Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-13
AN Illinois Farmer in w..

ern Canada taking up a ', cIaisI Tow
self Fan, and for each of his t l'o,,a frt
From Mr.. Kosts letter. sr't e, soy
written : = Feb, 3, 1904, we n winch |
following believing it '" win pa0Ia
great interest to those wh ',' p9a
templated settling in th ~ nave /
Northwest: we Caal|
had in August, 1902 :.
claim for myself, and 8ln, SPcpA
quarter sections for my sane ~ !, %
is one-half mile south Of n. " :,
ton and Lake st. Anne t,ni ,ut
Coming so late in the -.
had little opportunity to h, ssa'a
prepare ground for a first v ,'a y
still we raised over 100 bnsS Ssaf'A
line potatoes, and sowcd
= oS ouV the season was !.
advanced for the barley. II Tao =
secured good feed from it and
ed ground IS miles east Of =.
line crop of oats, SO that va r ny
plenty of feed for horses ny ~
about GO tons of hay and A. Y
nave an abundance. We hava n
about $40 acres Of hay mo,dar y
would yield the past year AVA
tons to the acre, and in :, :,
season the meadow would rrs w.
tons Of hay. The grass is yn,
tious, and cattle on the ronc,,l
very fat without being fed NJ,
grain. ivy
ION the upland the grass enr,
eight to ten inches tail. Tbisbs
range grass, and is suitabla 4,
at any ume, even in the winnp
the ground is not covered tooAs
SHOW. Horses subsist on # 4,
all times, provided they sp !
stock. The grass in the hay ma,
here Is called red-top, and crow
five to six feet in length, and va
at the proper time yields on al,
crop of nutritious hay.
"Our cattle have not cost ma.
since we came on our Homestead
the small outlay for salt and hA
putting up hay and shelter And
have been doing well this wnm
feeding up to the first of Iamnr
unnecessary, as there was FOOD
up to that time.
"All the SHOWS up to that dab
followed by winds from the Nu4
that melt it very rapidly; these
are called Chinook winds. and d
ways warm. In one night a q
wind may take away three 4
inches of snow.
eve have built on our claims
Portable house Of hewn los
feet, one and onc-half stories hid
with n good cellar. During A
part Of June we RATED logs tCq
Sturgeon to q saWmill, aM
miles away, and thus sccurda
Of good lumber which was md
the house. Later in the ScaN!
gle mill located six miles aE
this we hauled logs and hal
cut for the roof.
"We had an abundance ofH
the past season, consisting oIa
ries, Strawberries, raspberrSS
ries, blueDerricS, cherries aN
ICONS. The latter are a AM
berry, red, and quite pcaSN
taste, but not much TO De @
cookery. The shawbeTlS
same as those that grow VITO
nois. Raspbcrries are red u
large and equal to any Of lux
varieties, and so are the gooS'
The cranberries consist Of lRP
trailing varieties. The Iatto@
sought and contiguous to usa
The ground is literally co'va
them as with a red carpet quiz
and most sought is the pIR@
called by the Indians. l@
famous 'huckleberry' (whoflvss
the Blue Ridge Mountains NJ
vania, and cannot be exce1' ",
cellence by any fruit cu''l'""
found here both on the p'A .,
the timber in immense Qualu~
"Game is very plentiful
prairie chickens, pheaSanA I
all kinds and geese are conce, s
have taken nearly 800 cns1 \
pheo SAINTS, also great man!p 81
IAN occasional deer is s seen,
not plentiful, only one D' Il
taken during the season ii
ment.
Fish are very plentiful 4
sons of the ,: year: oI E,ss al ID
the trail with heavy loads q +
tined tnv 1'" for St. Albert and p !,
From From the latter point they "
ped south on the Calgary "a, ,'
ton Railroad to points ai ,ss,
and also to Assiniboia' on '''
Pacific Railroad. ian ,nDy
For further information mat, az, an
authorized Canadian ,,nit
" llrees aNN'
where.
Have used piso'. Cure nd . 81
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