Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-01
THE FARMER IN WESTERN CAN.
ADA.

N6fNs
The Quality of No. I Hard Wheat
Cannot BE Beaten.
The Canadian West In the past I'VE
or ten years has given a set back to the
theory that large cities are the back
bone of a country and nations best
asset. Here we have country where
no city exceeds 100000, and where only
one comes within easy distance of that
figure, according to the census just
taken and where no other city reaches
a. population exceeding $4,000. The
places with a population over 5000 can
be counted upon the fingers Of one
hand, and yet the prosperity that pre-
walls is something unprecedented IN
the history of all countries past or
present.
The reason for this marvellous pros
perIty Is not hard to seek, The large
majority of the $4,000 people who in
habit Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al
Derta have gone on to the farm, and
have betaken themselves to the task Of
not only feeding and clothing them
selves but of raising food for others
less happily clrcumstanced
The crop of 1906, although not alb
normal, is an eye-opener to many who
previously had given little thought TO
the subject Ninety million bushels Of
wheat at 20 cents per bushel-S63 ,0OO,-
600; 100000 bushels of oats at 30
cents per bushels $50, 100000: 17,000,-
900 bushels of barley at 40 cents per
bushel-SG,S0O makes total Of
S02, 100000. This is altogether outside
the root products; dairy produce, ana
the returns from the cattle trade; the
beet sugar industry and the various
otter by-products of mixed farming.
When such returns are obtainable
from the soil 1t is not to be wondered
at that many are leaving the congested
districts Of the east to take upon
themselves the life Of the prairie farm
and the labor of the husbandman.
With the construction Of additional
new avenues for agricultural
are opening up, and inn
proved opportunities are offered to the
settler who understands prairie farm
Ing, and is willing to do his part in
up the new country.
This is the theme that Mr.. ]. ]. Hill,
the veteran railroad builder in the
West, has laid before the people in a
,erles Of addresses which he has given
1t various points during the past few
months, and, having been for so long
Identified with the development of the
n est there are few men better quail
led than he to express an opinion upon
t. Take care of the country, says he,
and the cities will take care of them
selves.
The farmers of the Western States
Ind the Canadian West are more pros
,erous than ever before, and when it
,omes to measuring up results, the Ca
ladian appears to have somewhat the
better of 1t. His land is cheaper, in
TACT, the government continues to give
rec homesteads to settlers. and the re-
.urns per acre are heavier when the
.rop is harvested Farming land in
he Western States runs from SEQ 10
$50 an acre and up, whereas equally
rood soil may be purchased in Canada
or So to $50 per acre, within easy
reach of q shipping point, and much
II this Is available for free homestead
ing. The quality of the Canadian No.
hard wheat cannot be beaten, and the
returns to the acre are several bushels
better than on this side of the line.
The soil and climate of that country
being peculiarly adapted to wheat
growing.
The fact is evidently appreciated by
the large number of American farmers
who have in the past two or three
years settled In the Canadian West. The
agents of the Canadian government,
whose address may be found else
where, advise us that for the fiscal
year 1904-5, the records show that AS
SAB Americans settled in Canada, and
in 1866 the number reached 57,796.
From all Of which 1t appears that at
present there is a good thing In farm
Ing In Western Canada, and that the
American farmer is not slow to avail
himself of it,