Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-09
Wheat seldom ripsns on low land |
Barley is generally good crop Of from
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Barley is generally q good crop OF from
40 to Go bushels per acre on high rolling
land, but such land is very scarce, The
soil here is very light black loan. with
a gumbo or heavy clay bottom. The
timber is poplar or willows, that grow
on the tiliable land. Timber used for
building purposes, in native spruce and
,amarac, is shipped in from British Col
umbia. There is no prairie land in this
district to speak OF. II is brush and
poplar. There is large prairie coun.
try fifty miles cost, but is poor prairie
land. Some parts are claimed to be good
for stock. A large per cent. OF cattle die
hero every winter, the supposed cause is
the water, which all over this country
contains much alkali. There is not a |
well in this town that contains water fit
for household or cooking use. The water |
used by the people OF Edmonton is |
hauled from the Saskatchewan, aud six |
barrels sell for $1.OO. Horses have died |
by the hundreds this season. There have
also been q large number OF hogs die,
and in both cases the cause is attributed
to the alkah water. There are very few
sheep raised here. Potatoes as a crop
are bad here, except where they are raj
sed on sandy soil. under other conditions
they seldom ripsn, as the season is too
short. Onions cannot be raised for win
ter use; cabbage is good and there is
plenty OF it; beets only medium, except
those OF the two legged variety; carrots
have been found good crop. Hay is
disappointing, it being usually but a
poor crop. Grain that don't ripsn is the
principal forage for stock. There is no
Jail blowing here, it is all done between
the LIST of May and the 18th OF June.
! Harvesting Of wheat and oats is started
between Sept. 9Th and 10th. Last fall
we had a heavy frost on Sept 9th that
destroyed ali vegetables. Hail storms
are numerous and severe all through
this section. In the past season we were
visited with ten inches OF snow on Sept.
21st, aud at that time over forty per
cent. OF the crop was uncut and its con-
dition afterwards was 30 bad that it
was impossible to cut it with ma
chine. Threshing commenced about Oc-
tober Sth
There have been hundreds OF home
seekers here from the sta ties within the
past three years, but sInee that time at
least Is per cont. OF them have returned
from whence they came, and the balance
are crazy to get back a. seen as they
can SO arrange matters. We have had
snow on the ground for eleven months
during the past year. There was q snow
fall OF four inches on August Oath, which
it is claimed damaged so per cent. OF the
grain in the Edmonton district. On
Sept. Oath, 1900, six inches OF snow
fell. The threshing OF the grain in 1900
was not finished until January, 1901, On
the roaos.
There are no elevators in this country
to speak OF. All grain is handled in fiat
houses. The market price OF oats here in
the fall ranges from IA to 81 cents.
wheat from 25 to SO cents: dressed pork,
IS per hundred; beef dressed, to 6
cents pound; potatoes, Is to rs cents:
onions, 10 TO 12A per pound; tomatoes,
10 to Is; grapes. 12K; apples, dried, 10
cents; all by the pound. There is very
Itsle picked pork to be got in the mar
ket, it is all dry sailed. Butchers here
don't know what corned beef is, l would
say to my Cavalier county friends that
when you leave North Dakota you are
leaving behind the best section OF coun-
try on the North American continent.
You will find that farm machinery costs
about 60 per cent, more than it does in
North Dakota. Wagons. from $40 to
SIS: breaking plows. from $40 to $35.
All the statements that make are facts
and hope will be considered so by any
who may be thinking OF making move
in this direction. | will close this gone
what lengthy enumeration OF facts ans
figures of farming life in the Edmonton
district as found through personal ex-
perienee with the best wishes of
Il AN OLD SUBSCRIBER,
4 Edmonton. Alberta, N. W. T., Dec. 20,
4 1901.