subsoil being 

 clay." This has been able to stand the hot winds and weather, and is 





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not affected by frosts. Fine crops of oats were also grown, averaging 

 from 45 to 55 bushels to the acre. The barley yielded about 30 bushels 

 per acre. Sheep do well here. We saw a nice lot of Shropshire sheep, 

 which had received but very little attention during the winter. They 

 had an open shed to go to, and could help themselves to wheat straw. 

 The cattle that we saw belonging to Lord Brassey looked exceedingly 

 well. They were mostly Durhams. We also saw about 25 Clydesdale 

 colts, looking remarLibly healthy. Most of the crops were on the 

 large fields. These fields are so large that on the Bell Farm (before it 

 was broken up) a ploughman, starting in the morning, ^ould have to 

 be particularly sharp, in taking a furrow, to be able to return to his 

 dinner, doing a furrow each way. These furrows were four miles long. 

 Land is rather dear here, or, at least, it is higher priced It is from 

 $5 (£1) to $15 (^3) per acre. We saw on the Alliance Farm a large 

 number of Indians carrying com. They are paid a dollar a day. and 

 they must have their wages every night. If the hunting fit comes on, 



