Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-03-24
oPlNloM OF THE EDITOR OF THE
"NEBRASKA FARMER"

oPlillON OF THE EDITOR OF THE
"NEBRASKA FARMER"
tie Expresses Nis Approval of Ameri-
eau Emigration to Canada.
During the winter months the head
Of the family consults with the other
members as TO the prospects for the
future, and doubtless one of the most
Interesting topics discussed is that of
moving to some district where 1T Is
possible to more easily secure what is
necessary for Il comfortable existence,
where it is an easy matter to become
possessed of sufficient farm land to
assure Il competence for the future.
This not only interests the head of
the family but every individual mem
Der of it.
Having before me the knowledge
where he can secure home with the
expenditure of but little money, 1T Is
we'll for him to obtain all information
possible regarding the productiycness
of the land in the country that he may
select For several years past Il large
Western C;.n&dn, and us nearly as it
can be ascertaincd almost all of these
have expressed themselves satisfied
with the conditions that exist there.
During the past summer n number of
the editors of farm papers throughout
the United States made n personal Wis
1T on tour of inspection, and the re-
ports of these gentlemen prove inter
ing reading. Mr.. Ill., t. Heath, editor
of the Nebraska Farmer, n paper en-
joying wide circulation, as we'll as
the confidence of its subscribers, after
giving some idea of tho extent of this
wonderful country, says:
western Canada is the last unoccu-
pied and unimproved good agricultural
land i'm America available today"
lie then discusses its possibilities for
raising live stock and the advantages
1t possesses for dairying, farming and
wheat growing. and says, ''What has
been said about the country as to the
ability of the soil. the yield of won
derful crops Of wheat, is quite justi-
fed
To quote further from MIR. Heath,
he says, referring to climate:
These people (skeptical ones do not
know or realize that altitude more
than latitude makes climates; that
large bodies of water, both fresh and
salt, that never freeze over, exert n
wonderful influence on climate. An
.Ii,
tent than those named above, which
applies more to the Alberta district,
is the warm Chinook breeze from the
Pacific Ocean, which is GOO or 100
miles nearer than Colorado or Wyo-
ming, besides the Rocky Mountain
range is not nearly so high nor half
so far from the ocean as it is down
In the States.
In further considering the climate
of the Canadian prairics, we should
not lose sight of the fact of the influ
cnce of the rains; the total average
rainfall for the season is but 1885
inches for the territories and 1874
inches in Manitoba, and that the
amounts falling between April ! and
Oct. arc respectively 939 inches and
81 inches or about threc-fourths of
the entire rainfall. From the middle
of June to the middle of July there are
over two hours more daylight In every
twenty four hours than there Is In
Nebraska. The main reason why West.
ern Canada wheat grows 10 such per.
lection is the effect of solar light, OF
longer period of sunshine it gets each
day This is what makes seeds or
grain more perfect, grown in this coun-
try than elsewhere. This eXtraordi.
nary rapid growth of vegetation under
the influence of this long continued
sunshine exceeds anything known in
lower attitudes.
I'VE do not wish it understood that
wheat alone is the main product OF
this country; it leads in that. yet it is
destined to become famous for its cat.
tie, horses and sheep and for it's dairy
bands of cattle and sheep grazing in
Assiniboia and Alberta than we ever
saw on the western plains of the Unit
ed States One band of cattle mum.
bering 5000 head We're grazing on the
rich grass and sheep without num-
Der"
The Government OF the Dominion
of Canada is still using the same cner
gctic enorts which have been used fol
the past five or six years to settle up
these western DrairieS and ON apDlica.
ton to any Agent of the Canadian
Government the settler will be able
to secure certificate emitting him
to q low rate which will give him the
opportunity of visiting any portion OF
Canada's grain producing domain.
"1t's funny how people can live so near