. Scotch tenant-farmers on the agricultural resources of Canada [microform] : the reports of Mr. John Steven, Purroch Farm, Hurlford, Ayrshire; and Mr. Alex. Fraser, Balloch of Culloden, Inverness, on their visit to Canada in 1893. Agriculture; Farmers; Scots; Agriculture; Agriculteurs; Ecossais. Mr. Alex. Frcuer^a Report. 68 not far wrong. Prices are high just now, 4i d(jllars, or 228., being given per 100 lbs., live weight, for pigs. He has several different breeds, including Tamworth, Yorkshire, and Berkshire, all of good quality. There is so much cheap grain that pigs are bound to pay well
. Scotch tenant-farmers on the agricultural resources of Canada [microform] : the reports of Mr. John Steven, Purroch Farm, Hurlford, Ayrshire; and Mr. Alex. Fraser, Balloch of Culloden, Inverness, on their visit to Canada in 1893. Agriculture; Farmers; Scots; Agriculture; Agriculteurs; Ecossais. Mr. Alex. Frcuer^a Report. 68 not far wrong. Prices are high just now, 4i d(jllars, or 228., being given per 100 lbs., live weight, for pigs. He has several different breeds, including Tamworth, Yorkshire, and Berkshire, all of good quality. There is so much cheap grain that pigs are bound to pay well. Whilst waiting tor the train, Mr. Davy gave us some of his experiences before Becoming manager of this ranch. He bad a farm of 1,200 acres in Southern Manitoba, and had it all under crop. On Sunday, 22nd August, 1886, the whole was utterly ruined by frost; as he was only starting, principally on borrowed capital, the result was disastrous. He put in the next year's crop, and it turned out well, but it was not sufficient to put him on his legs again, so he had to quit, a ruined man. He now thinks that if he had gone more into mixed farming he would have pulled through. At Westboume practically commences a district of mixed farming. Along the line of the Manitoba and North-Western Railway system, from this point westward, we traverse a country of greater diversity of natural features than is exhibited on the great wheat-growing plains to the east. We got on the train at Westbourne Station at , The Neepawa and, proceeding westward, reached Neepawa, a rising town District. of 1,000 inhabitants, about 2 The country we passed through was principally adapted to cattle and sheep raising. In the afternoon we drove out, accompanied by Mr. John A. I ii|ij"!ilV'|.|"ili|i 'i'l|,ii 'l.!i,i,Mli'i'j' Hil'i'i'iil !"i''i",l!'i|l|i,iii,j|' ''I'l'M , N ' 111 n^r J mJll I iIjuMiH , 'l!|li '|i||!| ' i t ,1?^ iJl t ' 1 1 >i i iiiiii III i,uM,m"i'ri^
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