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III. Austin was i man who had
nsvsr had any previous experience Ii
farming. hut Western Canada had d
l1fements, and he pro0ted- Ha got I
low tnte certificate from Z Canadian
G6vsrnment agent. and then moved
What ~ sayS n interesting.
Ranfnrjy. Alberta. MAY 10. ia1e.
j y. 0rtevA EsQ- Spokane. wash:
Dear Sfr-After I dozen or more
pears Of unsaccrnful effort In ths
mercantile business In weatern Wash.
inxtcn. h August. laUa. decided Ia
n - Alberta with . gentlemen
Who was shipping two cars 1t I,ve
st0ck 10 Efmonton assisted this
man with The stock over 100 miles out
In The Birch Lake country. east Ut Ed
nonto0. Indeed. bow surprised. how
favorably everything compared with
my dream Of what | wanted TO see In
= new country.
Had Y had ms experience In
farming. but ! n Immediately con-
vsftsd Into Z farrn~y. Aud from that
snoment hare prospered. Selecting
I hcmee<ead near Birch Lake. | re-
turned ~ wife and three small chill
df~n and freighted ouf from Edmonton.
~ Nf~e~h tn5ta~v3u~ ~.n~ ~~ n~ufaa
= spot clear Of SHOW aud pitched our
tent and COMMENCED operations. At
that tfme ne had no neixhborA Four
PEARS have passed The locality In
will settled two miies from railway
station. with churches and schools. tel
rphons and good road Recommendations.
We ~ enjoyinx the privileges
granted - any rural district In Wash
isgfon. The Birch Lake country ID no
exevpti0n- This great transformatio ton
- rapidly going On In every district IN
western Canada
estimate that every quarter section
In every direction b capable Of pro-
dacing : comfortable living for a fam
IVY u tn forever. After saying for
two hogoas and I COW haA Just SO to
20 On. Did my firSt plovkhing In my
life was very awkward In my work.
but nature mas glad ! came and album
dainty paid me for my efforts. Our
cattle hare increased 10 about Esty
hesd. which was very profitable on
account Ut the abundance Of forage.
10 farm raj compelled to buy abou:
3s00 worth Of farm machinery on time.
and the payments fell due last fall. and
Jon may wonder how | expected TO
py for them whrn Ne had such I bad
year. Twas = little bed for western
Canada Or for . Ma~uarisn. Hut IL
not - Z - bushels oats 4 pretty good
yield pr acre IN many Statesl Then
the price Of grain went out Of sight.
- when ! had sold my crop | found
1 wss able to make my payments nice
II. besides. ne had lots of feed. No
one has any business raising cattle
without growing grain. or vice versa.
A to the winters. did not feed my cat.
Tie. excepting the calves. Z fork OF
hay until In March. Have found the
winters much more pleasant than We
did In western Washington. This In
strange and hard to explain, but It's
true nevertheless: at ~ degrees below
ZERO ne have more comfort than you
would &C 20 degrees above. ~ stiil and
dfy. nth bright. SUNNY days My wife
says that the only regret abe has IL
that ~ did not come here ten years
ago. - ~ would nov certainly have
been II = position to retire from hard
work. Most women aOon become salts
- ~ neixhbcFs begin to come round
fAem Have @ aczes IN crop this rear. |
: acres potatoes which have
always brought - Z fair price. We
lod : Nnhy market fer everything re
.pFodscsl To The poor man-herc IL I
chaAcs - Gsta1i1sA yossoelf. To the
~ na.-Aexs = Z eAancs 70 buy land
~ so = ~ ~ acrs which win pro-
1ncs 0oss crups than half dozen
ncsn = yssr 30 y 81 pr acrs land.
Ana = ~ vssy much miscaksnt this
ysar w1l prsve n eys spsnse o thoes
W. m = llttte slspeicaL IT, tyouble
Win - = ut l have - mach . ~
= faSsG1e1s - Alberta ID hard @ -
.EtaL ns1pectfsIly.
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