. Welsh tenant-farmers on the agricultural resources of Canada [microform] : the reports of Mr. John Roberts, , Plas Heaton Farm, Trefnant, , North Wales; Mr. Dempster, Millbrook Lodge, Clarbeston Road, , South Wales, on their visit to Canada in 1893. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- Canada; Canada -- Emigration and immigration; Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration; Canada -- Émigration et immigration; Grande-Bretagne -- Émigration et immigration. T ' U'Ai S The Af/ricuttural Resources of Canada, Bussian Army, but, rather than do that, they emigrated to this pl
. Welsh tenant-farmers on the agricultural resources of Canada [microform] : the reports of Mr. John Roberts, , Plas Heaton Farm, Trefnant, , North Wales; Mr. Dempster, Millbrook Lodge, Clarbeston Road, , South Wales, on their visit to Canada in 1893. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- Canada; Canada -- Emigration and immigration; Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration; Canada -- Émigration et immigration; Grande-Bretagne -- Émigration et immigration. T ' U'Ai S The Af/ricuttural Resources of Canada, Bussian Army, but, rather than do that, they emigrated to this place, where they have proved themselves verj' gofKl settlers^ At first they were very poor, several families joining together in one outfit. Tho. WHEAT STACKS, MANITQDA. whole capital of some of them was .£54, and with this they entered upon their homesteads of 160 acres. Many of them had advancey made to them indirectly by the Government through their German friends in Ontario; and, to their honour be it said, they repaid both principal and interest long ago. Near Killarney, we visited a cheese factory which had only been in existence for a little over a twelve- month. To me this appeared to be as paying a business as any I saw. The cows are sent on the prairie to graze, and this costs them nothing. They pay to the Government for the privilege of cutting hay on vacant land 10 cents, or /)d., per ton. Only two or three farmers as yet work the factory, but others are expected to join, and the larger the number of cows the better. I was informed that one of the partners kept 300 ])igs in the summer; the average price he got was 4J cents (2|(i.) per lb. He also kept 15 breeding sows. Each cow averaged 25s. per month for six months. Ten pounds of milk made 1 lb. of cheese. They sold their cheese for 10 cents (5d,) per lb., and had a ready sale for The price of a good cow was $25 (£5). This district is well watered with streams and lakes, and there is an abundance of wild du
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