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Between Killarnoy and Glenboro', where we next came 

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intelligent and industrious men, and appeared to be doin<r 

 very well. On arriving at Glenboro' we met several gentlemeS 

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to assist us in every way they could. Mr. James Duncan, who 

 came here 13 years ago, with a capital of £100, was the only 

 settler within GO miles at that time. He homesteaded a quarter- 

 section (160 acres). In a short time he bought 300 acres, which 

 were added to his farm. He is now a man of good means. Glenboro' 

 has a population of 600, with a railway passing through it. The land 

 is chiefly under grain, to the west, and well suited for mixed farming. 



"We next visited Souris, and called upon several Welsh people. 



WelsJi Mr. E. J. Jones, who came from North Wales 12 years ago, 



Settlers, with a capital of $700, was taken ill at Montreal when he 



landed, and it cost him all he had; but, notwithstanding his 

 misfortune, he now owns a half-section, and rents another half- 

 section, on which the stock and crops looked very promising. About 

 25 miles' drive north-east brings us to Brandon (population, 5,400) ; tho 

 largest grain market in Manitoba. On Monday, the 18th, we visited 

 the Brandon Experimental Farm, and saw much to be admired there ; 

 the cattle were first-rate, and the machinery was also a great 

 att)'action : all brunches of farm work were methodically carried on. 

 We next came to Q,a'Appelle (population, 950), which is some 

 distance west of Brandon. We drove to Indian Head. Mr. William 

 Dixon, who farms 640 acres, says that he expects his wheat to turn out 

 about 35 bushels per acre. Land was a clean black loam, evidently 

 with grain-growing properties — as the return of this farm is above tho 

 average of tho Assiniboine district; quality of grain, No. 1 hard, 

 Shropshire Down sheep, he says, will do well here, only they must bo 



