Carberry and Morden are flourishing railway towns in the heart of fine wheat-growing sections, as are Minnedosa, Neepawa, Dauphin, Carman, Virden, and Souris.

Scores of towns now developing afford openings for those desiring business opportunities; each has its mills and warehouses for wheat. Among these centres may be named Manitou, Birtle, Emerson, Gretna, Wawanesa, Rivers, Somerset, Baldur, Deloraine, Melita, Rapid City, Hamiota, Gladstone, Killarney, Hartney, Stonewall, Boissevain, Elkhorn, Gilbert Plains, Pilot Mound, Winkler and Plum Coulee.

Provincial Government returns.

POPULATION AND LIVESTOCK

189119081909191119121913
Population152,506455,614
Horses86,735230,926237,161232,725273,395304,100
Milch cows82,710173,546167,442146,841154,400
Other horned cattle147,984357,988333,752397,261428,274460,200
Sheep35,83829,26529,07432,22342,087112,500
Hogs54,177192,489172,374176,212216,640176,000
Cultivated farms45,38049,75550,000

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.

An ordinary threshing scene in Manitoba, where fields of wheat, oats and barley pay the farmer well.