The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-10-03


fertile 10 produce thirty and forty
bushels 81 wheat tn the acre from less
than q bushrl Of seed, where he gov.
rrnmcD: gives everyone desiring II a
free homestead Of 100 acres 81 this
land, aud where more may he bought
at from - to s. per acre; whcrr one
years crop will much more than pay
for the land upon which IL Is grown, 1t
is wicked waste Of time to cultivate
the fence corners"
Before | had acquired this infurma.
tion | was on one farm where a road.
way cut ~ small corner Of land from
thr remainder Of q field af wheat
There was. should say, nearly an acre
IN this little plat ~ neglected ground.
aud asked the owner IF he farm why
Il had not been put under cultivation.
"To undertake 10 pluw that little
threc-corncred strip Of land would
take far more time than the land is
worth. giving both the present market
value. To add It to the remainder of
the field would necessitate longer
way around from the main road to the
house. Lying just across the road
there IL lG0 acres Of as good land rs
this upon which have this year grown
more than 10 bushels Of wheat to the
acre, and can buy that land Of the
railroad for 81 an acre. II would take
as much time 10 pillow that small piece,
In ~ present shape, a. il would to
plow two acres Of the land across the
road, and 80 would be what We In this
country consider a waste Of yalush BILE
time"
Straight burrows and long ones Ia
the blowing rule In Western Canada,
and the gang pillow Is the favoritc meth
cd Of turning the soil. The Western
Canada farmer, found. cultivates his
land upon wholesale methods. No
matter where he may come from. no
matter what the methods 10 vogue in
his native place may nave been. the
farmer IN Canada soon learns that Il IL
Wholesale methods that pay best there,
and for this reason Il Is Western Cana
aa that is the home Of every improved
agricultural machine that teads TO
the speedy handling OF great haryeSts
or the production of them. These ma
chimes are not always the product Of
Western Canadian inventors, but the
Western Canadian farmers are among
the heaviest buyers of this class Of ag-
ricultural machinery in the world.
The Canadian farmer never becomes
land poor as does the farmer IN the
States. When he buys land he knows
that II will bring him adequate returns
upon his investment. and that his gov
eminent will not put burden of taxes
upon II. As n sample of what ~ posSi-
bic with the progressive farmers IN
Western Canada let me cite the case of
one living near White Plains, In Mani
toba. a Mr.. Winslow by name. During
the past season thisone mnn had 2.7o0
acreh of land planted in wheat and har-
vested 81. 800 bushels. He makes farm.
ing on these fertile lands immensely
profitable by going about IL in whole.
sale way.
DO not, however. imagine that IL Is
only the Wholesale methods that pay
wei In Western Canada. saw men
who owned only the leo acres Of land
the government had given them as a
homestead who claimed TO be making
better livings for themselves and their
families and saving more money than
trey had ever been able to do In the
States on the same amount Of land.
Practically every one OF these compare
lively small farmers whom ! met as
suree me that II was their ambition 10
purchase more land as rapidly a. they
could accumulate the means with
which 10 buy. They fully realized that
they couic not get too mnch Of what
they knew was good .hins. There
u vast amount at difference ia buy
ing productive land 81 q to IS an
acre and Il sao 70 80 an acre.
The xtrxIght burrows and the long
ones sre possible In Western Canada,
where. ~ I know from ny nwn inv~stI-
eHts==- ssade during The pAxt summes,
farming Psy& md pays well.
wAx0lfT 4 HATTxRs0n.
css. noakery ~ Missouri has ia1ue1
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