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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14
ONE OF OUR NEIGF4BORS,

The average yield Of wheat varies
under different conditions. In some
years the average has been over thirty
bushels. Once or twice 1t went as low
as eighteen bushels. At even the low
est averas :, with good prices there
are few industries that will give bet
ter profits. A late United States con-
sui, in one of his reports Of harvest
time, states that the entire labor OF
the region was found to be totally in
adequate for the task before It. The
wheat straw was so tall and stout and
so heavily laden with grain that the
work Of reaping and sacking was ex-
tremely exhausting. The strength OF
the growing grain frequently broke the
reaping machines, and the utmost ex-
ertion Of strong men was required to
handle the great weight Of the sheaves.
But while wheat is king in that re-
gion 1t is by no means the only cereal
grown. The oat, barley and pea crops
are phenomenal. Oats yield all the
way from 60 to 80 bushels per acre.
In some cases they have been known to
exceed over one hundred. A delegate
who visited the country reports, "One
hundred bushels of oats, and sixty
bushels of barley per acre were COM
mon crops. In one case the oats stood
feet six inches high, the heads were
five feet six inches long, and each chat
twelve inches long, and each chaf
case contained, not one but three per-
feet kernels"
Barley, as stated, yields enormous
lxy IL to 1xr hrn
erywhere and it brings several cents
per bushel more than that grown in
other countries. Peas yield splendidly
They are extremely free from bugs
and grubs. Used in fattening hogs and
for other feed, they are superior in ev-
cry way to corn. The absence OF hog
cholera in this country is attributed
by experts to the excellent feed, corn
not being used. Corn can, however be
grown, but wheat pays so much bet
ter that but little attention is given to
corn.
In roots and vegetables, 1T Is esti-
mated by all who have any knowledge
of the matter in these products, this
region has no competitor. Ripe toma-
toes may be seen in profusion in the
middle of September They have been
known to ripen as early as the LIST OF
July. Displays of roots, vegetables,
garden products are made at the agrl-
cultural fairs that for size and quality
cannot be equaled at any of the fairs
in the United States. An Ohio gentle
man visiting one of these fairs said he
had never seen anything in Ohioto equal
it. Three cabbages together weighed
one hundred and twenty pounds
These were as solid and fine grained as
though they had weighed but six
pounds apiece. Prize potatoes, he said
weighed four pounds each; those
weighing three were so plentiful that
they attracted little attention.
Beets, carrots, turnips, etc., also
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

The statement of President Thomas
OF the Independent Telephone associa-
ton that there are now in the United
States 1900 non-Bell telephone ex-
changes, operating $4,000 instruments,
with a total investment of $55 900,
is an interesting illustration of the ex
tent to which the Bell company has
failed to take advantage of its oppor-
tunities. Much the greater part of the
telephone business in the United States
is still done by the Bell company, and
the number of Bell instruments in use
increases rapidly year after year, In
spite of the growth of the independent
concerns. Nevertheless the indepen-
dent concerns, or part Of them, are
we'll established. They occupy certain
fields and will continue to occupy them
for an indefinite time. Their business,
too, grows and its extent marks the
degree of the Bell company's failure TO
secure the monopoly which 1t aimed at
and which, under wiser management,
it would have attained.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

