Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-04-25
NEVER SAW SUCH LABORYIELDs.
The Climate Is Rea1thy-The Winters


Are PIeasant-in Western Canada.
Writing from Stirling, Alberta, to
one Of the agents representing the Ca
Lands, Mr.. M. Pickrell, formerly Of
Canada.
in 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 returned
from Northern Alberta and will say
that we found the weather to be very
mild, the air dry, fresh and inyigora-
ting. Considering everything we can
say that the winters here are most
pleasant, healthy and enjoyable to
what they are in the States. Here 1t
gets cold and continues so till spring
there are no disagreeable winds. In
South Alberta it is some Warmer-tW o
to four inches Of snow may fall and
in a few hours a Chinook wind come
along, evaporating the entire snow,
leaving terra firma 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 be
lust as we write it. There has not
been day this winter that l could not
work outdoors. Farmers here are cal
clllating on starting the plough the
| first of March.
GAS to farm wages, we would not
advise a man to come here with the
expectation Of living by his days
work, but all who do want home I
advise to have nerve enough to get up
and come, for there never has been,
and may never be again, such grand
opportunity for a man to get home
almost free.
! LAS to the crops. I have been in the
| fields before harvest, saw the grass put
up and the grain harvested, and new
er saw such large yields. / saw oGts
near Edmonton over six feet tall that
yielded 80 bushels per acre, and l
| talked to a farmer near st. Albert who
had a field year before last that aver
aged 10 bushels per acre, and weighed
43 pounds to the bushel. All other
crops would run in proportion-as to
potatoes and vegetables, the turnout
was enormous. | have such reports as
| the above from all sections that | have
visited, and that has been every com
munity between the Edmonton district
and Raymond in the Lethbridge dis
trict.
LAS to stock raising, I would advise
a man to locate in this place. or any
place, in South Alberta, but for mixed
| farming, l would say go up farther
north, say near Lacombe, Wetaskiwin or
Edmonton, where it is not quite so dry
and where there is some timber to be
had. / will say that nowhere have l
ever seen a better opportunity for
man, whether he has money or not,
to obtain home. Nowhere can be
| found a more productive soil, better
water and a better governed country
| than Western Canada affords. Induce
ments to the hOmeSeeker are unex-
| celled. l met two men near Ponok:'
on the G. & e. r. r., who borrowed
| the money to pay for their homestead
and in four years those two men sold
| their farms-one for $780, the other
| for $4,000. / met a man near WetaS-
lliwin who landed here with % cents
six years ago. He is now worth So
| 600. The advantages for ranching are
excellent. in fact, 7 do not believe this
section can be beat Markets are
good: as to living. a family can live
| as cheap here as they can In the
| States The average yield OF oats in
! this neighborhood, last year. was e
bushels per acre: wheat averaged 35
barley 40. and the beet crop was good.
In consequence of the successful cult
walton of the beet. a large beet sugar
factory is being erected at Raymond
seven miles from here.
in conclusion | will say that N. W.
T., from Manitoba to long distance
north of Edmonton. produces most
wonderful crops. Lakes and rivers
abound with fish. and game is plenti-
full And that this is unquestionably
the country for man to come to if
he desires to better his condition in
life would advise the pro Dectiye
settler to look over the Lethbrid@e. La
combe. Wntaskiwin and Edmonton
districts before locating.
Il will locate in the Edmonton dis
trict next fall ard several families
from the States will locate with me
In the meantime. | will receive my
mail here and will he pleased to Civ
the interested all the information d
sired
For information as to railway rates
etc. apply to any agent OF the Cana
dion Government whose m mes appear