. 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. 12 The Agricultural Rfiourfet of Canada, rink, and variolic places of amusement. Not far from the town is the ox|HT
. 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. 12 The Agricultural Rfiourfet of Canada, rink, and variolic places of amusement. Not far from the town is the ox|HTiint'ntal t'urni, of 625 acres. It is partly in the valley of AsHiiiiboine, and partly on the adjoining hi^h hind. Ic was com- inrnced in 1888» and since then very rapid pn>gre8s has heen made. When the trees planted along the fide of the road have grown a liltlo larger, the farm will present a very attractive appearance. We were greatly struck hy th(^ windmill which li.'is hnen erected, and hy \\hich power of from 4 to 14 horse can he generated. U was managed with the utmost ease. They had devoted here \()'^ plotd of land to different qualities and kinds of wheat, and they also. GKAIN ALEVATOa, DBANDOX. experimented on different kinds of oats, barley, &c., &c. Experiments were also made with different kinds of fruit trees, such as apple, pear, plum, currant, gooseberry, &c. As this farm represents in itself the diffi^rent qualities of land in Manitoba, it must of necessity be of great interest and assistance to farmers in that district. The numlx^- of visitors (4,703 recorded their names in the last twelve months) shows that the interest taken in it is great. The afternoon of this date we visited the first sheep farm that we had come across in Manitoba. On our way we passed through a large tract of land, most of which was light and poor. Upon arrival we found a fine flock of ewes, which last vear had cost' the proprietor S900 (i^lSO). He said that he had sold
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