tered. The valley and beach lands pro
duce a most luxurious and nutritious
growth of native grass. Cattle, horses
and sheep Craze outside the whole year.
The snowfall is light and it is melted
almost as it falls by The warm Chinook
winds which blow from the Pacific
ocean. Profits are large. Steers cost
ing the owners but few dollars each
bring from $35 to $45 on the ranges.
Heretofore the cattle have been eX-
ported, but with the opening of the
British Columbia Yukon mining re-
gions, there is large and constantly
growing market right at home.
The northern part of ALBERTA, in adj
dition to being ranching country, has
large deposits of minerals. 1t is MISC
heavily wooded as well as well watefed.
In all Canada laws are enforced with
the strictest impartiality. There is no
such thing known in Canada as mob
law and lynching, not even in its most
remote districts. The peace lover and
the law breaker both know that the
laws of the land will be enforced, and
they govern themselves accordingly.
It is not alone in agriculture or
stock raising that Canada offers I'M
euualed opportunities to the young or
middle aged man. Its fisheries are
the richest in the world. Its number
less rivers and lakes, as we'll as its sea
line. TEEN with fish of all kinds. Brit
ish Columbia salmon is famed the
world over.
British Columbia has enormous for
cts of timber. This province is one Of
the finest fruit growing regions in the
world, while in its valleys there are
large areas of agricultural lands open
for settlement.
In mining Canada promises to equal,
if not eclipse,any other country. Brit
ish Columbia mines have made for the
province reputation that any country
might be proud Of. In fact, the entire
region from the boundary line north to
the arctic circle, and from the eastern
slope of the Rocky mountains to the
Pacific ocean, appears to be an mex
haustible deposit of minerals of all
kinds. The Klondike region, almost
wholly in western Canada, is known
throughout the whole civilized world
today. Three years ago it was quite
unknown. The output this year is ex-
pected to reach the magnificent sum of
twenty million dollars in gold. Com
petent authorities believe that the out
put will be doubled each recurring
year, for years to come.
There is no other country Offering
the great opportunities for either the
poor man, the moderately rich man, or
the capitalist as western Canada af-
fords. Millions of acres are ready for
the pillow. Some Of 1t free, and the rest
Of 1t at very low price per acre.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

towards Western Canada at the present
time and the large number who are
going there for the purpose of making
it their home, has been the cause OF
an interview with Mr.. James A. Smart,
the deputy minister of the interior
for Canada. He is a gentleman thor
oughly posted and ready at al, times
to impart information concerning
Canada's resources. Mr.. F. Pedley, also
of Ottawa, Canada, is the superintend-
ent of the immigration branch, which
is almost a department by itself. The
result of the interview with Mr.. Smart
is practically embodied in the accom-
panying article.
The extent of Canada is enormous.
The distance through Canada from the
Atlantic to the Pacific is 5000 miles.
Its area, all told, is 3,456,,SS3 square
miles. OF this it is safe to say, there
Is less waste land than in any other
country in the world. 1t is not our
purpose to say much if anything about
the older provinces of Canada, as they
are mostly fairly well settled. Western
Canada comprises the province OF
Manitoba, $4,000 square miles; Brit
ish Columbia, $4,000 square miles;
Assiniboia, 10000 square miles; Sas-
ketchewan, 100000 square miles; AL
berta. 100000 square miles; Athabaska,
1000 square miles, to say nothing OF
Keewatin with about 100000 square
miles, and the unorganized territories
of the northwest with over 100000
square miles. AS a grand total the
area of Canada in square miles is g.
456,3S3. Assiniboia, Saskatchewan,
Alberta and Athabaska alone consti-
tute a region larger than all Russia in
Europe. Time was when it was to
the interest of the great fur dealing
companies of the continent to send the
impression abroad that this vast re-
gon was fit only for the habitation of
the beaver, the buffalo and the bear,
but it has been demonstrated and is
now generally understood that these
vast plains contain the finest wheat
and grazing lands in the world. This
applies not only to the comparatively
well-known province of Manitoba and
the districts of Assiniboia and Alberta,
but to the entire region lying four
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

