Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-09-21
A GLOWING REPORT.
AN INDIANA MAN COMPARES
WESTERN CANADA WITH THE
UNITED STATES.
What Mr.: Frank Fisher, a Prom
inent Dunkard, Has to Say After q
Trip Through Canada.

EAA
inent Dunkard, Has to Say After q
Trip Through Canada.
The Department of the Interior at
Ottawa has just received from Mr.. ~.
II. Holmes, the agent of the govern
ment stationed ut Indianapolis, ina.
the following letter, which requires no
comment. 1t Is only necessary TO state
that Mr.. Il. Fisher, the writer OF the
letter, Is one OF the most prominent Oh
the Dunkards and a man upon whose
word the utmost reliance can De piac-
ed. His home Is at Mexico, mo, anu
he will be pleased to substantiate verb
ally or in any other way all that ne
says In his letter.
Anyone desiring information apply 10
nearest Canadian agent, whose ad-
dresses are here given:
NJ. v. McInnes, . Avenue Iheater
block, Detroit, Mich.
James Grieye. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
J.. S. Crawford, 214 w. Ninth street,
Kansas City, Mo.
BENJAMIN Davies, 1919 East inlro
street, st. Paul, MINI.
Il. o. Currie, room j., b. Calianans
block, 2O3 Grand avenue, milwaukee,,
Wis.
G. ]. Broughton, 927 MonadnocS
building, Chicago, III.
w. V. Bennett, sol New YORK iAle
building, Omaha, Neb.
w. III. Rogers, Watertown. S. ID.
n. Bartholomew, 800 Fifth street.
Des Moines. Iowa.
]. III. NJ. Parker, go Chamber or
Commerce, Duluth, MINI.
E. T. Holmes, room 6. Big -Four build
ing, Indianapolis, Ini.
Joseph Young, 51L2 State street, Co
lumbus, Ohio.
To My Many Friends: am pleased
to make a report to you Of the pleasant
visit my wife and | had In western
Canada.
We visited the territories OF Alberta.
A~ss.niboia, and saskatchewan, n
found them far surprising our
ton, but little did | expect to n such
rich, loamy soil, so much of It. and SO
uniform In its level prairie lay. do
think the soil OF Canada as n rule
EQUALS II not excels the finest prairie
farm lands of Indiana. These lands
are immense In their richness, and
when once the sod is rotted and pull
verified, It Is as pliable and as easily
| guilty dlcu as uia H'hN S
Western Canada, from my point or
view. offers as fine opportunities for
mixed farming as any place in my
knowledge. The long, sunshlny days,
together with the rich soil, produce
very fine wheat, cats, 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 or
getting this land ready for the plow, l
must say that | never saw u n vast
extent, practically all ready, 80 all h a
one has to do Is TO hitch up the ploW
and 90 to work. This Is not the case
with all the Canadian land, however,;
some Of 1t has quite q bit Of timber.
much OF 1t may be called brush land,
and some Of 1t has lovely forest groves,
dotted here and there, thereby covering
a hundred and sixty acres.
| have no doubt but that this country
eXcels as a grazing or ranching coun-
try, because they have such rich grass,
having an abundance OF rain to keep 1t
fresh. They also have plenty Of water
streams, and as n rule water may be
reached at a depth of from twenty TO
forty feet. From this you see there
can be plenty OF hay mown for winter
feeding, and l have had reliable farm
ers to tell me that their stock will feed
on hay alone, and be ready for market
In the spring. Upon lnquirlng about
the expense Of raising n steer, n farmer
replied that he did not consider 1t
would cost any more than 81 or 80 to
develop q 3-year-old steer.
truly think Canada offers a fine
opening for n young man or n man
who Is renting land in Indiana. One
hundred and sixty acres Of good black
land will cost you only $40 at the time
you enter it, and by blowing and cul-
tivating five acres each year for three
years, gives you II hundred and sixty
acres of good land for SO. This land
can be bought from the railroad com
panies, private corporations or the gov
eminent for So to 81 per acre.
From n financial standpoint, | believe
that for n series Of years (ive), n young
man can make SO in Canada, whereas
he would only make 81 here. and | feel
sure that | spent more money TO get
my e~ighty-acre farm in White County,
Indiana, cultivated than it would cost
me TO cultivate eight lundrel acres n
Canada. This may seem n strong TieW
to take Of the matter, but wh,n you
take into consideration the cleliin:.
ditchlng, fencing ana the eXpen lie
breaking In of the stumps. AMI thtn
compare the expense 10 that of tani
needing only the breaking. you vii
conclude that ii is not such q wild CT
exaggerated statement rs you might 1T
first think.
enjoyed the balmy. breezy atmcs-
phege. which was bracing and refresh
ing. and the cool nights which made it
so pleasant for sleep.
ON making inquiries regarding tie
winters in this country | learned that
| the people never suffer from tie cold,
as the weather is dry and invigorating.
and in a great many places farmers
and herders allow their stock 10 run
outside the year round.
One great advantage TO the settlers
In Western Canada Is the free cream
cries established by the government.
and run exclusively In the interest Of
the farmer.
| visited Thomas Daley, n farmer
near Edmonton, Alberta, who showed
me oats he had raised, some Of which
took the first prize at the Paris Expo
sition last year. The same yielded 40
bushels to the acre in 1899. Yours
truly. FRANK FISHER,
Mexico. Ind.
Cb,nVed Girl