The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-20
VOLUMES MIGHT BE WRITTEN
OF the Success That waits the
Farmer in Western Canada.


Eern Canada Chat portion Of Canada
lying north Of Dakota and Montana) J,
has been frequently told, but it will
stand a lot of telling, and still retain
Its touch Of interest. During the year
just closed 277,376 persons made their
homes in Canada as compared with
1882 for the year 1906, an increase
Of 61,464. Those from the United
States numbered 56,551.
A writer In Industry recently said
To-day the Dominion of Canada is
witnessing q mightier movement of
population than ever stimulated a
Biblical writer to pen a chapter of
Scripture" The same writer says
From the Rhine and the Rhone river
valleys; from the port cities of Ger
many and the farms Of the Father
land; from the peasant soil Of Rus
STA and out FROM the grimy Ian
cashire and over-populated Yorkshire,
the disconnected and ambitious of
every cline are seeking to take advant'
age OF the opportunities afforded by the
fertile soil and celebrating climate of
the Empire OF the North"
Continuing, the same writer says
while a million human beings throng
the shores of the United States every
year, the smaller number arriving in
Canada come with a more well-deined
purpose" The question has been ask
ed, why do these people come to Can
ada? The available land between the
Mississippi and the Pacific has been
exhausted, and the farmers within that
territory find that their sons have to
| seek newer climes. Canada offers one
hundred and SIXTY acres of land free
| to each. This land yields from &c
to 40 bushels Of wheat to the acre
In Southern Alberta. the winter wheat
belt Of Canada, az high as 30 bushels
| per acre have been harvested. Less
| yields than the one mentioned have
netted the farmer as much as S35 pei
acre. There are no words that tel
| the tale so effectively as those Of the
farmer himself, the man who has
ploughed the fields. sowed the grain
and with folded hands rests, while
nature, bounteouS In that country, In
less than three months, placed at hi:
I disposal hundreds of acres Of ripeneC
| grain, now waiting the arrival of the
reaper, and therefore W. reproduce the
following letter. Any agent of thu
| Canadian government, whose adver
tisement appears elsewhere. will bt
pleased to give information regarding
the district mentioned Or any othel
that ma be in mind:
q. r. Holmes, Esq. Canadian Govern
ment Agent, st. Paul, Mimi:
Dear Sir-In 1915 l located on l
claim about 30 miles from the towr
OF Wadena, on the Canadian Northern
Railroad, have lived on my claim mos
Of tie time since. | consider this t.
be one of the best districts in thu
country for grain growing. In 1904
wheat averaged from 80 to 81 bushels
per acre on some Of my neighbors
farms, within 4 miles of my claim
Oats go from IS to 100 bushels. 1t /!
also a good country for stock. Where
l am there Is plenty Of fuel. Home
steads nearly all taken, the settle
ment being largely Germans and Amer
leans, all well-to-do. l left Wadeng
in February. 1907, returning April %
so that ! missed part Of the winter
which the old settlers tell ME was on,
of the worst they ever saw, but there
was no suffering, as the people arr
pretty well fixed, and there are n(
billiards. in that country, at leas
there never has been known to be one
Wild land sells at from SO to SO
closer to town it Is higher.
In the summer we have all sort:
Of wild fruits very plentiful, and
never saw better vegetables, and game
is so plentiful a man need not starve
for want Of something to eat. Plenty
of good water, too. You need moi
hesitate to recommend this district, but
the homesteads are nearly all taken
most OF the homesteaders are living
right on their claims.
(Signed) FRANK MORREY.
Remington, Sask.