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90 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
on the river bank above the L a n d i n g , F a t h e r Busson told me
that White R u s s i a n and R e d F y f e wheat had been raised
since 1881, and d u r i n g a l l these years i t had never been
seriously injured, whilst the y i e l d had reached as h i g h as
thirty- five bushels to the acre. Seeding began about the
middle of A p r i l , and harvesting about the middle of August.
H e was of opinion that along the r i m of the upper p r a i r ie
level wheat would ripen, but farther back he thought it
unsafe, and so no doubt i t is for the present. M r . B r i c k ' s
fine farm, opposite the S i x Islands, and other farms also,
were a success, but, of course, a l l these were along the river.
W i t h regard to the upper level, I heard opinions adverse to
Father Busson's, though, like his, conjectural. The inconsiderable
height above the sea ( Lefroy, I think, puts the
upper level at about 1,600 feet), the prolonged sunlight, the
whole night being penetrated w i t h it though the sun has set,
together w i t h good methods of farming, w i l l no doubt get
r i d of frost, which strikes here just as i t has i n every new
settlement i n Manitoba, and i n fact throughout a great
p o r t i o n of the continent.
There were complaints, however, of a worse enemy than
frost, namely, drought, w h i c h we were t o l d was a characteri
s t i c feature of those magnificent p r a i r i e s to the north. The
w i r y grass is very short there, something l i k e the M i l k R i v er
grass i n Southern A l b e r t a , and hay i s scarce. This drawback
w i l l doubtless be got over hereafter by d r y farming, or better
s t i l l by i r r i g a t i o n , should the lakes to the north prove to be
available.
I have pointed out disadvantages which i n a l l l i k e l i h o od
w i l l disappear w i t h time and settlement by good farmers.
I t is a region, I believe, predestined to a g r i c u l t u r e ; but, in
some localities, the r a i n f a l l , as has been said, is rather scant
for good husbandry, and, therefore, farming to the north
of the river, on the upper level, is not as yet an assured
success. To the south better conditions p r e v a i l , and thither
no doubt the stream of i m m i g r a t i o n w i l l first trend.
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| OCR | 90 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN on the river bank above the L a n d i n g , F a t h e r Busson told me that White R u s s i a n and R e d F y f e wheat had been raised since 1881, and d u r i n g a l l these years i t had never been seriously injured, whilst the y i e l d had reached as h i g h as thirty- five bushels to the acre. Seeding began about the middle of A p r i l , and harvesting about the middle of August. H e was of opinion that along the r i m of the upper p r a i r ie level wheat would ripen, but farther back he thought it unsafe, and so no doubt i t is for the present. M r . B r i c k ' s fine farm, opposite the S i x Islands, and other farms also, were a success, but, of course, a l l these were along the river. W i t h regard to the upper level, I heard opinions adverse to Father Busson's, though, like his, conjectural. The inconsiderable height above the sea ( Lefroy, I think, puts the upper level at about 1,600 feet), the prolonged sunlight, the whole night being penetrated w i t h it though the sun has set, together w i t h good methods of farming, w i l l no doubt get r i d of frost, which strikes here just as i t has i n every new settlement i n Manitoba, and i n fact throughout a great p o r t i o n of the continent. There were complaints, however, of a worse enemy than frost, namely, drought, w h i c h we were t o l d was a characteri s t i c feature of those magnificent p r a i r i e s to the north. The w i r y grass is very short there, something l i k e the M i l k R i v er grass i n Southern A l b e r t a , and hay i s scarce. This drawback w i l l doubtless be got over hereafter by d r y farming, or better s t i l l by i r r i g a t i o n , should the lakes to the north prove to be available. I have pointed out disadvantages which i n a l l l i k e l i h o od w i l l disappear w i t h time and settlement by good farmers. I t is a region, I believe, predestined to a g r i c u l t u r e ; but, in some localities, the r a i n f a l l , as has been said, is rather scant for good husbandry, and, therefore, farming to the north of the river, on the upper level, is not as yet an assured success. To the south better conditions p r e v a i l , and thither no doubt the stream of i m m i g r a t i o n w i l l first trend. |
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