The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-02-25
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The experience of the Bisser Bros.
IN Western Canada is similar to That
reported to, every agent, of the, Cana.
dian, Government, whose advertise.
ment, appears elsewhere" ''' ..' 49,
"Wheatwyn, Sask, Nov. 9Th, 1908. ia
~ "ro the Commissioner Of 1nmi gra.
tion, Winnipeg, Manitoba. LDeaf Sir:
II I'M company with my brother and,
other relations, arrived lin this coun.
tfX'in' the spring of 1898. At the time
we got off, the train at Wolseley, Sask..
we had only a few-dollars, mot enough
to Start 'fafning On 6tif' Own account,
SO I'VE. were compelled to, work. out for
q, considerable time, In order. to. make
;sqfReisnt money, to enable US TO .es-
tablish ourselves, When we thought
we had enough money to start with
and my brother took up one quarter;
section CLEO. acres) land each in the
Loon Creek district: In 1900 we moved
on our 'ho1hesteads with. one team of
horses and one walking .piow. While
was engaged with the work in the
ield,i my brother built "a. ;sheck and
barn. of. logs, WHICH we have ,hauled
during the, time, we were. not ablee to
work ip the field. We were certainly
working Very hard, hit I am glad. to
say that we made our fortune, fl this
country: To-day We do not feed to
work So hard as we used to, ais we
have three men hired steady for
whom we pay $4,000 to $40. 00ia month,
besides board, and, lodging during the
summer time! / am also. glad to. tell
you. that to-day we are owners Of "a
section and three.qudrters Of the best
land, with first class buildings thereon.
besides having all the 4necessary ma.
chinery'r We; always do our..' own
Ethreshing; for We have. 80 horse
power threshing outfit. r.. ..,..G
| Our successI. in, farming q, in; this
country also enabled us to get rid OF a
number of horses of less value, and
Instead we bought 10 pure-Bred mares,
II representing value in the heighbor-
hood of $4,000. ~ 800, "a az y
"Regarding raisias 15rainj which Is
the main factor in our district i am
proud to. say that We, have always
had good success. We nave raised
wheat as. high as 25 bushels. to the
acre.. and this year, although we suf-
fered from lack Of sufficient rain, our
wheat went 81 bushels to the acre,
and we had 300 acres in crop. We
have broken this year abouta100 acres
new land, and by next year We will
| have about LILO acres in crop. For
one, carload Of wheat which we have
shipped a few weeks age, we got a
price of 81 cents per bushel, and it
graded as No. 2 Northern, although we
have a quantity Of wheat which will
surely 60 as No. I Northern. During
the six years we have been farming
for ourselves we have never had one
frost around here, SO that we always
had good crop. j,n.. -.1 u 4a-
q 81: for. myself, feel compelled to say
that our Great West is the land where
a person who is willing to, work and
trun his hands to anything, can make
q fortune, and a comfortable. living.
Our country is a thoroughly free coun.
try and we have a good Government;
and, as long as we have good crops,
and good Government, we are salts
fed, and / think that is all we want
yours very truly, .-.-
"LORENS BISSER,
= ~ - = : up. O.. Wheatwyn, Sask."