all embraced within the limits herein
described as western Canada.
A few words as to the climate OF this
great country may not be out Of place
right here. The climate of western
Canada, as described by those who
have lived there for some years, is very
agreeable, and much preferable to that
of the east. Disease is little known;
epidemics unheard of. Winter extends
full three months, usually. There is
little change during winter. Frosts are
keen, but, the air being dry, a tempera-
ture of 20 degrees below zero there is
more bearable than 10 degrees above
in the damp and changeable climates
of the east Spring sets in about the
first of April. Some seasons, however,
seeding is begun early in March, the
snow having entirely disappeared.
Spring is quickly followed by summer,
whose long days and cool nights have
a very beneficent influence upon vege-
tation. The growth is more rapid than
anywhere known in lower ATTITUDES.
The soft maple has been known to
grow more than five feet high in a
single season. Autumn is delightful.
1t extends into the middle of Novem-
Der. Snow sometimes does not fall un-
til late in December. This gives the
farmer the opportunity of finishing
his threshing, marketing his thousands
of bushels of No. hard wheat, and yet
leaving him sufficient time to put his
land in crop for the following year.
The wheat of western Canada is known
to be extremely hard. The yield is al
so from 80 to so per cent more than
in the states south of the boundary
line. There are natural causes for
this. The further you travel towards
the northern limits of its growth the
better the quality of the soil. The rea-
son that it is better is because the sub
SOIL throughout the heat of the sum-
mer. is kept moist at all times by the
slow melting of the deep winter frosts,
the moisture thus maintained ascend
ing to the surface and nourishing the
roots of the grain. This stimulates
the growth, keeps the plant always
fresh and produces bountiful crop.
Again, just when needed. when the
heads are ripening, sunshine is longer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14
where Once the Buffalo Roamed" Is Now
Formed Into Provinces.

sibilities it presents to the poor man,
the man of moderate means and the
capitalist, will therefore be in order.
To properly appreciate the enor-
nous extent of this territory, four
hundred miles north and south and
nine hundred miles east and west and
embracing a narea Of 100000 square
miles, let us state that II we draw a
line from the northern boundary OF
Pennsylvania to the southern line OF
West Virginia, passing through Har-
pers Ferry, and take all the west OF
that line to the Missouri river. en-
bracing, as well as parts OF the states
named, all of West Virginia, Ohio, In
diana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and
Iowa, we shall have American territory
equal in extent and area, but in no
wise superior, to the portion of west
ern Canada under consideration. In
short, there are in Canada two hundred
and seventy nine thousand square miles
of land for the pillow not surpassed in
fertility by any area Of similar size on
the face of the globe, and it is nearly
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

The export trade in hogs is constant
ly on the increase. They come next
to cattle in point Of Importance to the
farmer.
Poultry is also very profitable, but up
to the present time the local demand
has absorbed the supply.
The educational facilities OF the
country are equal to any on the con-
tinent. Rural schools are about three
miles apart in the settled districts, ana
they are free. The government makes
an annual grant to each school. THIS
covers all expenses, including the sala
ries of the teachers, who are properly
certificated. One eighteenth part OF
the whole of the Fertile Belt" from
Pembina to the Saskatchewan and be-
yond is set apart for the maintenance
of schools. This Is most generous en-
dowment. In 1871 the school popuia-
ton of Manitoba was SIT. 1t Is now
over $4,000. In 1888 the average at
tendance was 5000; 1t has now increas-
ed to about $4,000. In 1883 there were
246 teachers; now there are over 1,10O.
These schools are we'll inspected at IN
tervals by competent educationalists.
The average salary of the rural teach
ers is 1868 per year. The schools are
non-sectarian and in no character ma
tional.
In connection with educational gov
eminent, experimental farms have
been established in Manitoba and the
territories. All the different kinds OF
grain, seeds, roots, vegetables, etc.,
l. 10
ince. are sown on the varied SOILS
that are found on these farms. Inc
results are carefully noted and pup
lished for the information and guild
ance of the farming community in the
different newspapers Of the country.
The government also sends around to
the towns and villages travelling
school Of dairy instructors who give
lectures, accompanied by practical OPP
erations by competent men, In all the
arts of cattle raising, butter and cheese
making, etc. that all may learn the
best methods known without the loss
of time and money to the settlers.
Farmers institutes have also been es-
tablished. These, affording practical
farmers the opportunity of interchang-
ing experiences, are Of great assistance
to the agricultural community.
Railways now traverse all the set
tied parts of western Canada. very
few farmers are more than a dozen
miles from a market or railway. Rail
way stations, with post offices, and ele-
vators for the storage of grain occur
at intervals of about seven or elgnt
miles.
The only remaining territory on this
continent in which ranching on large
scale can be gone into is to be found
in western Canada. The District OF
Alberta, Immediately east of British
Columbia, is pre-eminently fitted for
ranching. Its area is 100000 square
miles, and it extends from north 10
south 43O miles, and from east to west
$50 miles. The opportunities offered
here in this respect are unparalleled
by any other country in the world. The
country is open, rolling and well wa
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14
A Rare Find.

