. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . Il U 1 KIYI \< i \\. THE SIDE CHEEKS HAVE DEEP RAVINES TOO. To lacj p. 216. THE PEACE RIVER 217 roughly to Southern Manitoba in climate. It iswell known that the finest wheal in the world isthe Manitoba Hard, a variety which has been pro-duced by growing wheat as near to the Northernlimit of its cultivation as possible, and this has beengrown experimentally with great success on thePeace River. Away down at Vermilion, it is true, the crop isvery often a failure, but there is a vast area ofcountry much farther south than that. The worst
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . Il U 1 KIYI \< i \\. THE SIDE CHEEKS HAVE DEEP RAVINES TOO. To lacj p. 216. THE PEACE RIVER 217 roughly to Southern Manitoba in climate. It iswell known that the finest wheal in the world isthe Manitoba Hard, a variety which has been pro-duced by growing wheat as near to the Northernlimit of its cultivation as possible, and this has beengrown experimentally with great success on thePeace River. Away down at Vermilion, it is true, the crop isvery often a failure, but there is a vast area ofcountry much farther south than that. The worstthing is not the cold, but the fear of insufficientrain ; it may happen that in exceptionally dry yearssuch as this there may be a drought. That is theonly drawback, and it is one which this countryshares with many others which are thriving wheatproducers. * * * * * The middle of August has come and gone, butthere is no sign of I he steamer. We are back incamp on the south bank of the river opposite theHope. Some of the squatters, whose homesteadshave been surveyed, and who
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