The Monticellonian., 1908-09-03

this is Alber,as banner year in grain
production, as it is Saskatchewan
and Manitoba's, and from figures al
ready in II Is estimated that Alherta's
wheat viii yield on an average Of THIR-
TY-FlVE BUSHELS TO TIE ACRE
In many parts Of the province returns
will show yield Of as high as FIFTY
bushels 60 the acre and il IS freely
predicted by many that when the Of
fetal figures are in a weld of at least
forty five instead Of thifty-fiYe bushels
10 the acre will be shown.
At the time Of my last journey
through the Canadian West. when my
purpose was largely 10 secure statis-
teal matter for book use. l solicited
letters from American settlers in all
parts OF the three provinces. and most
Of these make NEST interesting read
ing. The letter was written By A. KaI
tenbrunner, whose Posteffiee address
is Regina. Saskatchewan
a few years ago. he says. 4 took
up a homestead for myself and also
one for my son The half section
which we own is between Rouleau and
Drinkwater. adjoining the Mooseiaw
creek, and is low. level and heavy
land Last year we put In loo acres of
wheat which went 3 bushels 10 the
acre Every bushel of il was No. J.
That means the best wheat that can
be raised on earth-worth 80 cents
bushel at the nearest elevators. We
also threshed 9,0a0 bushels Of first
class oats out OF f60 acres. Eighty
acres was fall blowing AND YIELDED
NINETY BUSHELS TO TIE ACRE.
We got 80 cents a bushei clear. All
our grain was cut in the last week of
the month of August. We will make
more money out of our crops this year
than last For myself. | feel com.
PEELED TO say that Western Canada
crops cannot be checked, even by IN
usual conditions
An itemized account shows a single
years earnings of this settler and his
son to be as follows
. 500 bushels of wheat at 80 cents
bushel... ....-.-..#.-.z.=.z.-.-..z. SOU
5000 bushels of oats at 50 cents
a bushel......-.=-#.....-#-.-... 4,770
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .020
1t will be seen by the above that
this mans oat crop was worth twice
as much as his wheat crop. While
the provinces of western Canada will
for all time 10 come be the worlds
greatest wheat growing regions. oats
are running the former grain close
race for supremacy. The soil and eli
matte conditions in Manitoba. Sas.
katchewan and Alberta are particular
y favorable to the production of oats,
and this grain, like the wheat runs
far greater crop 10 the acre than in
even the best grain producing states
of the union. Ninety bushels TO the
acre is not an unusual yield whole
homesteads frequently running this
average. And this is not the only ad-
vantage Western Canada cats have
over those of the United States. for in
weight they run between forty and
fifty pounds to the bushet. while No.
/ wheat goes to siXty.tWo pounds to
the bushel. In fact so heavy is
Canadian grain of all kinds. and espe-
eially the wheat that throughout the
west one will see cars with great
placards upon them. which read:
This car is not to be filed to ca
paeity with Alberta wheat
When | made my first trip through
the Canadian West a few years ago
found thousands Of settlers living in
rude shacks. tent shelters and homes
of logs and clay Today one will find
these old homes" scattered from
Manitoba to the Rockies. but they are
no longer used by human tenants.
Modern homes have taken their place
for il has come 10 be a common saw
ing in these great grain regions that,
The first year a settler is in the land
he earns a living: the second he has
money enough 10 build himself a mod
ern home and barns; the third he is
independent" And as extreme as this
statement may seem to those hun
dreds of thousands CT American farm
ers who strive for a meager existence.
il is absolutely true. am an Ameri-
tsttl. d uCtECAts do n1OSl VI
our people-but even at that l cannot
but wish that these people. whose
lives are such an endless and unhappy
grind. might know OF the new life that
Is awaiting them in this last great
west-this land Of greater hope"
where the farmer is king. and where
the wealth all rests in his hands As
one American farmer said 10 me. 1T
is hard to pull up stakes and move a
couple Of thousand miles" And so it
is-or at least it appears 10 be. But
in month ii can be done And
the first year. when the new settler
reaps a greater harvest than he has
ever possessed before. he will rise
with 200 600 others Of his people IN
Western Canada and thank the gov
eminent that has given him. free of
cost. a new life, new home. and new
hopes-which has made OF him. in
fact. a man among men. a possessor
of wealth amons his people.
WEN TIE Little Man Scored.
4 meek looking little man with
LARGE nasfcboard hex climbed on the