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2010 Ford Escape

4cyl auto, pw, pdl, cruise, air. 160,000 kms. $8,499.

Skyline Autobody at 204-325-8155.

2010 Ford F-150 Crew CAB

4WD, 6 spd auto, Air, cruise, Keyless entry, alloy wheels.

271,000 kms. $5,697.

Call Steinbach Dodge at 1-888-458-5094.

2011 GMC Terrain SLT

2.4L, 6 spd auto, FWD, air, Bose sound, heated seats, keyless entry, power sunroof and more! 251,105 kms. $7,499. Dealer permit #4222. Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

2008 Ford Focus SE

2008 Ford Escape XLT

2.0L 4 cyl, 93,000 kms, PW, PDL, AC, AT, CC, heated seats. $5,199. Skyline Autobody at 204-325-8155.

V6, AWD, AC, PDL, Cruise. 1 79,000 kms. $7,699. Skyline Autobody at 204-325-8155.

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2007 Ford Mustang GT CALIFORNIA SPECIAL

4.6L V8, RWD, auto, air, heated seats, keyless entry, pdl, pm, ps, pw.

98,100 kms. $11,999. Dealer permit #4222. Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT EXT 2 door convertible, 348 v8 runs great. 14 miles since safety with many new parts. Nice interior, ON AUCTION APRIL 4, 10am.

ONLINE BIDDING AVAILABLE. RESERVE PRICE $6,500.

Call Josh Unrau 204-871-0279 or visit unrauauctions.com for details.

2004 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLT Duramax Diesel 4x4 Crew Cab

2005, diesel, 5578 hours, 80’ basket height, 4x4, operates as it should however has minor damage on boom. ON AUCTION SAT. APRIL 4, 10am.

Austin, MB. RESERVE PRICE $20,000. Call Josh 204-871-0279 or visit unrauauctions.com for details.

2011 Ford F250 Super Duty Diesel 4x4

4.8L V8, auto, 4x4, air, cruise, keyless entry, pdl, pm, pw, tow pkg.

121,527 kms. $13,999. Dealer permit #4222. Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

2010 Cadillac Escalade

6.2L VORTEC, 6 spd auto, AWD, loaded. 251,750 kms. $16,999.

Dealer permit #4222.

Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

Heated leather seats, 5 passenger, safetied. No rust, 420,000 kms.

Solid truck. LB7 engine. Powertrain is very good. $11,900.

Call Pete at (204) 331-3326 Pembina Valley Auto.

2015 Dodge RAM 1500 ST CREW CAB

6.7L Diesel, 4x4, Ext cab Long Box. 432,000 kms. $14,900.

Call Pete at (204) 331-3326 Pembina Valley Auto.

2011 Ford Flex LIMITED AWD

2008 Gulfstream Canyon Trail 3.5L, 6 spd auto, air, cruise, ps, pw, pdl, power lift gate, rear view camera and more! 236,500 kms. $8,999.

Dealer permit #4222.

Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

2015 Mitsubishi Outlander AWD SE

4WD, 5.7L HEMI, auto. 210,174 kms. $14,900.

Call Pete at (204) 331-3326 Pembina Valley Auto.

33’ Sedona Edition, fifth wheel with triple slide. $16,900.

Call Pete at (204) 331-3326 Pembina Valley Auto.

3.0L, 6 spd auto, 4x4, air, cruise, heated seats, keyless entry, pdl, pm, ps, pw, power sunroof, and more!

137,000 kms. $13,499. Dealer permit #4222. Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

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2014 Chrysler300 Touring

160,000 kms, 4Cyl auto, AC, CC, PW, PDL. $8,499. Skyline Autobody at 204-325-8155.

4CYL Turbo, 39,000 kms, AC, CC, PW, PDL, Command Start. $12,999.

Skyline Autobody at 204-325-8155.

3.6L V6, 6 spd auto, AWD, air, pw, cruise, keyless entry, third row seats.

177,610 kms. $8,997. Call Steinbach Dodge at 1-888-458-5094.

3.5L V6, 6 spd auto, AWD, Heated seats, air, cruise, pw, keyless entry, Back up camera. 237,752 kms. $9,997. Call Steinbach Dodge at 1-888-458-5094.

3.6L 6 cyl, air, cruise, pw, 1st row LCD monitor, DVD, Leather heated seats, keyless entry. 201,856 kms. $9,997.

