Woodruff County news., 1909-02-25
WELL PLEASED WITH WESTERN
 CANADA.
GOOD CROPS, SPLENDID CLIMATE AND WELL ENFORCED LAWS.

Mir George B. Hunter is a Maid .tone. Saskatchewan Central Can- ada). farmer, who writes to a Cana dian Government Agent as follows: of was the first week in November, +oo7 when we arrived here. There was rorv little snow or colo weather until ofter the holidays, then the snow and roId increased, but to no great extent ' think the coldest heard of was 30 soorees below zero, but that degree of ooId would not be felt here any more than 10 degrees below zero would be hack home in Michigan, owing to the boautiful dry atmosphere of this coun- ,rv There came a good thaw every month that settled the snow, the fields ooon became bare, and on the 18th of Anril 1 commenced ploughing. The snow was then all gone and summer at hand. This last season was so1ne- tbing more than an average year around here, witA fine crops gathered from a large acreage. In parts the erops were less than average, but gen. erally speaking they were above it. The price of wheat was quite good. Some fine yields sold at $1.10 per bnsh- el while some were marketed at much less. but hardly any went below about so cents a bushel.
 Oats started on the market at 35 cents bushel, barley about 50 cents, and fax from 90 cents to $1.00 a bushel.
 "As this was my first year in this country, it was a hard year for my
 horses, owing to their being eastern
 horses, and not used to the western
 climate, but they will soon get eli
 matized.
 "The soil on my farm is a black
 Ioam, about one foot in thickness, be-
 low that we find about six feet of
 clay, and below that again gravel and
 sand, with an abundance of excellent
 water This wa: the condition of the around as l found it when l dug a we'll. l can say that the water is as sweet and as free from alkali and i'm purities as I ever saw. My opinion is that the man who
 comes here with little means can do
 no better than invest $500 or $1, 000 in
 cattle after locating a homestead ad- joining or near some hilly part of the
 country where it will not be taken up as soon. There is plenty of grass and
 and small lakes and sloughs will afford
 sufficient water for any amount of cat
 tle The bluffs with a few hay or
 straw sheds will make sufficient shel-
 ter for them. There is no need to
 worry about the market for cattle, as
 there is already a great call for stock
 of all kinds to satisfy the continued
 demands of the large packing house at
 Edmonton, established by Swift and
 Company.
 "The dairy business should by no
 means be forgotten. It is one of the
 paying enterprises of this great west.
 The price of butter seldom goes below
 25 cents and reaches as high as
 40 cents pound Also the new cream
 cries that are fast being erected along
 luc lIutS OI cil4l OotU ell CellllllSo Ol1 l11C
 farmers for their cream.
 These creameries are greatly wei comed in all communities, because sell ing cream is better than making but
 ter, even at an average price of 25 cents pound. For a new country the
 railroad transportation facilities are
 good not yet, of course, what they
 are in older countries, but the new
 lines are swiftly gaining as the coun-
 try gets more settled and supplies
 them with produce to ship. It is hard
 to say too much in favor of this coun- try All one needs is little money
 with grit and ambition. l have seen homesteads that were filed on little over three years ago that the owners
 have refused $3,000 for.
 There is much more that can be
 said in favor of Western Canada, but l think my letter has been long enough" "