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to 2,000 bushiils. The farmers are not in a hurry to carry their wheat, 

 as there is no danger of rain at that time of the year. They do not 

 thatch their fitaclcs, and no trouble is taken for the sake of Appearance. 

 The wheat is carried straij^ht from the Mtooks and the thresher to the 

 elevator, where it is cleaned and htort'd, to the Iwi^ht of about 70 foet. 

 If our wheat was carried in the same miinnrr, arid stored, it would only 

 be fit for the manure heap. The qu:iUty of the Manitoba No. 1 hard 

 is so well known that it does not i*equ;re any praise. It is always in 

 demand at Liverpool and other corn markets, and commands the high- 

 est price. 



These territories are situated west and north-west of 

 The Nortli-Weitt Manitoba, the chief town Iwing Kegina. In Alberta 

 Territories. the climate is not so cold as in Manitoba. Tiie 



"chinook" winds — that is, warm winds from the Pacific 

 — blow over the country, and soon melt away the snow and ice. It is in 

 this district that the large cattle, horse, and sheep ranches are situated. 

 The animals do not require much winter shelter, nor much winter keep ; 

 but no farmer is safe who does not provide for a possible exceptional 

 winter. The cattle in the Edmonton district wore in very good con- 

 dition. We also saw in the same neighbourhood very fine lots of sheep. 

 In my opinion, this district is eminently suitable for sheep, being a 

 rolling prairie, with plenty of good water. Up to the present time 

 sheep-ranching has not received the attention it deserves — at all 

 events, in the districts we visited. 



The crops we saw in the Territories were the best we saw in our 

 travels. The wheat crops at Indian Head, and the oats and barley at 

 Edmonton, were far superior to anything we saw elsewhere. The wheat 

 is said to have yielded in some cases as high as 65 bushels per acre, 

 oats 100 bushels, and barley 46 bushels. These, of course, would bo 

 exceptionally fine crops, and the average would be under this. The 

 great drawback of the country is the distance from good markets. 

 Of course, as the district gets better populated, this will bo partly 

 remedied. The best course at present is to put the produce in as 

 condensed a form as possible, such as cheese, beef, wool, &c., &c. 

 Owing to the quantity of coal to bo found, no doubt many manufactures 

 will spring up, the development of the country being only a question 

 of time. irl.'Tf )';'.-L W'ii-f-lii%on OiH 10 ift T'>ri ii-i rri neiit m:v\ 



Land can be secured at a very cheap irate from either the C'ana(''ian 

 Pacific Eailway Company — who are large holdeis of land, and whose 

 prices vary from 8s. an acre upwards — or from the Dominion agents. 

 If the purchaser pays cash, he gets his deeds at once ; but payment may 

 be spread over nine years by paying one-tenth clown, and paying 

 interest for the remainder at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. Free 

 lands, consisting of a quarter-section — 160 acres — may be obtained by 

 any person who is the head of a family, or by anyone over 18 years of 

 age, by paying SSIO, and complying with the conditions as to building 

 and cropping. Full particulars of terms, &c., can be obtained from any 

 of the Dominion land agents. My advice to new-comers to these Ter- 

 ritories, as well as to other parts, is not to rush to buy a farm as soon 

 as they get there. It would be much better for them to work on 



