Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-01-12
DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL
CANADA.
Fhe Story of Big Yields OF Grain
Comes from Every Section.

Comes from Every Section.
When the man in the States was
.old that he could get $50 acres of land
| n Central Canada-comprising the
provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Ind Alberta-that under cultivation
would produce from 20 to 80 bushels OF
wheat to the acre, or if seeded to oats
| the yield would be 40 to 60 bushels, ne
was skeptical. The same story was told
the man who wished to get nearer to
existing lines of railway, and was only
asked to pay $40 to S12 an acre. But
many tried it, some one plan and some
another The man who accepted the
$50 acres as a free gift, as a home
stead, and was willing to put In the
| required residence duties of three
years, has now farm worth from
/ fifteen to twenty dollars an acre. The
man who chose TO purchase, and did
so, took up his residence just the
same He has land that, in many
cases, is worth twice the money he
paid for it, Both have found that the
story of splendid yields was verified.
They have had crops exceeding that
promised; they have seen oats that
yielded 100 bushels to the acre, and
have grown wheat that averaged Az
and as high as so bushels to the acre.
Their wheat was not So pounds to
the bushel article, but 62 and %
lpounds. They have seen within the
lpast year or two trunk lines OF rail-
way constructed through their dis
|trict, and throwing out branch lines
to the gates of their farm. They have
seen schools established in their neigh
borhood and the government contrib
|uting largely to their expense.
IChurches have been erected, villages
have been established, towns have
sprung into existence, and cities are
rapidly springing up, as if the magic
hand of some unseen cOnJurer was at
work But it was not; it was the
Legitimate offering of the wealth of
the field which made all these things
come about, naturally, and easy. The
prairie that three years ago was mere
lily prairie, a patch of brown, just wait
ing for the ploughman, is to-day dot
ted with titled farms and splendid
homes The line of elevators with
their glistening metaled fireproof sides
and roofs, indicate the location of the
town and the railroad There is the
glow of newness about it all, but the
elevation tba cplondid ctora huildinos
and the comfortable hostelries denote
wealth-not imported wealth-beyond
that of the strength of the man who
/ fashioned and built them, but the
wealth of the soil, which means that
the newness will be followed by a
steady growth The writer recently
was d passenger over the Grand Trunk
Pacific, the latest factor in this great,
marvellous field of development. The
rapidity with which towns were being
! built up, the farmsteads occupied, was
something even his experienced eye
| had not looked for. Everywhere along
/ the line of this new transcontinental
was the distinguishing mark of prog
| d
! length of the road from Winnipeg to
| Edmonton and west that did not bear
| token of its ability to pay tribute to
| the revenue of the road. Mention is
made of this line, not because it is the
| last in the field, but because it is one
of the best built roads on the CONT.
nent and traverses one of the best dis
tricts of an excellent country. 1t is
well operated, and already has gone
into active service as another means
of making it possible to secure more
speedily transit from the grain fields
to the shipping centers 1t had been
the intention in this article to have
spoken of some of the yields of grain
Canada contented this year, but space
will not permit, so that delightful task
will be taken up in another issue I'M
the meantime it would be well for the
self in touch with some official of the
Canadian government and get infor |
nation that might be useful in max
ing a selection for a home in Central
Canada, and become one of those WHIT
will be instrumental in building up q
great county to the north In doing
so, you will be assisting the United
States. In few years time the Unit
ed States will be wheat importer
Canada will supply the wheat and vol
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