. Canada in 1880 [microform] : reports of tenant farmers' delegates on the Dominion of Canada as a field for settlement. Agriculture; Land settlement; Agriculture; Colonisation intérieure. Uf. J. p. ShMMi R^l, 19 M9 thai lividuallj _ those of L of tuberoi aa thej ha climftie tl ly enjoyed purett bluei Imirftbly luii ho Tiaiti fioi b is clear tlu ayo I tpenti ere than hen they â¢r«op« Oi^loulAted tl MUM, hoirerw, fuleâin the* ten I bat thi le. The pin, ia the Bntul i« sbuii lantl] of them ar« rong enough, thii dirsotion. time we ehall ell as a great sf in Canada, en oommuni*. rge family 0
. Canada in 1880 [microform] : reports of tenant farmers' delegates on the Dominion of Canada as a field for settlement. Agriculture; Land settlement; Agriculture; Colonisation intérieure. Uf. J. p. ShMMi R^l, 19 M9 thai lividuallj _ those of L of tuberoi aa thej ha climftie tl ly enjoyed purett bluei Imirftbly luii ho Tiaiti fioi b is clear tlu ayo I tpenti ere than hen they â¢r«op« Oi^loulAted tl MUM, hoirerw, fuleâin the* ten I bat thi le. The pin, ia the Bntul i« sbuii lantl] of them ar« rong enough, thii dirsotion. time we ehall ell as a great sf in Canada, en oommuni*. rge family 0 a hia pocket >. Hia homi ited land, 8âor, rather, boweTer, th» 10 permanen ta conaist o and aheep; »improvea. growa rap* Cerbyahire. I to 8 dollar! to 81 cents i bushel. H« id manuring era do well. 9; improTed quality and re of native trio, beoauae ig land, and ae-fourth of I was mveh iatereated in % trip mode to Bradford and Barrie, the latter a beautiful tovni ou arm of Laku Simooe. At both these towna we had a meeting of farmera in the OTcniiig, and _ lively diaouaaion on agricultural topioa. The farmera around Bradford declared that they had â lore than held their own, despite the bad timea of the paat four or flye years. Tbey considered ^leir ocpitol employed in fanning had at all eventa paid five per cent, per annum during that period of depression. FrcTiously, a farmer expected to buy and pay for an ex^ra farm every eight or ten years, but of late years they have not been able to do so. The land about Bradford ' is a clayey loam, some of it almost a clay, and, ae a rule, it ia well farmed. Mere or less live stock (ure kept, and the land is farmed in rotations which are far froi arbitrary or regular. Wheat is taken now and again; mangola, carrota, turnips, etc., are grown, and the land ia generally aeeded down with a white crop { if with autumn wheat, the timothy ia aown in the autumn and the clover in the apring. It ia needless to auggest anyth
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