The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-12
PROSPERITY IN CANADA.
The Farmer In western Canada
. So >eAieSes WoIaeFlul Success.

man VINO wlSheS to chAnge his resi-
'dence endeavors to find out is where 4
he may go and succeed. 1t need be- al
matter of little doubt or indecision41
nows During thepast four or five years.
the development of Western, Canada a
has been SO rapid, and the contitionsS
Of life there SO widely known, that up
wards of, 100000 Americans haye5|
taken up their homes there, and the
experience of. these, people is that i
they are thoroughly, satisfied with:
their choice of home. ~, 49,, 81
The methods of farming there are,
similar to those adopted in the Uniteds1
States, but the operations are sim-s
pier, the, yield of grain greater, and]
the profits more satisfactory. Ranchfs
ing is carried ON with lots of success.
Mixed farming 10, always, profitable,
while the results in grain-raising ares
rs certain as splendid soil, excellentaa
climate ana lots of sunlight can gives
r. The yields Of = but nothing is ass
satisfactory as the experience OIL
the farmer himself, and extracts ares
selected from one. i,,lu2 roe 5'.,}s 81
b, A good, intelligent, farmer, named
Mears, John .Mears, to be .exact-leftM
Cavalier County, North Dakota, twdSs
years, ago, and followed the thouss
sands who had already gone to CAM
ada. He had twenty-five years' eas-ssa
perience in Minnesota, in buyingH
grain, including fax But in all HIS
experience he never saw district
SO well suited tos.the growth Of flax
as Western Canada, ?, The financial
results of Mr.. Mears' operations ms
single season are as follows: Wheats
5000 bushels, i hard at 81 &c, 81, 7ss .oQss
1850 bushels" Northern at SAC; s$1ssss
457.2c; oats, 1850 bushels, at, $780,
.$6l2.5o. Speltz,. l54 bushels at 7scss
$115.5o. Flax, 324 bushels, at So, s62s.
Total, $4,59s.20.-A. return Of more
than $4,000 from a little over $50
acres, an average Of $1s per acre II 8
is surely testimony sufficiently strong
to satisfy the most incredulous as to-
the money to be made out of the
soil Of the Canadian, West. 1t is to-
facts like .these-7arguments express:
ible and demonstrable in dollars and
cents, that the steady northwardt
movement of American farmers Isl
due. Mr.. Mears Is settled near 1Arass
cola, ASA l&lii g9t,t ~ !.59lsi I
A number Of Americans who have
chosen Western Canada as home
had the idea that 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 much bad
feeling between people in the United
States and costs them so dear in
lawyers fees. Iur'3a3, 13a 4ai -
The Government has established
Agencies at St. Paul, Mimi; Omaha,
Neb.; Kansas City, Mo-; Chicago, ILL.,;
indianapolis, Ind; Milwaukee, Wis;
Yausau, Wis.,; Detroit, Sault Ste.
Marie, and Marquette, Mich; To-;
ledo, Ohio; Watertown, S. Dakota;,
Grand Forks, N. Dakota; and Great
Falls, Montana; and She 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 tho
reader, who will be given the full
est andF most authentic information,
regarding the results of mixed farm
ing. dairying, ranching and grain
raising, and also supply information
az to freight aud passenger rates,