A rare find in the shape Of a moa's
egg has been made in a mining dis
trict in Central Otago. There was q
fall of earth in dredging claim, and
presently the huge egg was seen float
ing uninjured in the water. The dis
covery is the more interesting from the
fact that this is the second perfect
moa's egg that has ever been found.
The only other perfect specimen was
unearthed by man while digging In
the alluvial soil at the Kaikoura noun
tains in the early sixties. This egg,
which was nine inches in length and
seven inches in breadth, was taken to
England and sold for 100 guineas.
Some idea of the size of these eggs
may be cleaned from the fact that a
mans hat makes an excellent egg-cup
for them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

Not long since great American
writer, in an article on the Wheat
supply of Europe and America" made
the statement that to the north of the
international boundary line there was
only a narrow fringe of land capable
OF producing wheat. Another writer,
replying to this, said that wheat could
be successfully grown at Fort Simp-
son, a Hudson Bay Company's post at
the junction of the Lizard and Macken-
zie rivers. Fort Simpson is at lati-
tude 62 degrees north, and is as far
northwest of Winnipeg as that city is
northwest of New York city. 1t is
possible not only to raise wheat at
Fort Simpson, and of better quality
than is grown in any other country.
but at point miles further north rye
and oats are grown, whilst two hun
bred miles still further north barley
and potatoes are successfully pro-
duced. Nor is this very extraordinary,
as will appear further on in this ar
ticle.
The attention that is being directed
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14
Initerate Russian Peasants.

The illlteracy Of Russia exceeds that
Of any other country claiming to have
q civilized government The Humani-
tartan states that in 10000 villages Of
the vast empire there is not a school.
and 1t is estimated that not 20 per
cent OF the population Of the empire
has acquired even the rudiments OF q
common school education. 1t has been
figured out that If the czar would dis
band 100000 men Of his immense army
he would thereby save money enough
to provide a school for each of these
villages. 1t is not surprising that the
car should desire to reach some ar
rangements with the other nations
which would permit him to partially
disarm.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

hundred miles northward of the Can
adian Pacific Railway. To the west
of this vast territory lies British Co
lumbia with it's innumerable rivers,
rich in fish, it's gold, silver and copper
mines and its fertile valleys capable
of producing the choicest fruits IN
great abundance. 1t is to that portion
of western Canada lying between
Lake Superior on the east and the
Rocky mountains on the west that mat
the attention of the agr:culturists
throughout the world is being directed
at present and 1t is to that district
they are looking for homes Tor mem
selves and their children, and Tor .he
solution of problems created by the
oyercrowding of population in the
slider countries and the United States.
A few authenticated facts regarding
this vast region and thu infinite pos
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

st. Mary's Academy at Notre Dame.
Indiana, ranks first among the educa-
tional institutions for girls. YOUNG
women from all parts of the United
States are found in its classes. The
faculty have just issued a catalogue
that contains much valuable data.
Parents DESTROYS of sending their
daughters to the best institution should
send for this catalogue before decid-
ing on sending them elsewhere. 1t II
under the supervision of the Sisters
of the Holy Cross and is located at
Notre Dame, far from the excitement
of even village life, and right among
the beautiful scenes of the Creators
handiwork.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

