The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-07
PROSPERITY IN canada.
Xhe Farmer In Western Canada Achieves
onderf Succaaa.

The Farmer In Western Canada Achieves
Wonderful Success.
one OF the first things that the man
VINO wishes to change his residence
to find out is where he can
go and succeed, 1t need be a matter
OF little doubt or INDIGESTION now. Dur.
Ing he past four or five years the de-
velopment of Western Canada has
Deer so rapid, and the conditions Of
lie there so widely known, that up
wards of 10000 Americans have taken
up their homes there, and the expert.
ence 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 simpler,
the yield of grain greater and the
profits more satisfactory. Ranching
is carried on with lots of success.
Mixed farming is always profitable,
while h 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 Sc
lected from one.
A good, intelligent farmer named
Mears, John Mears to be exact, left
Cavalier county, North Dakota, two
years ago and followed the thousands
who had already gone to Canada. He
had twenty-five years experience in
M1nnQHOfA In hTIvfn2 oro4- 4-cT.ls--
hax, 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, 1 hard,
at 57hc, $1.7S5; $3.50 bushels 1 North.
ern, at SAC, $~1,457.2O; Oats, 1850 bush
els, at S5c, $612.50; Speltz, 1874 BUSH
els, at 75c. $115 so; Flax, 324 bushels,
at 81, $628. Total, $4,59S,20 20, a return
of more than $4,000 from a little over
25O acres, an average Of $18 per acre.
is surely testimony sufficiently strong
to satisfy the most i~ncredulous as to
the money to be made out of the soil
OF the Canadian West. 1t is to facts
like Heterogeneous expressible n
~demonstrable in dollars and cents
that the steady northward movement
OF American farmers is due. MIR.
Mears is settled near Arcola, ASA.
A lumber of Americans who have
chosen Western Canada as a home
had the idea that a man enjoyed less
freedom in Canada, but they soon
their mistake, and say the laws
OF Canada are the most liberal in the
world. and such as prevent the litiga.
ton which breeds SO much bad feel
ing between people in the United
States and costs them so dear in law.
yers' fees.
The government has established
agencies at st. Paul. Mimi; Omaha,
Neb.; Kansas City, Mo-; Chicago. m.;
Indianapolis, Ind: Milwaukee, Wis:
Wausau, Wis; Detroit, Sault Ste.
Marie and Marquette, Mich; Toledo.
Ohio; Watertown, S. Dakota; Grand
Forks, N. Dakota, n Great Falls,
Mont, and the suggestion is made
that by addressing any Of these, who
are authorized agents of the govern.
ment, 1t will be to the advantage of
the reader, who will be given the
fullest and most authentic informa.
tlon regarding the results of mixed
farming, dairying, ranohing and grain
raising, and also supply information
as to freight and passenger rates, etc