1891 1908 1909 1911 1912 1913
Population 152,506 455,614
Horses 86,735 230,926 237,161 232,725 273,395 304,100
Milch cows 82,710 173,546 167,442 146,841 154,400
Other horned cattle 147,984 357,988 333,752 397,261 428,274 460,200
Sheep 35,838 29,265 29,074 32,223 42,087 112,500
Hogs 54,177 192,489 172,374 176,212 216,640 176,000
Cultivated farms 45,380 49,755 50,000
Increase in population in ten years was 78.52 per cent.
The exhibit of grains, grasses, clover, fodder crops, vegetables, and
natural products shown at the 1913 United States Land Show spoke well
for the soil and climate of Manitoba.
[Illustration: An ordinary threshing scene in Manitoba, where fields of
wheat, oats and barley pay the farmer well.]
[Illustration: NORTHERN MANITOBA]