The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
WHY AMERICANS
LIKE ASSINIBoIA
CONTIGUITY TO THE STATES AND
DIRECT RAILWAYS.
Country About Moose Jaw as Well
Settled as Much of North Dakota
The Crop Is Good, but Farmers
Find Some Fault Because It Is Not
Bumper.
Correspondence of The Journal.

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Moose Jaw, N. w. T., Aug. 1s-I
don't know but the states is good
enough for me YETI said a bronzed
farmer from North Dakota. "but
thought would come up here and see
what me and the boys could do
People wonder why farmers leave
the states for Canada. The story Of
many a family's migration is that Of
the farmer from North Dakota.
you see," he said, I've got three
sons about grown. Land down our
way is worth $50 or $40 an acre. My
can't afford to buy adjoining land and
we want to keep the family together.
figured that maybe UP here I could
buy section and we could take home-
steads and keep together. OF course
I'd hate to leave the states, but I want
to keep my family together"
Moose Jaw is a division headquar-
tiers on the Canadian Pacific and the
western operating terminus of the 500
line. Many Americans have settled
around here and along the Canadian
end of the 500 with the idea that the
location will be very convenient in
the good time coming when tariff re-
strictions in trade between the United
States and Canada will not be so oner-
Gus as now. From Moose Jaw to Min
neapolis is 718 miles and the fast
trains make the distance in about
tiers find it very handy in travelling
back to the old home to be able to
take the hypothenuse Of the triangle
instead Of going around by Winnipeg.
No part of Canada has profted moro
by the American invasion than north
eastern Assiniboia. It's contiguity to
the states and direct railway COM
munication have made 1t natural that
the first overflow Of population from
the United States should stop here. So
it comes about that parts of this. re-
gion are as we'll settled as much of
North Dakota. Little towns are grow.
ing up here, and already several OF
them have a noticeab BILE air Of pros
perity and substantially.
The crops are not SO backward here
as in Manitoba. Wheat Is as far adj
vanced as it was at this time last year,
and the oats harvest is beginning this
week. The crop hereabouts is a fair
one, but the farmers are a little in
clined to find fault because it Is not
a bumper
That's splendid-looking crop you
have there" was said to a farmer,
pointing to his wheat field that waved
a mile square.
"Oh, nothin' extra" he replied.
"How much to the acre?'' said.
ooh, twenty or twenty-five bushels
to the acre." he replied. somewhat
gloomily. "This here country is not
WHdtlilS cracked up 10 DC. e4pecleo
| forty bushels
| This was wheat grown on summer
fallow," however. They have shift
less way of seeding wheat on stubble
that is proving a great failure this
year, tho in other years it has done
we'll. Wheat on stubble-fortunatel
there is not much Of twill hardly
! be worth cutting this year. In very
wet seasons stubble- wheat does well,
! and they have had so much rain here
/ Of recent years that they are getting q
| little careless. ~
This far west the rainfall is likely
| to be limited IN some years. The e1-
pertinent farms have found out that
1 the best way to assure good crops.
whether the rainfall be much or little,
| is to take a crop every other year or
| two years out of three and cultivate
the soil thoroly the years it is allowed
/ to rest. It is said that in this way
| a good yield is assured in the dryest
| years, and that the land will not be
I rapidly worn out.