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summer pasture is found. Those engaged in cattle-raising consider 1 ton
of hay per head of stock ample provision for winter feeding in this district.
Wheat, oats, rye, and barley are grown successfully, the last three being
generally cut green for fodder. Timothy does well here, and clover also,
in all places where it has been tried. Root-crops, such as turnips, beets,
and garden products, notably cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radishes, onions,
peas, potatoes, etc., give excellent returns. Precipitation in this region is
always ample and irrigation does not seem to be needed for the successful
production of crops.

Settlement in this thriving district has witnessed a healthy increase in
the past few years, and the dairying, mixed-farming, and stock-raising
business is carried on over a considerable area. Excellent butter and cheese
is produced, and a creamery is contemplated at a convenient point to serve
the needs of the settlers as a whole.

Choice Cattle and Sheep Forage.

Around Horse Lake there is a first-class dairying country. There is
‘some choice cattle-grazing land, and sheep can be handled with profit as
well. The nutritive value of the soil is evidenced by the variety and rank-
ness of the vegetation on the loam of the uplands all through this region,
and here and there are a few
groves and scattered trees.
Deep loam is found in the
alder and willow swales and
meadows. Present forest-
cover is small in this vicinity,
with generally open patches.

Roe Lake is the post-
office of the “lake district,”
and one is also located at
Fawn, about a mile south of
Horse Lake. Near Sheridan
Lake are a number of poplar-flats with choice locations in the way of soil,
timber, water, and beauty of situation. Roe Lake is the centre for a
population of over fifty settlers engaged in stock-raising and farming.

On the southerly shore of Green Lake there are tracts suitable for
dairying, with good meadow land. The soil here is black loam on clay
subsoil and free from stones. There is considerable summer feed and
excellent water and shelter. While Green Lake is slightly alkaline, all
other waters in this section are free from alkali and mostly potable.

WOOL AND MUTTON INDUSTRY.

Fifty per Cent. Choice Land.

Between Green Lake and Horse Lake and Mahood River and Sheridan
Lake about 50 per cent. of the area is considered choice land, with but
small amount of waste. There are numerous meadows and excellent range
on the uplands.