Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-03-23
OPINION OF THE EDITOR OF
NEBRASKA FARMER.
He Expresses His Approval Of Amer
lean immigration to Canada.

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 tina: |
Of moving to some district where |
It is possible to more easily |
secure what is necessary for a
comfortable existence; where it is
an easy matter to become possessed
Of sufficient farm land to assure q
competence for the future. This, not
only interests the head of the family
but every individual member of it
Having before me the knowledge
where he can secure home with the
expenditure Of but little money, it is
well for him to obtain all information
possible regarding the productivenesS
OF the land in the country that he may
select. For several years past a large
number OF Americans have removed to
Western Canada and as nearly as It
can be ascertained almost all of these
have expressed themselves satisfied
with the conditions that exist there.
During the past Summer a number OF
the Editors Of Farm papers through
out the United States made a personal
visit on tour Of inspection and the
reports of these gentlemen prove in
teresting reading. Mr.. H. e. Heath,
Editor of the Nebraska Farmer" a
paper enjoying a wide circulation as
well as the confidence of its subscrib-
ers, after giving some idea of the ex-
tent of this wonderful country says:
Western Canada is the last unoccu-
pied and unimproved good agricul-
''tural land in America available to-
day"
He then discusses its possibilities
for raising live stock and the advan-
tages it possesses for dairying. farm
ing and wheat growing, and says:
What has been said about the coun-
try as to the ability of the soil, the
yield Of wonderful crops Of wheat, is
quite justified"
To quote further from Mr.. Heath,
he says, referring to climate:
These people (skeptical ones) do
mot know or realize that altitude more
than latitude makes climates; that
large bodies of water, both fresh and
salt, that never freeze over, exert a
wonderful influence on climate. An
"Other influence on climate, more po-
tent than those named above, which
applies more to the Alberta district,
is the warm Chinook breeze from the
Pacific Ocean, which is 600 or 700
miles nearer than Colorado or Wyom-
"ing, besides the Rocky Mountain
range is not nearly so high nor half
$50 far from the ocean as it is down
Elm the States.
Fur LA ri; -
"of the Canadian prairies, we should
mot lose sight of the fact of the in
"huence 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 Isl
land October LIST are respectively 9.39
inches and 1887 inches, o. about
"three-fourths Of the entire rainfall!
From the middle of June to the mid
IDLE Of July there are over two hours
more daylight in every twenty-fou:
"hours than there is in Nebraska. The
main reason why Western Canals
wheat grows to such perfection is tn<
EFFECT of solar light, or longer period
"of sunshine it gets each day. This
- Wu8L MdhcS bS6US VI gram HOT:
perfect, grown in this country thar
elsewhere. This extraordinary rapi(
growth of vegetation under the in
"fiuence Of this long continued sun
shine exceeds anything known in low
Ger ATTITUDES.
I'VE do not wish 1t understood tina
wheat alone is the main product o
"this country; 1t leads in that, yet
els destined to become famous for IL
"cattle, horses and sheep and for 1t
"dairy products We saw more AM
larger bands of cattle and sheep graz
sing in Assiniboia and Alberta thai
1--WE ever saw on the western plains O
"the United States. One band of cat
cite numbering 5000 head were graz
ting on the rich grass and sheep with
cont number"
The Government Of the Dominion O
Canada Is still using the same energet
&c efforts which have been used for tn
past 5 or years to settle up thes
western prairies and on application I
any Agent Of the Canadian Govern
ment the settler will be able to secur
Q certificate emitting him to low rat
which will give him the opportunit
Of visiting any portion Of Canada
grain producing domain.
'Pa, how much is Mr.. Rockefellt
Worth"' "Oh, about billion dollars, m
son." How much is that In doughnut