The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-27
WELL PLEASED WITH WESTERN
CANADA.
GOOD CROPS, SPLENDID CLIMATE
AND WELL ENFORCED LAWS.

Mr.. George Z. Hunter is a Maid.
stone, Saskatchewan Central Can.
ada, farmer, who writes to a Cana
dian Government Agent as follows:
1T was the first 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 increased, but TO no great extent.
l think the coolest | heard Of was 80
degrees below zero, but that degree of
cold would not be felt here any more
than 10 degrees below zero would be
back home in Michigan, owing to the
beautiful dry atmosphere of this coun.
try. There came a good thaw every
month that settled the snow, the fields
soon became bare, and on the 18th Of
April l commenced ploughing. The
snow was then all gone and summer at
hand This last season was some
thing more than an average year
around here, with fine crops gathered
from large acreage. In parts the
crops were less than average, but gen
orally speaking they were above it.
The price Of wheat was quite good.
Some fine yields sold at $1.10 per bush
ell, while some were marketed at much
less, but hardly any went below about
GO cents a bushel.
Oats started on the market at 35
cents a bushel, barley about SO cents,
and fax from 80 cents to $100
bushel.
las this was my first year in this
country, it was hard year for my
horses, owing to their being eastern
horses, and not used to the western
climate, but they will soon get eli
matted.
THE soil on my farm is a black
loan, 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 was the conditiop CT tha
ground as | found il wuen | dug a
well. l can say that the water is as
sweet and as free from slkali and i'm
1urities as | ever saw
my opinion is that the man who
comes here with little means can do
10 better than invest $500 or $1,000 in
,attle, after locating a homestead ad
dining or near some hilly part Of the
| ,ountry where it will not be taken up
| Is soon There is plenty of grass and
| lay to be found in the billy country
md small lakes and sloughs will afford
sufficient water for any amount OF cat
lie. The bluffs with a few hay or
straw sheds will make sufficient shell
er 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 slould by no
means be forgotten. 1t Is one CT the
paying enterprises Of this great west.
| The price of butter seldom goes below
| rs cents and reaches as high as
| 40 cents a pound. Also the new cream
cries that are fast being erected along
the lines of railroad are calling on the
| farmers for their cream.
| 'lnCSe CrGaHltTleS are greatly WE
coined in all communities, because sell
| ing cream is better than making but.
! ter, even at an average price of 20
cents a pound. For new country the
! Iailroad 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. 1t 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 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