The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-09-19

10 As nOsnnr&- INC hkSus VI VIC Wv
ernment stationed st Indianapolis,
Indiana, the following letter. which
requires no comment. IL N only nee
essary to ssste that Mr.. r. Fisher,
the writer Of tie letter, II one of the
most prominent Of the Dunkards and
. man upon whose word the utmost
reliance can be placed. His home Ia
ut MEXICO, Indiana. and he will be
pleased 10 substantiate verbally or
in any other way all that he says in
his letter.
Anyone desiring information apply
20 nearest Canadian Agent, whose
addresses arc here given:
N y. Ms1nnes. sAvenue Thes,er Block.
James Grisys. sauit Ste. Marie. Mich.
j. q Crawford. 1t West Ninth street.
Bsnj:sis Davies. Hrs Ea, Third
street, 81. Paul. Minn.
r. o. cyrrie.' Room T. b. Cailahan's
bicch 1a 0r.nd avsnIs; Mnwaut.e. wis.
cs,, =, Br9nsh'on. w honaenoek building.
W. Bennett. si New York Lfs build.
INF Omaha. Nsb
N: Barthoiomev. ss Fifth street. Des
). II \: P.rssr. 60 Chamber Of Com
y. j. Hoims.. Room 9. Big -Four build.
ing, Indianapolis. Ind.
Jossph Young. si,s State street. Coium-
To my many friends:
sm pleased TO make a report to
you of the pleasant visit my wife and
] had in Western Canada.
We visited the territories Of Al
berta, Assinibois. and Saskatchewan.
and found them far surprising our
imagination. but little did I expect
10 find such rich. loamy soil. so much
Of it. and SO uniform in its level
prairie lay. I do think the soil OF
Canada as n rule equals II not ex-
GELS the finest prairie farm lands Of
Indiana. These lands are immense in
their richness. and when once the
sod is rotted and pulverized. IL Is as
pliable and rs easily cultivated rs In
diana sandy soil.
Western Canada, from my point Of
view, offers rs fns opportunities for
mixed farming as any place in my
knowledge. The long, sunshiny days,
together with the rich soil. produce
very fine wheat, oats, barley. fax
and other cereal products. There il
scarcely any attempt to raise corn,
except early varieties for table use.
The season In too short to depend
upon maturing field corn. From the
standpoint OF getting this land ready
for the plow. must say that never
saw such . vast extent, practically
all ready. so all that one has to do
is to hitch up the pillow and GO to
work. This n not the case with all
the Canadian land. however; some Of
It has quite a bit Of timber. much
Of IL may be called brush land. and
some Of Il has lovely forest groves.
dotted here and there, thereby GOV.
ering o hundred and sixty acres.
have no doubt but that this coun-
try excels rs a grazing or ranching
grass. having an abundance Of rain
to keep IL fresh. They also have
plenty Of water streams. and as a
rule water may be reached ut depth
of from 20 to 40 feet. From this you
zee there can be plenty Of hay mown
for winter feeding. and I have had
reliable farmers to tell me that their
stock win feed on hay alone, and be
ready for market in the spring. Upon
about the expense of rails
ing a steer, q farmer replied that
he did not consider Il would cost
any more than 500 or 5000 to de-
velop . three-ycar-old steer.
truly think Canada offers q fine
opening for . young man or a man
who Is renting land in Indiana. One
hundred and sixty acres of good black
land will cost you only 5000 at
the time you enter II, and by plowing
and cultivating Ave acres each year
for three years. gives you one hum
dred and sixty acres Of good land for
$1,000. This land can be bought from
the Railroad Companies, private cor
porations or the Government for
500 to $500 per acre.
From q financial standpoint. ] be-
liese that for n series Of years (five),
. young man can make 5000 In
Canada, whereas he would only make
81 90 here, and I feel sure that I
spent more money to get my eighty
acre farm In White County, Indiana.
than IL would cost me to
cultivate eight hundred acres In Cam
ada. This may seem a strong view
10 take OF she matter, but when you
take into consideration the clearing,
fencing and the expensive
breaking in OF the stumps. and then
compare the expense TO that OF land
needing only the breaking, you will
conclude that IL is not such n wild
or exaggerated statement as you
might at first think.
I enjoyed the balmy, breezy atmos-
phere, which was bracing and refresh
ing. and the cool nights which made
Il SO pleasant for sleep.
On making inquiries regarding tn.
winters In this codntry learned
hat the people never suffer from
lhe cold, as the weather Is dry and
nvigorsting, and in a great many
places, farmers and herders allow their
Itock TO run outside the year round.
One great advantage to the settlers
n Western Canada Is the free cream
,ries established by the Government,
Ind run exclusively In the interest
Df the farmer.
I visited Thomas Daley. . farmer
sear Edmonton. Alberta. who showed
me oats he had raised, some Of which |
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