Call Steinbach Dodge at 1-888-458-5094.

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The Nor-west Third Place Homesteading Essay The Manitoba Agricultural Museum obtained digital copies of the Nor-West Farmer and Miller for the year 1888 from the Manitoba Cooperator, the successor to the NorWest Farmer.

The Museum found that this material is of great assistance on various topics as some of the articles have provided useful detail.

The Nor-West Farmer magazine ran essay competitions on various subjects back in 1888. An essay was to be one page in length or less and was only open to subscribers to magazine. A cash prize of $5 was offered, big money for the day.

One essay topic was “How to Start a Quarter Section Farm: Hints to New Settlers”. Through 1888, three award winning essays on this topic were printed in monthly editions of the Nor-West Farmer. These essays contain useful information on the activities of Manitoba homesteaders and remain interesting particularly as they were written by actual homesteaders.

A third place essay on Homesteading was by Keith Henderson of Lariviere.

The essay says, “In the first place, secure as good a homestead as can be got, then buy a yoke of oxen and harness. Do not get them any younger than five years, as they will not stand the hard work if too young, or older than nine, for oxen get slow after that age. That is all the stock needed the first year, for a single man.

If the intending settler possesses a wife, he will need a cow, a few hens and a pig. One cow will be no trouble at all, as she will stay with the oxen, and will be a great help in providing food for the table; one pig can be kept on the odds and ends about the house, that would be otherwise wasted, and ten or twelve hens will scratch for a living.

The less stock a new settler has the first summer, the better, as he will want all the time he has for breaking and backsetting, and preparing for the winter. He can haul rails to fence a pasture, and logs to build a granary and stables the first winter.

The second summer, if he can afford it, let him get two or three more cows, two or three sheep and some young pigs and a breeding sow. I would advise him, as soon as he can afford it, to buy a span of young fillies, six months old, and by the time his crop is too large for the oxen to handle, he will have a team of young mares to help do the work.

He will require when starting, a John Deere plow as it is the best for breaking, and is good at backsetting, an axe, a nail hammer, a shovel, a hoe, a grub hoe, a saw, a cooking stove, a cooking stove, a tent to live in while he is building his house, provisions to last himself and his family for two months and a half (by that time the breaking season will be over and he will have to go to the nearest town for a fresh supply), and a wagon to draw them

off to his homestead.

The first of May ought to see him there. The grass will then be sufficiently advanced to enable his oxen to live on it without any old hay. If he has any oats, let him give them a feed once a day, but if not, they will do very well without it.

The first thing to be done after he has pitched his tent, and made things as comfortable as he can for his family, is to select a building site.

If the settler is fortunate enough to find a spring, or a spring creek on his place, let him build near that, for he will find it very valuable for both the house and stock; or if there are no water advantages to be had, and he has both homestead and pre-emption, let him choose a site on the corner of the homestead, as near the pre-emption as he can find a suitable spot, for, if he builds on the west end of his homestead, and his pre-emption is on the east end of it, he will have half a mile to travel to his work and a half mile to travel back again, every day he works on his pre-emption, and in a few years he will be working both homestead and pre-emption, and a man will find it very convenient to be near his work.

Now, if he is satisfied with the building site, let him commence at once to dig a well, so he will be sure of good water before he goes to the expense of putting up any buildings. After the first six feet is dug, it will require two men. There can always be a neighbour found who will lend a helping hand by returning the work at a future time.

Dig the well six feet wide, keeping as near that as possible all the way down. Water may be found at twelve feet, and it may be necessary to dig twenty or twenty-five before water is struck, it depends a good deal on the locality. When you strike water, if it does not rise, sink the well three feet deeper, so you will then have three feet of water in it. If it comes in as fast as it is used, three feet is better than ten, for it is always fresh; too much water in a well gets brackish.

If stone can be had near the place, crib the well with it, if possible, one foot above the water, from that up any kind of lumber or poles will do, by putting four pieces of timber, about five inches square, in every four feet, to keep the well from falling in. If stone is plenty use that all the way up. Raise the crib three feet above the surface, and fill all around it with earth that is taken out, to prevent any surface water from going in the well. If stone cannot be had, use spruce timber for it will not taint the water as readily as pine, popular or oak.

