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The Agricultural Rfiourfet of Canada, 



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

 ox|HTiint'ntal t'urni, of 625 acres. It is partly in the valley of 

 AsHiiiiboine, and partly on the adjoining hi^h hind. Ic was com- 

 inrnced in 1888» and since then very rapid pn>gre8s has heen made. 

 When the trees planted along the fide of the road have grown a 

 liltlo larger, the farm will present a very attractive appearance. 

 We were greatly struck hy th(^ windmill which li.'is hnen erected, 

 and hy \\hich power of from 4 to 14 horse can he generated. 

 U was managed with the utmost ease. They had devoted here \()'^ 

 plotd of land to different qualities and kinds of wheat, and they also 



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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 

 diffi^rent qualities of land in Manitoba, it must of necessity be of great 

 interest and assistance to farmers in that district. The numlx^- of 

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

 that the interest taken in it is great. The afternoon of this date we 

 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 vear had 

 cost' the proprietor S900 (i^lSO). He said that he had sold 60 lambs 

 atS5(^l) each, and had in stock lambs valued at S400 (£80). He 

 had also 100 acres of vheat, 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 wintei^ 



