Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-09-19
IA GLOWING REPORT.
AN INDIANA MAN COMPARES
WESTERN CANADA WITH THE
UNITED STATES.

What Mr.. Frank Fisher, Prom.
inent Dunknrd, Has to Say After
Trip Through Canada.
The Department of the Interior az
Ottawa has just received from MIR. =.
T. Holmes, the agent of the govern
ment stationed at indianapolis, lna.,
the following letter, which requires no
comment. 1t is only necessary to state
| that Mr.. +. Fisher, the writer OF the
letter, Is one of the most prominent OF
| the Dunkards and man upon whose
word the utmost reliance can be plac-
cd. His home is at Mexico. IND, ana
he will be pleased to substantlate VERB
ally or in any other way all that ne
says in his letter.
Anyone desiring information apply 10
nearest Canadian agent, whose adj
dresses are here given:
| NJ. v. Mclnnes, . Avenue Theater
block, Detroit, Mich.
James Grieye. Sault Ste. Marie, Mlch.'
j. S. Crawford, PA w. Ninth street,
Kansas City. Mo.
Benjamin Davies, 1914 East Inlrd
street, ST. Paul, Mimi.
I. o. Currie. room L., b. Galatians,
block, 2O3 Grand avenue, Milwaukee,
| Wis.
c. j. Broushton, 027 Monadnsck
building, Chicago, Ill.
| w. v. Bennett, Sol New York Life
building. Omaha, Neb.
W. II. Rogers, Wa.ertown. S. d. =
n. Bartholomew, 3J6 Fifth street.
Des Moines. Iowa.
j. H. NJ. Parker, go Chamber Of
Commerce., Duluth, Nilnn.
f. II. Holmes, room i, Big -Four build
ing, indianapolis, Ina.
Joseph Young, 5112 State street, Co
lumbus. Ohio.
To My Many Friends: am pleased
to make report to you of the pleasant
visit my Wife and had in Western
Canada.
We visited the territories Of Alberta.
Assiniboia, and Saskatchewan, and
found them far surprising our imaglna-
ton. but little did eNpec. to find such
rich loamy soil, SO much of 1t, and so
uniform in Its level prairie lay. I do
think the soil Of Canada as rule
equals IL not excels the finest prairie
farm lands of Indiana. These lands
are immense In their richness, and
when once the sod Is rottcd and pull
verified, it is as pliable and as easily
cultivated as Indiana sandy soil.
Western Canada, from my point OF
view, offers as fine opportunities for
mixed farming as amy 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 is scarce
ly any attempt to raise corn. except
early varieties for table use. The sea-
son is too short to depend upon matur-
ing field corn. From the standpoint OF
getting this land ready for the plow,
must say that never saw such vast
extent, practically all ready, 80 all that
one has to do is to hitch up the plow
and go to werk. This is not the case
with all the Canadian land, however;
some of 1T has quite bit of timber,
much OF 1t may be called brush land,
and some Of it has lovely forest groves.
dotted here and there thereby covering
hundred and sixty acres.
/ have no doubt but that this country
eXcels as q grazing or ranching c0un-
try, because they have such rich grass.
having an abundance of rain to keep 1t
fresh. They also have plenty of water
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