The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-05
BLL PLEASED WITH W19TIRN
CANADA
Good Crops, Splendid Climate an6
Well-Enforced Laws.

W~ll-Enforced Laws.
farmer. who writes a Canadian Gov
ernment agent as follows: 1t was the
0Tsf week in November, 1907. when we
arrived here. There was very little
snow or cold weather until after the
holidays, then the snow and cold In
creased, but TO no great extent. / think
the coolest | heard OF was 80 degrees
oeiow zero, but that degree Of cold
would not be felt here any more than 10
degrees below zero would be back Tome
In Michigan, owing 10 the beautiful,
dry atmosphere of this country. There
came a good thaw every month that
settled the snow, the fields soon became
bare and on the 18th OF April l COM
meneed ploughing, The snow was then
al gone and summer at hand. This
last season was something more than
an average year around here with fine
crops gathered from a large acreage.
In parts he crops were less than ay-
erase. but generally speaking they were
above ii. The price of wheat was quite
good. Some fine yields sold at Si1o
per bushel. while some were marketed
at much less, but hardly any went be-
low about 90 cents n bushei.
Oats started o. the market at 50
cents a bushel, barley about so cents
and flax from 90 cents to ST a bushel.
As this was my first year in this
country, II 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 ell
.nat
1.-THE soil Oh my farm is a black loan
' bout one foot In thickness. Below
that we find about six feet of clay and
below that again gravel and sand, with
an abundance of excellent water. This
was the condition of the ground as l
found it when | dug a well. / can say
that the water is as sweet and as free
<from alkali and impurities as | ever
Aw.
My opinion is that the man who
comes here with a little means can do
no better than invest $500 or $1,000 In
cattle after locating a homestead ad-
Joining or neal some billy part of the
country where it will not be taken up
as soon as there is plenty of grass and
hay to be found in the billy country
and small lakes and sleughs will afford
sufficient water for any amount Of cat
tie. The bluffs with q few hay or
straw sheds will make sufficient shelter
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 Edmon-
ton. established by Swift x Co.
The dairy business should by no
means be forgotten. 1t is one of the
paying enterprises OF this great West.
The price of butter seldom goes below
IS cents and reaches as high as 40
cents a pound. Also the new cream
cries tina are fast being erected along
the lines of railroad are calling on the
farmers for their cream.
These creameries are greatly well
coined In all communities. because sell
ing cream is better than making butter,
even at an average price Of % cents a
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 swift
ly gaining as the country gets more
settled and supplies them with
to ship. 1t is hard 10 say too much in
favor Of this country. All one needs
is a little money with grit and ambi-
ton. | have seen homesteads that were
filed on a little over three years ago
that the owners have refused $4,000
= for. There is much more that can be
said in favor Of Western Canada. but
! think my letter has been long enough.