Heat and sunlight are both needed to
bring wheat to maturity The great
er the amount of both the better the
result. From the 18th of June to the
1st of July there are nearly two
hours more daylight in every twenty
four in western Canada than in the
STATE of Ohio.
A great deal can be said as to the
agricultural possibilities of this vast
region. Lord Selkirk, at one time,
prophesied that these plains and val
leys would one day maintain popu-
lation OF thirty million souls. And
why should they not? Manitoba alone
last year had nearly two million acres
under crop-wheat, oats, barley, fax,
and other grains and potatoes and
other roots. Between sixteen and sew
enteen bushels of wheat were market
ed. Ninety-ive per cent of the prairie
is good wheat land.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

Any large pecuniary transaction Is
sure to give occasion for many smaller
ones, and to stir the financial waters
far and wide On April 90th the Unit
ed States paid to Spain the S2O,OOO,OOO
provided for in the treaty of Paris.
This payment was promptly followed
by easier conditions in New York, by
the drawing of many American bills on
London, by a fall in the Paris ex-
change with the shipment of gold from
London to France, and by q perceptible
stiffening in the London money mar
kct. In miniature way and within
narrow circle, similar changes are
caused by the dropping of single dol
lar into the general circulation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

The increase in postofiicce receipts
will this year be sensationally large,
according to the present estimates OF
the department in Washington, In
some branches of the service receipts
are 25 per cent greater than they were
a year ago. In the last fifteen years
the postoffice business of the country
has doubled in volume. This indicates
not only our direct growth in posula-
ton. but the increase in the aumber
and size of our newspapers and other
publications, as we'll as a great sTswth
In the habit of letter-writing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

At the age of 90 Queen Victoria was
married to Prince Albert, and at AZ
was left a widow Now, at so, she has
devoted what she regards as her last
official visit to the capital of her en-
pire to the task of defeating to the
prince consorts memory the final
and browning building OF that South
Kensington museum which he founded
and which, as she DEGREES, is hence
forth to be known as the Victoria and
Albert museum. Her career thus out
lined, presents an example of w&ely
constancy and devotion which would
be admirable in any walk of life, and
which has been by no means common
among royal folk. 1t is her supreme
distinction that she has never let the
wife, the mother and the woman be
lost in the mere queen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

While a woman may not be able 70
sharpen pencil or propel a stone with
accuracy, she can pack more things
into trunk than man can pile on a
wagon.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

The New York woman who cut her
husbands throat to prevent him snor-
ing has at least placed an effectuai cure
on the market.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14
Are You Using Aliens Foot-Easer

It is the only cure for Swollen.
smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

1t was not known how badly used up
Senator Foraker was until he threat
ened to sue Editor Kohlsaat for dam
ages to his character
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

The critic who, having seen Bern
hardt as Hamlet, wants to see Mans
field as Camille, has come pretty close
to the right idea.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

All things come to the man who
waits-with the possible exception OF
the waiter with things he is waiting
for.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

It's a waste of time to explain your
actions. People prefer to form their
own conclusions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

It's always difficult for young man
to understand why any other young
man should fall in love with his sister.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

Every dollar lost in playing the races
is a dollar found by those who worH
them.
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Taultless Starch

Is rapidly superseding the old style starch
es. 1t saves labor, saves money and makes
collars and cuffs look like new. All grocers
sell it large package loc
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

Dom Paul sa, he is not looking for
bother, but at the same time he is not
doing any back pedaling.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

Judging by the way they stuffed
their pay rolls the Cubans would do
all sorts of things to a ballot box.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

What man needs is tongue that will
stop wagging when his brain stops
thinking.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

Nv doctor said I would die, but Piso's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos
Kslner, Cherry Valley, ILL.,, Nov. rs, US.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

The truth that prevails in horse
trade Is indeed mighty.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

No wonder time flies when the spur
Of the moment is continually urging
It on.
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The saddest thing about love is the
fact that one can love more than once.