Michigan Farmers Speak

m, delegatioü of Michigan farmers have been inspecting lands in the r thwest with a view of immigrating Nor nuntry with their families and ftUnds have ade the follow'mg rep.'we arrived at Winnipeg; on July , The Manitoba provincial exhibi26t Ja then open, and was visited by tl0ü %he cattle and horses were beyond Mp trectaXioas; the former, fattened 0Ur ie grass, were superior to much 00 f, fel stock that we have seen. The stall fed stoc credt tQ thg otheíerXphlbWe arrived at Calgary on provmce. west winnipeg. fexUes were very good The Portage Set which we passed through, was of the best we have ever seen, the 1 ,1 barley, oats all apparently perS toqulaty and quantity. The Rraudoa district was al.so very good ná önr passage we saw many field of nf 50 and 100 acres, many miles raiüSfarastheeye could reach. f.?We visited the city of Calgary with ■ Catión of 4.500 at the foot of the Mg UÁ number of its buildings huilt of stone quarried about two Ues "m the center of the city. The tL ahout this place is known as XranchÏcountry. We visited the rhaSn ranche, which has 1,000 head S cStle and 600 horses. Both the rittle and horses looked m prime condition. Though the grase was very wt it was plentiful and succulent. We liso saw in one flock 2,000 sheep, Zd heard of another of 3,000. Stock ofallkindsthriveinAlberta. "On Monday, August 2d, we took the Ëdmonton and Calgary railroad f or Edmonton. We found appearance of the rnuntrv improved as wetraveled north; SO m'les f rom Calgary all the growth Mtnmenced to be very luxunant, the ff "sTbeing especially good We found that many settlers were already in the country, and every station filled with aiisiousland hunters. At Edmonton and points south and east of it, settlers can procure at the stores all requirements at a fair price. There are two coal mines at Ëdmonton. Coal ssold at S2.4O, or $2.75 per ton, delivered. Gold is being procured by many placer minerson the sandbars of the ííorth Saskatchewan. We were iniormed that each man averaged $2 to $3 per day. We saw a great many flocks f prairie chickens, ducks, and geese. It would be difficult to conceive more favorable conditions for settlement than are to be met with in the country we traversed. Good soil, water, timber, hay, coal easily and cheaply mined, on the Saskatchewan river. It seems to cropouteverywhere. Theopinion of the delegates would be this: That while the entire country seems well adapted for stock raising, the district around Edraonton. so far as we saw, was beyond our expectation suitable for mixed farniing. ín our opinión, it is to be the future country of the Northwest. W'e can say f rom evidence within our knowledg-e that any man who will eAdeavor to make a home can do so in this district." MICHIGAN DELEGATES. Chesaning: Dennis Falby, A. J. Heath, B. J. Coryell, M. L. Parshall. Brant: John 2hompson, Alian McDougall, John Cribbins, E. Whaley. Brady: James Niblock. St. Charles: Neil McFee. Lafayette: William Kennett. Ithaca: John Gledstone. Elk Rapids: William Deering. Write to L. A. Hamilton, Land Comraissioner, Winnipeg:, for map, terms, etc.