The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-20
VOLUMES MIGHT BE WRITES
OF the Success That Awaits the Far,
err in Western Canada.

er in Western Canada.
The story of wheat farming in We,
tern Canada Chat portion of Canad,
lying north of Dakota and Montana
has been frequently told, but it win
stand a lot of telling, and still retai,
its touch of interest. During the yea,
just closed 277,376 persons made the,
homes in Canada as compared wjS
215,912 for the year 1906, an increaa
of 61,464. Those from the United
States numbered 56,551. A writer /, [
Industry" recently said: To-day Tia
Dominion of Canada is witnessing
"mightier movement of popuatio,
than ever stimulated a Biblical writ /
Ger to pen chapter of Scripture" I
The same writer says: From the RhiDs /
land the Rhone river valleys; from
"the port cities of Germany and thu
farms of the Fatherland, from thai
peasant soil of Russia; and out from
"the grimy Lancashire and oyer-popp
lated Yorkshire. the DISCONTINUED
ana VI every CllLIp ara
seeking to take advantage of the
Opportunities afforded by the fertile
soil and exhilarating 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 r1oTa wellde
fined purpose" The question has
been asked why do these people come
to Canada? The available land be
tween the Mississippi and the Pacific
has been exhausted, and the farmers
within that territory find that their
sons have to seek newer climes Cana.
da offers one hundred and sixty acres
Of land free to each. This land yields|
from 20 to 40 bushels of wheat to the|
acre. In Southern Alberta, the winter
wheat belt of Canada, as high as SOL
| bushels per acre have been harvested
! Less yields than the one mentioned
| have netted the farmer as much aI
S35 per acre. There are no words thatI
| tell the tale so effectively as those oil
| the farmer himself, the man who hal
ploughed the fields, sowed the grain
and with folded hands rests while
nature. bounteous in that country, in|
| less than three months. placed at his|
disposal hundreds of acres of ripenedl
grain. now waiting the arrival OF ehs|
reaper, and therefore we Reproduced
the following letter.
Any agent of the Canadian goyernl
ment will he pleased to give informal
| ton regarding the district mentioned
or any of any other that may b GsI
sired.
E. T. Holmes, Esq,
Canadian Government Agent
St. Paul, Mimi.
Dear Sir
In 1905 I located on a claim about
| 30 miles from the town of WadenaE
on the Canadian Northern Railroad
have lived on my claim most OF ths2
| time since | consider this to be one!
| Of the best districts in the country
! for grain growing. In 1906 wheat
averaged from 80 to 81 bushels peg
acre on some of my neighbors farms2
within 4 miles of my claim. Oats 81
from rs to 100 bushels. 1t is also 4
good country for stock. Where | an
there is plenty of fuel. HomesteadH
nearly all taken the settlement being
largely Germans, and Americans,
well-to-do | left Wadena in Febr&
airy, 1907, returning April %, 50 thaN
| missed part of the winter, which IN
old settlers tell me was one OF nE
worst they ever saw, but there wa
no suffering, as the people are pretVX
well fixed and there are no blizzard
In that country, at least there nevs
has been known to be one. Wild lam
sells at from $40 to SIS; closer
town Il is higher.
In the summer we have all son
of wild fruits very plentiful and
never saw better vegetables, and gam
is so plentiful a man need not star'N
for want of something to eat. Plen'
OF good water too. You need ~
hesitate to recommend this distrc
but the homesteads are nearly
taken, most of the homesteaders ~
living right on their claims.
(Sigled, FRANK MORRE!,
Koiyin Utnn SAaI