Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
NEW DISTRICTS AND NEW RAIL
WAYS.

Western Canada Affords Better Con-
ditiOns than Ever for Settlement.
To the Editor-Sir: Doubtless many
Of your readers will be pleased to have
some word from the grain fields of
Western Canada, where such a large
number Of Americans have made their
home during the past few years 1t is
| pleasing to be able to report that gen.
orally the wheat yield has been good
| 1t will average about twenty bushels
| to the acre. There will be many cases
where the yield will go thirty-fve
bushels to the acre, and others where
| fifty bushels to the acre has been re-
corded. The oat and barley crop has
been splendid. The prices of all grains
will bring to the farmers a magnif-
cent return for their labors. An in
stance has been brought to my notice
of farmer in the Pincher Greek
| (Southern Alberta) district, where
winter wheat is grown, who made
net profit Of $19.55 an acre, or little
less than the selling price of his and.
Thirty, forty and fifty bushels yields
are recorded there. The beauty about
| the lands in Western Canada is that
they are so we'll adapted to grain-raiS-
! Ing, while the luXuriant grasses that
| grow everywhere in abundance makes
| the best possible feed for fattening
| cattle or for those used for dairying
purposes.
The new homestead regulations
which went into force September,
| 1908, attracted thousands Of new set
tiers. 1t is now possible to secure 160
acres in addition to the 100 acres as
free grant, by paying So an acre for
| it. Particulars as to how to do this
and as to the railway rates can be Sc
! cured from the Canadian Government
agents.
1.-THE development throughout West
ern Canada during the next ten years
will probably exceed that of any other
country in the worlds history" is not
the statement of an optimistic Cana
dian from the banks of the Saskatche-
wan, but of Mr.. Leslie M. Shaw, Of
New York, ex-Secretary Of the United
States Treasury, under the late Presi-
dent Mckinley and President Roose-
welt, and considered one of the ablest
fnanciers Of the United States. "Our
| railway companies sold a good deal Of
| their land at from three to five dollars
an acre, and now the owners are sell
ing the same land at from fifty to
seventy-fve dollars, and buying more
| up in Canada at from ten to fifteen"
The editor of the Monticello Iowa)
Express made a trip through Western
| Canada last August, and was greatly
impressed. He says: Zone cannot
cross Western Canada to the noun
tains without being impressed with its
| immensely Of territory and its future
prospects. Where l expected to find
frontier villages there were substan-
TALLY built cities and towns with ev-
cry modern convenience. It was for
merly supposed that the climate was
| too severe for it to be thought Of as
| an agricultural country, but its wheat
raising possibilities have been amply
| tested. We drew from Ontario many
of our best farmers and most progress
sive citizens Now the Americans are
emigrating in greater numbers lowest
ern Canada. Seventy-ive per cent OF
the settlers in that good country To-
Gated southeast Of Moose Jaw and Re-
gina are Americans. Canada is well
| pleased with them and is ready to
welcome thousands more"