Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
INTERESTING FARM FACTS
Some Facts From Actual Experience Ia
Farming In Canada.

i The following is copy OF a letter
written by a man who tells his expei-
fence in farming in Canada. 1t is in,
teresting as disclosing actual cond-
tons that exist in that part of the
! northwest.
| Dundurn, Sask,, Feb. "a, 1908.
| Dear Sir:-ln July, 1902, became
anxious to learn something more
about the Canadian North West, than
what could find in the printed mat
ter sent out by the Canadian Govern
ment. So started out on July |, 1907
to have a look at the country. When
| arrived at Winnipeg 4 was some.
what surprised to see such prosper.
GUS city. then went to Regina, Sask.
and from there up the Prince Albert
branch and located at Dundurn, Sask.
At that time one did not have large
fields of growing grain to look AT,
there being only u few places under
cultivation, but from what | could see
of the crops, their growth and rich
loamy soil, | decided it was surely the
| place for one to start farming. re-
| turned to my home, then at Brazil,
Indiana, sold my little farm there al
sacrifice, loaded mp my household
effects, with six horses, in the car, and
on August Is, 1902, started for west
ern Canada, landed at Dundurn, Sask,
August Bird, with capital OF about
three thousand ($3, 000) dollars bought
q half section of land, and took u
homestead of 100 acres, makinga farm
of section.
In the year 1903, raised 6S2 bushels
OF flax, 81 bushels of wheat and 303
bushels OF oats, besides breaking 100
acres for crops the next year In the
year 1904, | raised 2,370 bushels of
wheat, 300 bushels of oats, and 700
bushels OF flax. In 1906 | raised ,239
of wheat, and $500 bushels of oats.
In 1906, / purchased an additional
quarter section of land and raised
s, 200 bushels of wheat. 1890 bushels
OF oats. La the year 1907, ! purchased
an additional half section of fine
land and raised 1900 bushels OF wheat
4, 1000 bushels of oats. | now have $50
acres of good land, and with any
thing like good season for 1908, will
raise twenty teousand bushels OF grain
| may say that my best yield per
acre on l40 acres, was 43t bushels OF
wheat in the year 1906, and my poorest
yield per acre was in 1907, bringing Il
bushels for my entire crop of wheat
| may say that 1907 was what we call u
bad year, owing to the season being
late in opening up, although the good
prices received for grain made it the
best moneyed crop.
The lowest price | have taken for
wheat during the fiveyears have lived
here, was 81 cents track Dundurn, and
the best price 92 cents Dundurn. My
small capital of $1,000, with which /
started on, has grown during the five
years into o capital of S35, 600 Last
year my farm paid II per cent on an
investment Of $50 per acre, but count
ing on $50 per acre for which it would
sell for, would be much more.
! know OF no country where one can
start farming that will be more profit
able than Western Canada. We have
good schools, good laws, and gov
eminent that is helping the people TO
make this one OF the very best farming
countries in the world. We raise
about everything in our garden that
we did in Indiana. The winters of
l907-l9OS have been the best | have
ever spent inmy life, have had only a
few cold days. The snow is now melt
ing very fast, and it looks like we will
have an extra early spring. The long
err we live up here the better we like
the country and people are happy and
contented with their lot ia Western
Canada. Yours Truly
(Signed) N. e. BAUMUNK.
Mr.. Baumunk's experience is no ex-
ception. Conditions are such that any
one who will farm intelligently can do
as well. 1t is no guess work or luck
farming In the Tramping Lake dis
trict. Nature does its part If man
will do his
Luse Land Company, Limited,
Third and Jacksons streets,
st. Paul. Minnesota.