The next thing to do is build a shed for the oxen and fowls. This need only be ten by twelve feet, and can be made by sinking three posts two feet in the ground on each side. The front posts will need to be seven and half feet, and the back ones six feet from the top of the ground, that will make a pitch of a foot and a half to carry off

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A photo of early settlers setting off on a cold winter’s day in a horse drawn sleigh. The house visible on the right side of the image is representative of the type of housing that a settler would first build on the homestead. The house is a log cabin with the logs cut from the surrounding area. The logs have been squared, most likely using an adze. The corners have been dove tailed. Sawn lumber was used to build the gable ends and roof as well as the door. The window also appears to use purchased components. The long pile of cord wood visible in the background is likely to have been used to heat the cabin. But even burning this wood, a winter spent in such a structure would be a trying experience.

the water. Lay three strong poles across the top of the posts, and put a wooden pin through each end of the cross poles into the head of the post, to keep them solid. Then put small poles lengthwise, about three inches apart, and throw a little old grass or brush on top to keep the sods from falling through.

Take the oxen and plough a few furrows of the prairie sod and cut them about a foot long with the grub hoe; that will make them a foot square. Lay them in rows on the roof as close as possible, throw an inch of dirt all over them to fill in the joints, then lay another tier of sods in the same manner, and you will have a roof that will turn a twelve hours hard rain and not leak a drop. Build the walls of sod, two feet thick, leaving a space of four feet at the front end for a door.

You can do that while the oxen are feeding at noon hours. As long as the roof is tight, and keeps out the rain they are all right. A day and half will build the shed, all but the sod walls.

When the well and shed are done the house should be built. For a family of five a house fourteen by sixteen is big enough for the first two years. If he has means enough, to put up a frame house, I would advise him to do so. Sheet it first with rough lumber, then paper it all over with brown building paper, and put shiplap on the paper again, making a good tight job around the door and windows, and put the paper under the shingles on the roof.

One outside door is enough and four windows, two on the first floor and two up stairs. Dig the cellar ten by eight, seven feet deep, fill in all round the walls with earth leaving an air hole on each side for ventilation.

Twenty days ought to be enough to dig the well and crib it, and build the shed-stable and house, providing the lumber can be had not further than twenty-five miles. Next break one half acre for potatoes, five inches deep, and borrow a set of harrows, and harrow it four or five times. Put them in with the hoe,

about three feet apart. That is all I would advise to put in on breaking, as it takes more time harvesting, threshing and looking after it, than all the grain that would grow on it would amount to, and the land would not grow such a good crop the next summer.

The breaking season starts about the twenty-fourth of May, and lasts until the middle of July, and a man starting in the first year ought to break every day weather will permit, for he will find that more land he has under cultivation the better it will pay, and he will have more time the first summer to break than any other, as he will have no harvesting nor much building to interfere with his work.

With a good yoke of oxen a man ought to break an acre and a quarter a day. If the flies bother them in the evening, smudge them well, so they will rest all night and turn them out to graze at five o’clock in the morning. Hitch them into the plow at seven and keep them going steady until twelve, but do not push them off their regular gait.

When they are unhitched at noon, give them a drink of water and let them loose to feed until half past one o’clock and break form then until half past six in the evening, then allow them to graze until nine.

Try and do the same amount of work with the oxen each day, but if you should happen to lose two or three hours one day, do not make your oxen work that much more the next. By following this rule you will find that you will break nearly as much as your neighbour can with a team of horses.

Ten tonnes of hay will winter a yoke of oxen and a cow. The best

way to get it cut would be to make a bargain with a neighbour, who has a team of horses and a mower to cut two days. In a good common meadow a team of horses ought to cut five tonnes a day and one of the oxen will rake it with a hay rake.

It is time enough to commence backsetting the first of September, from the time haying until then, he can probably get plenty of work with the neighbours, if he wishes to hire, but if not, he will find enough to keep him busy around here.

He must not neglect a fire-break around his haystack and buildings.

Have the potatoes dug and in the cellar by the middle of October, but do not close the air holes until it begins to freeze pretty hard, or the potatoes will sweat and some of them may rot. In selecting the seed grain, get the very best of Red Fyfe and then there will be no trouble selling it, and it always commands the highest price. Do not buy a binder until you have a team of horses, if you can hire your grain cut at a reasonable price. A man that is not afraid of work and tries to keep out of debt can get along on a homestead in Manitoba as well as he can on a farm in any part of the world.”

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