The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL
CANADA.
Ike Story of Big Yields of Grain
Comes from Every Section

Ike Story of Big Yields of Grain
Comes from Every Section
When the man in the States was
told that he could get 160 acres of land
in Central Canada-comprising the
provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and 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, he
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 $12 an acre. But
many tried it, some one plan and some
another. The man who accepted the
160 acres as free gift, as a home
stead, and was willing to put in the
required residence duties of three
years, has now a 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 90 bushels to the acre.
Their wheat was not a 5S pounds to
the bushcl article, but 62 and 6S
pounds. They have seen within the
past 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
Churches 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 al
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
ly 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 will
their glistening metaled fireproof sides
and roofs, indicate the location of the
town and the railroad. There is thu
glow of newness about it all, but the
elevator, the splendid store building
and the comfortable hostelries denot,
wealth-not imported wealth-beyonl
| that of the strength of the man wh'
fashioned and built them, but tn,
wealth of the soil, which means tina
| the newness will be followed by
| steady growth. The writer recent.
was passenger over the Grand Trunl
Pacific, the latest factor in this great
marvellous field of development TIL
| rapidity with which towns were bein
built up, the farmsteads occupied, wa
something even his experienced ey
had not looked for. Everywhere alon
the line of this new transcontinenta
was the distinguishing mark of pros
| ress. There was not a mile of tn
length of the road from Winnipeg I
| Edmonton and west that did not bea
token of its ability to pay tribute t
the revenue of the road. Mention
made of this line, not because it is tn
last in the field, but because it is on
of the best built roads on the cont
nent and traverses one of the best di!
tricts of an excellent country. II
well operated, and already has gon
into active service as another mean
of making it possible to secure NOR
speedily transit from the grain field
to the shipping centers. 1t had bee
the intention in this article to hav
spoken of some of the yields of graf
that have made the farmers of Centrs
Canada contented this year, but spac
will not permit, so that delightful tas
will be taken up in another issue.
! the meantime 1t would be well for til
reader, IL he is interested. to put hin
self in touch with some official of tn
Canadian government and get info
nation that might be useful in NAL
ing a selection for home in Centrs
Canada, and become one of those VIII
will be instrumental in building up
great county to the north. In doin
so, you will be assisting the Unite
States. In few years time the Uni
ed States will be a wheat impor,e
Canada will supply the wheat and 20
will be one of the producers.