. Sessional papers of the Dominion of Canada 1915 . onsBay company has been temporarily shut down. Oats seem more difficult to raise than wheat, but barley is probably the surest ofthe grain crops. Rye has never been tried in this district. Potatoes, turnips, mangolds,carrots, sugar beets, cabbage, cauliflower, and celery do exceedingly well. Tomatoesripen occasionally. Small fruits such as currants, raspberries, etc., thrive, but straw-berries have not been successful. Flowers are among the successes of the district, andmany varieties are to be seen blooming in the garden of the experimental
. Sessional papers of the Dominion of Canada 1915 . onsBay company has been temporarily shut down. Oats seem more difficult to raise than wheat, but barley is probably the surest ofthe grain crops. Rye has never been tried in this district. Potatoes, turnips, mangolds,carrots, sugar beets, cabbage, cauliflower, and celery do exceedingly well. Tomatoesripen occasionally. Small fruits such as currants, raspberries, etc., thrive, but straw-berries have not been successful. Flowers are among the successes of the district, andmany varieties are to be seen blooming in the garden of the experimental station atFort Vermilion. Timothy and broom grass grow well, but alfalfa is always a failure. Slough hay or upland hay is difficult to obtain anywhere near the settlements andmost of the settlers are drawing their hay from a considerable distance. Horses, cattle and hogs are plentiful in the district and do exceedingly well. Con-siderable numbers of the horses rustle all winter, but it is usual to feed the cattleduriuff the extremely cold Iliotoliy .1. S. Callctlx, Flunr Mill at l^mt ViTiiiilidn. This flour mill, built and opcralcil 1)\ the Hudsons Hay company, is said lo he tlio farthest nortli flour mill inAmerica if not in the world.
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