Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-03-28
|rlvcE N WESTERN CANADA.
,o,. and other New Dis
-. opened Up This Year.
s..ka.chewan Valley and the
.,,. plains of Assinibois.

Editor, Dear Sir: The pas.
,our years have demonstrated
J number of Americana the
|.be grain-growing and ranch
!, western Canada. Tens or
nave taken advantage OF
made by the Canadian gov
as well as of the exceedingly
asked for lands by the rail-
|onizatIon and other compan-
experience Of those who have
t,ed there for some little time
bishly gratifying character. so
\ that the Canadian govern
bo has control OF the immigra-
western Canada, has decid-
ian I'D some new districts this
,be we'll known Saskatchewan
"A also in the fertile plains OF
bja, These Districts are prob
most productive in the entire
4 In close touch to largely set
nmunities as well as being
on some Of the most import
\ OF railway. They are within
I'm Of markets, schools, church
other social advantages. In
these districts lands may be
AIDED as we'll as purchased out
very low prices. Now as to
n be done on these lands. The
Of the settlers in the neigh
of the lands now about to be
for settlement (some Of them
pcated in one Of the best Indian
htions) goes to show that the
st results have followed even
different methods. Cases are
where farmers having gone
18th most limited means, barely
to erect a small house and
np a little land, have in three
years time become prosperous,
Us paid and money in the bank.
n in the Districts mentioned,
bola and Saskatchewan, is a rich
loan, fifteen inches to three feet
As a settler says, 1T appears
{ accumulation of decayed vege-
and ashes for centuries (the
is a stiff, putty clay)." On
1t Is possible to raise from 40
bushels of wheat to the acre, oats
boo bushels, all Of which bring
brices at the local market. For
farming these new districts are
bly among the best in Western
=. Stock fatten easily On the
k~rasses. Hay is plentiful. and
splendid. Another settler writ
J a friend in Iowa says: Tho
(e is all that could be desired,
Of rainfall in summer, with no
Try winds. On the 2Sth Of Sep
j I saw prairie flowers in full
sweet corn, potato and tomato
that had not been touched a par
with frost, and the winters are
! than those in the State from
| came. After the holidays the
/ sets in clear and cold, with
/ Of snow for good sleighing; no
winds or billiards. are known.
3 live out all winter and pick
own living, while cattle live all
! In open sheds and around the
lcks. Wheat, oats and barley are
grain crops. Potatoes
other roots and vegetables do
the yield being enormous as
bred to those in the States. Wild
such as strawberries, raspber-
'ranberries. gooseberries and all
YES OF currants yield in abund-
As a reader Of your valuable pa
u a number Of years, / feel that
uld Inform You Of the progress
'dyancement being made in Cam
Iithin the past few years, and the
ements and advantages that will
settlement in Western Canada.
who desire Information can do
VIA, and apply to any Agent OF
laaadian Government, whose
! see appears in advertisements
ring elsewhere in the columns OF
PAPER, and when writing ask par
~ about the Saskatchewan VAL
Assiniboia Districts.
Yours truly,