The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-28
NEVER SAW SUCH LARGE
YIELDS.
The Climate ID HesIthy-The VIM
,srs Are PleaiNsnt In western
Canada.

s'euu lsaHuS' MT. VI. IlckrelI, fOr-
merly of Beechwood, Kentucky, says
of Western Canada:
"ln the first place we will say that
the summer season is just lovely in
deed. As to the winter, well we never
experienced finer weather than We
are now enjoying. We have just re-
turned from Northern Alberta and
will say that we found the weather
TO be very mild. the air dry, fresh
ana invigorating. Considering every
thing We can say that the winters
here are most pleasant. healthy and
enjoyable to what they are in the
states. Here il gets cold and con.
times so till Spring there are no
diSngreeable winds. In South Alberta
1t Is some warmer two TO four
inches OF snow may fall and in u
lew hours "a Chinook wind come
along. cooperating the entire snow,
leaving term firmu perfectly dry. in
fact, we did not believe this part
until We came and saw for ourselves
and We now know what we herein
write To Ire just az we write il.
There has not been IA day this winter
that | could not work ont doors.
FARMERS here are calculating On
starting the plough the first of
March.
MS To farm wages. we would not
advise man to come here with the
expectation of living 10y his days
work, but all who do want n home
advise TO have nerve enough TO get
mp and come for there never has
been, and may never be again. such
u grand opportunity for IA man TO
get home almost free.
MS To the crops. have been in
The fields before harvest. saw the
grass put up and the grain harvested,
ana never saw such large Yields.
| saw oats near Edmonton over six
feet tall that yielded SO bushels per
acre, and ] talked to n farmer near
81 Albert who had field year he
Tore last that averaged 40 bushels
per acre, and weighed ~ pounds to
the bushel. All other crops would
run IN proportional 10 potatoes and
vegetables. the turnout was euor.
nous. ! have such reports as the
above from all sections that | have
visited. and that has been every com.
m"nity between the Edmonton dis
trict and Raymond in he Lethbrid sc
district.
AS 10 stock raising, | would advise
a man 10 locate in this place, or any
place. in South Alberta. but for mixed
farming, | would say 20 mp farther
north, say near Iacombe. WetaskIwin
or Edmonton. where IT, is not quit,
so dry and where there is some tim
her 10 he had. | will saw that no.
where have | ever seen n better on
portunity for man. whether he has
money or not, to obtain home.
Nowhere can he found "A more pro.
ductiNe soil, better water and "A bet.
ter governed country thnn Western
Canada affords. Inducements to the
homeseekcr are uneXcelled. I met
two men near Ponoka on the &. &
T.. II. r., who borrowed the monev
20 pay for their homestead and in
four years those two men sold their
farmS-oue for 81 500, the other for
$4,000. ] met "A man near WCtaskiwin
who landed here with 25 cents SIX
years ago. lie is now worth $4,000.
The advantages for ranching are eN-
cellcnt, in fact ! do not believe this
section can he beat. Markets are
good; as 10 living, II family can live
as cheap here as they can In the
states. The average yield Of oats
In this neighburhood, last year. was
20 bushels per acre; wheat averaged
-, barley 40, and the beet crop was
good. In consequence OF the success
ful cultivation OF the beet. n large
beet sugar factory is being erected
nj Raymond. seven miles from here.
"In conclusion. | will say that y.
w. /. from Manitoba to long dis.
tance north Of EdmoDton produces
most wonderful crops. Lakes and
rivers abound with fish. and game is
plentiful And that this Is unuucs.
tionably the country for a man To
come 10 IL he desires to better his.
condition in life. would advise the
prosp ectiNe settler To look over the
Lethbridge, LaCombe, Wetaskiwin
and Edmonton districts before lucat.
ing.
IL will locate In the Edmonton dis
trict next Fall and several families
from the States will locate with me.
In the meantime. | will receive NV
mail here and will be pleased 20 give
the interested all the information dc.
sired"
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