The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-03-13
PROSPERITY IN CANADA.
The Farmer In Western tanaua
Achieves Wonderful success.

One of the first things that the
man who wishes to change his resi-
dence endeavors to find out is where
he NAV go and succeed. 1t need be a
matter of little doubt or indecision
now. During the past four or FIVE years
the development of Western Canada
has been so rapid, and the conditions
of life there so widely known, that up
wards of 100000 Americans have
taken up their homes there, and the
experience of these people is that
they are thoroughly satisfied with
their choice of home.
The methods of farming there are
similar TO those adopted in the United
States. but the operations are SIM
pier, the yield of grain greater, and
the profits more satisfactory. Ranch
ing is carried on with lots of success.
Mixed farming is always profitable
while the results in grain-raising are
as certain as splendid soil. excellent
climate and lots Of sunlight can give.
The YIELDS of - but nothing is as
satisfactory as the experience OF
the farmer himself, and extracts are
selected from one.
a good. intelligent farmer. named
Mears. John Mears, TO be exact-left
Cavalier County, North Dakota. two
years ago. and followed the thou
sands who had already gone TO Can
ada. lie had twenty-five years ex-
perience in Minnesota. in buying
grain. including fax. But in all his
experience he never saw a district
so well suited to the growth of fax
as Western Canada. The financial
results of Mr.. Mears' operations in
a single season are as follows: Wheat,
5000 bushels, hard at 57iac, sl,7s5.00.
1850 bushels, Northern at Sac, ST.
4572o: oats. 1850 bushels. at 35c.
S61250. Speltz, ia bushels at sc,
! $3.50. Flax, ga bushels. at So, s62s.
Total, 1885. ga return of more
| than $500 from little over go
acres. an average of SIS per acre
! is surely testimony sufficiently strong
| TO satisfy the most iLcredulous as to
| the money TO he made out Of the
soil of the Canadian West. 1t is to
| facts like these-arguments express
| IDLE and demonstrable in dollars and
| cents. that the steady northward
! movement of American farmers is
| due. Mr. Mears is settled near Ar
| cola, ASA.
A number of Americans who have
| chosen Western Canada as home
| had the idea that a man enjoyed less
freedom in Canada. but they soon
found their mistake. and say the laws
| of Canada are the most liberal in the
world, and such as prevent the liti-
cation which breeds so mich bad
feeling between people in the United
! States and costs them SO dear in
lawyers fees.
The Government has established
Agencies at st. Paul. Mimi; Omaha,
Neb.; Kansas City, Mo; Chicago. Ill;
| Indianapolis. Ind: Milwaukee, Wis;
Wausau, Wis; Detroit, Sault Ste.
Marie, and Marquette, Mich; To
ledo. Ohio: Watertown. 5. Dakota,
Grand Forks, y. Dakota; and Great
| Falls, Montana; and the suGges-
ton is made that by addressing
| any of these, who are the author
lied agents of the Government, it
will be to the advantage of the
retder, who will be given the full
est and most authentic information
regarding the results of mixed farm
ing, dairying. ranchirg and grain
raising. and also supply information
as to freight and passenger rates,
etc.