. Possibilities of the great Northwest [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture. "WM gumaa i 534 THF RFI^IFM' Oh' RFI^IHIVS. tlement ami cultivation, will probably be in all the future, as it hiis been in the past, a never failing source of supply of tlie choicest fnrs, a monopoly in the trade of which has made colossal fortunes for the members of the Hudson's Bay Company. There is a possible source of immense wealth also in the broe<liiig, and complete or partial domestic^a- tion, of the reindeer and other animals which can furnish a supply of food, skins and ot
. Possibilities of the great Northwest [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture. "WM gumaa i 534 THF RFI^IFM' Oh' RFI^IHIVS. tlement ami cultivation, will probably be in all the future, as it hiis been in the past, a never failing source of supply of tlie choicest fnrs, a monopoly in the trade of which has made colossal fortunes for the members of the Hudson's Bay Company. There is a possible source of immense wealth also in the broe<liiig, and complete or partial domestic^a- tion, of the reindeer and other animals which can furnish a supply of food, skins and other materials adapted to the use of man. A HKALTHFUr. COUNTRY.' Much has been said above in regard to climate in its relation to agriculture ; a word may not be out of place as to its effect upon humanity. It is a healthful country. In Minnesota 70 per cent, of the yearly measure of heat, 76 per cent, of the rainfall and 76 per cent, of atmospheric humidity belonged to the season of vegetable growth. There is an average of more than 200 clear days to the year. Malaria is utterly unknown. And in the crisp, clear, irvigorat-. LAYINO BRICK TWENTY DEOREES BELOW ZERO. ing, almost intoxicating atmosphere of the winters there is not a tithe of the physical discomfort which is found in the East. Moisture has as much or more than temperature tf) do with t]i(> physical effects of climate, whether it behotor cold. In the Northwest work is not suspended in the winter ; even building operations go on almost the same as in summer time. Many of the princ-ipal buildings of Duluth an<l other Northwestern cities have been built during winter. and our illustration shows bricklaying going steadily on when the temperature was 20 below zero. Alter- nate freezing and thawing will, of course, destroy the temper of the mortar, but brick and mortar both are heated, so that the latter sets before it freezes, then stays frozen until it has thoroughly dried out. with the result of making a wall which
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