Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-30
TIE FARMER IN WESTERN CAN.
ADA.
The Quality of No / Hard Whea
Cannot Be Beaten

Cannot Be Beaten.
The Canadian West in the past five
or ten years has given q SET back to the
theory Lhat large cities are the back
bone Of a country and Z nations best
asset Here We have z 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
s population exceeding 1900. The
places with 4 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 OF
present
The reason for this marvellous pros
perity is not hard to seek. The large
majority of the $1,000 people who In
habit Manitoba. Saskatchewan and al
berta have gone on TO the farm and
have betaksn themselves TO the task OF
not only feeding and clothing them
selves, but Of raising food for others
less happily circumstance
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 UNSATISFACTORY
900; 100000 bushels Of cats at 80
cents per busheI-S22. 100000; 1900
600 bushels of barley at 10 cents per
Soe,Oe0; makes q total OF
S92.6oo.ooo. This is altogether outside
the roo products; dairy produce, and
the returns from the cattle trade; the
beet sugar industry and the various
other 1y-products Of mixed farming.
When such returns are obtafnable
from the soil II is moi to be wondered
al that many are leaving the congested
districts of the east, 70 take upon
themselves the life Of the prairie farm
and the labor Of the husbandnan.
With the construction OF additional
railroads, new for agricultural
enterprise are opening up, and i'm.
proved opportunities are offered 10 the
settler who understands prairie farm
ing, and is willing TO do his part in
building up the new country.
This Is the theme that M. ]. ]. Hill,
N~ ~ . lAA1 la LIZ
West has laid before the people in a
series OF addresses which he has giren
ar various points during the past few
months, and, having been for SO long
identified with the development of the
West there are few men better quail
fed than he to express az opinion upon
it Take care of the country, says he,
and the cities Will take care of them
selves
The farmers Of the Western States
and the Canadian West are more pros-
pereus than ever before, and when It
to measuring up results. the Ca
madam appears TO have somewhat the
better of it His land is cheaper, In
fact, the government continues to 1--WE
free homesteads to settlers, and the re-
turns per acre are heavier when the
crop is harvested Farming land IN
the Western States runs from SEQ to
$50 an acre and up. whereas equally
good soil may be purchased In Canada
for S to S15 per acre, within easy
reach Of a shipping point and much
Of this Is available for free homestead
ing The quality Of the Canadian No. i
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 IL evidently appreciated by
the large number Of American turner's
who have IN the past two o. three
years settled in thsCanadsan West The
agents Of the Canadian government,
whose address may be found else
where. advise us that for the fiscal
year 1904S. the records show that 49,
543 Americans settled in Canada, and
In 1866 the number reached 57.7aa
From all of which Ii appears that at
present there Is a good thing In farm
ing In Western Canada, and that the
American farmer II not slow = avail
himself Of y.