. 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. B^raser's Report. 63 wholesale. All the logs used in this mill come down the Assiniboine a distance of 800 miles. The country to the south of Brandon is splendidly adapted to arable farming, consisting of rolling prairie, with hills in the distance. We stopped at the Matheson Shuep !E
. 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. B^raser's Report. 63 wholesale. All the logs used in this mill come down the Assiniboine a distance of 800 miles. The country to the south of Brandon is splendidly adapted to arable farming, consisting of rolling prairie, with hills in the distance. We stopped at the Matheson Shuep !E^arm, where a herd of 400 pure-bred Shropshires are kept. They have been imported from the best flocks in England, and succeed very well here. Disease of any kind is almost unknown, and they have only to be dipped once a year, in spring. The average return of lambs is 1| per ewe. The flock are summered at Oak Lake, 60 miles west, and are brought down here about this time and hand-fed on hay and oats in the straw. The sheds in which they are kept are open, so that they can move about at will and not get too warm. "t'. 'â )â >â i;:' OATTLB IN THB QU'aPFELLB VALLISY. Our next stop was at Indian Head, Assiniboia, a Indian Head small town 180 miles west of Bnuidon. About and Qv'Appelle. half a mile north-east of the railway station is another Government Experimental Farm, 680 acres in extent, of which 500 acres are under cultivation. The soil is of a more uniform character than any of the other experimental farms visited, probably for the reason that it ia diflicult to get in this neighbourhood, within a given radius, very much diversity of soil. It is a sandy loam, varying from light to heavy, and resting on a clay subsoil. We were shown round by the manager, Mr. Angus MaoKay, who gave me a great deal of reliable and trustworthy iniormation regarding the country round* Pure-bred cattle of three. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that ma
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