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 win-
,srs Are Pleasant In Western
Canada.

"NN"N A<ohtrs lot
merry OF Beechwood, Kentucky, says
of Western Canada:
I'm 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 he very mild. the air dry, fresh
and invigorsting. Considering every
thing we can say that the winters
here are most pleasant, healthy and
enjoyable To what they are in tho
States. Here IL gets cold and con.
times so Till Spring-there are no
disngreeable winds. In South Alberta
II Is some warmer-two TO four
inches OF snow may fall and in =
Few hours II Chinook wind come
along. cooperating the entire snow,
leaving terrn-frmu perfectly dry. in
fact. we did not believe this part
until we came and saw for ourselves
ana we now know what we herein
wiite to lie just az we write il.
There has not been "a day this winter
that | could not work out doors.
Farmers here are calculating ON
starting the plough the first of
March.
AS to farm wages. we would not
advise man To come here with the
expectation of living by his days
work, but all who do want n home
! advise TO have nerve enough 10 get
up and come for there never has
been, and may never be again, such
grand opportunity for Il man to
get home almost free.
AS to the crops. | have been in
the fields before harvest, saw the
grass pat up ard the grain harvested.
ana l never saw such large Yields.
| saw oats near Edmonton over six
feet tall that Welded 50 bushels Der
acre, and ] talked TO n farmer near
ST. Albert who had field year be-
fore last that averaged 40 bushels
per acre, and weighed AZ pounds to
the bushel. All other crops would
run in proportior--as tn 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
munity between the Edmonton dis
trict and Raymond in the Lethbridsc
district.
AS TO stock raising, | would advise
a man 10 locate In this place. or any
place, in South Alberta, but for mixed
ming, | would say go up farther
north, say near Lacombe, Wetaskiwin
or Edmonton. where 10 Is not quite
SO dry and where there is some tim.
Der TO be had. | will say that mo-
where have l ever seen better OPP
portunity for n man. whether he has
money or not. to obtain home.
Nowhere can be found IA more pro.
ductive soil, better water and a bet.
ter governed country than Western
Canada affords. Inducements TO the
homeseeker are unexce!led. I met
two men near Ponoka on the g. &
r. X. r.. who borrowed the money
To pay for their homestead and in
four years those two men sold their
farms--one for 81 500, the other for
$1,000. l met man near Wctaskiwin
who Landed here with % cents six
years ago. lie Is now worth $4,000.
The advantages for ranching are ex-
cellcnt, in fact I do not believe this
section can he beat Markets are
good; as TO living, n family can live
as cheap here as they can In the
States. The average yield Of oats
In this neighbOrhood. last year. was
40 bushels. per acre; wheat averaged
81, barley 40. and the beet crop was
good. In consequence OF the success
full cultivation OF the beet, n large
beet sugar factory is being erected
nj Raymond. seven miles from here.
I'm conclusion. | will say that y.
w. I. from Manitoba to n long dis.
lance 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 man to
come to " he desires to better his
condition in life. would advise the
prospective settler to look over the
Lethbridge. Lacombe. Wetaskiwin
and Edmonton districts before locat.
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 my
mail here and will be pleased TO give
the interested all the Information de-
sired"
For Information as 20 Railway
Rates, etc. apply 20 any agent of
the Canadian Government whose
names appear elsewhere in this pa.
par.
Great Expectations.
Il HAr Enr.t,ax