Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-13
A GLOWING REPORT.
An Indiana Man Compares Western
Canada with the United States
What Mr.. Frank Fisher, a Prom
inent Dunknrd, Has to Say After
Trip Through Canada.

The Department of the Interior as
Ottawa has just received from Mr..
E. 7. Holmes, the Agent of the Gov
eminent stationed at Indianapolis,
| Indiana, the following letter, which
requires no comment. 1t is only nee
| essary to state that Mr.. F. 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 placed. His home is.
| at Mexico, Indiana, and he viii be
pleased to substantiate verbally or
| in any other way all that he says in
| his letter.
Anyone desiring Information apply
to nearest Canadian Agent, whose
| addresses are here given:
NJ. Y. McInnes. Avenue Theater Block
J. S. Crawford. PA West Ninth Street
Benjamin Davies, 1541A East Third
street, St Paul, MINI
| block, 2S Grand avenue, Milwaukee, Wis
| e J BrqHHghton' s27 Monadnook building.
| w. Y. Bennett. sol New York Life build
ingy Omaha; Neb; at 81
n, Bartholomew. BOG Fifth street, Des
J. 81. N: Parker. $50 Chamber of Com
E. r Holmes, Room 6. Big Four build
Joseph Young, 511s State street. Column
bus, o.
| To my many friends:
| 1 am pleased to make a report to
you of the pleasant visit my wife and
l had in Western Canada.
| We visited the territories of Al
berta, Assiniboia, and Saskatchewan,
and found them far surprising our
1
to find such rich, loamy soil, so much
of it, and so uniform in its level
prairie lay. 1 do think the soil of
| Canada as a rule equals if not cX-
cells the finest prairie farm lands of
Indiana. These lands are immense in
their richness, and when once the
sod is rotted and pulverized, it is as
pliable and as easily cultivated as In
diana sandy soil.
| Western Canada. from my point of
| view, offers as fine opportunities for
mixed farming as any place lin my
knowledge. The long, sunshiny days,
together with the rich soil, produce
very fine wheat, oats, barley, flax
| and other cereal products. There is
scarcely any attempt to raise corn.
except early varieties for table use.
upon maturing field corn. From the
standpoint of getting this land ready
for the pillow, must say that I never
| saw such n vast extent, practically
all ready, so all that one has to do
is to hitch up the pillow and go 10
work. This is not the case with all
| the Canadian land, however; some Of
| it has quite bit of timber, much
| of it may be called brush land, and
some of it has lovely forest groves,
| dotted here and there, thereby COW
ering q hundred and sixty acres.
| l have no doubt hut that this coun-
| try excels as grazing or ranching
country, because they have such rich
grass, having an abundance of rain
| to keep it fresh. They also have
plenty of water streams, and as "a
rule water may be reached at depth
of from 90 to 40 feet. From this you
sec there can he plenty of hay mown
for winter feeding, and / have had
reliable farmers to tell me that their
stock will feed on hay alone, and he
ready for market in the spring. Upon
inquiring about the expense OF rais-
ing a steer, a farmer replied that
he did not consider IL would cost
| any more than $500 or 5000 to de-
velop three-year-o steer,
] truly think Canada Offers a fine
opening for young man or man
who is renting land In Indiana, One
hundred and slxtyaeres Of good black
land will cost you only $1,000 at
the time you enter 1t, and by blowing
and euitivatihg five acres each year
| for three years, gives you one hun
dred and sixty acres of good land for
| $1,000. This land can he bought from
| the Railroad Companies, private cor
noratiens or the Government for
$500 TO s4.o0 per acre.
From financial standpoint. I he.
lieve that for series ef years tave)
n young man can make $1,000 10
Canada, whereas he would only make
si.oh here. and feel sure that
spent more money 60 get my eighty
| acre farm in White County, Indiana.
cultivated. than IL would cost me to
cultivate eight hundred aeres In Can.
ada. This may seem strong view
| TO take of the matter. but when yot
take into consideration the clearing.
| ditching, fencing and the expensive
breaking in of the stnmps. and then
compare the expense TO that of land
| needing only the breaking. you viii
conclude that &c is not such IA wild
or exaggerated statement as you
| might at first think.
I enjoyed the balmy, breezy atmos-
phere. which was braeing and refresh
| ing. and the cool nights which made
| il so pleasant for sleep.
On making inquiries regarding the
winters in this country I learned
| that the people never suffer from
the cold, as the weather is dry and
invigorating, and in great many