The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-09

oANAun6l SkoRo WAkIu Will run A0 NAXW
as As bushels on acres Of 500 and 1000
acres. but there are others which viii
drop as low as is. A safe average for
winter wheat win be 10 bushels. The
sample Is exceptionally fine, excepting
in a few cases where 1t has been wrin-
klsd by extreme heat. I
The northern section of Alberta has
been naturally anxious to impress the
world with the fact that it has not
suffered from drought, and this IL quits
true. Wheat crops run from 20 to so
bushels TO an acre, but In . report
such as this It is really only pcsslbla
to deal with the province a. q whols
and while the estimate may ssem very
low to the people Of Alberta, Il Il fair
to the province throughout
When the very light rainfall ana
other eccentricities of the past sasors
are taken Into account, It seems moth
Ing short OF a miracle that the Cana<
dian West should have produced 10S
million bushels OF wheat. which 81
less than Is million bushels short Of
the crop of 1909. 1t 10 for the West
generally q paying crop and perhaps
the best advertisement the country
has ever had, as 1t shows that no mae
ter how dry the year, with thorough
ullage. good seed and proper methods
OF conserving the moisture, O crop can
always be produced.
AS some evidence OF the feeling OF
the farmers. are submitted letters
written by farmers but a few days
ago, and they offer the best proof that
can be given.
Maidstone, Sask., Aug. 4, 10
came to Maidstone from Menomk
nee, Wis. four years ago, with my
parents and two brothers. We all To-
Gated homesteads at that time and
now have u patents. The soil Is n
rich black loan as good as / have ever
seen. We have had good crops each
year and In 1909 they were exceeding
~ good Wheat yielding from % to 20
bushels per acre and oats from 40 to
30. We are well pleased with the
country and do not care to return to
our native state. I certainly believe
that Saskatchewan is Just the place
for q hustler to get a start and make
himself a home. Wages here for farm
labor range from $50 to S46 per
month. Lee Dow.
Tofeld, Alberta, July TO- 1910.
am a native OF Texas, the largest
and n OF the very best states OF the
Union. I have been here three years
and have not one desire to return to
the States to live. There is no place
know of that offers such splendid
inducements. for capital, brain ana
Drawn. | would like to say to all who
are not satisfied where you are, make
a trip to Western Canada; II you do
not like 1t you will feel well repaid
for your trip. Take this from one
who's on the ground. We enjoy SPLEEN
did government, laws, school, railway
facilities, health. and last, but not
least, an ideal climate, and this from
a Texan. o. L Pugha.
James Normur of Porter. Wisconsin.
after visiting Dauphin, Manitoba,
says: II have been in Wisconsin 90
years, coming out from Norway. Never
have I seen better land and the crops
In East Dauphin are better than I
have ever seen, especially the OATS
There is more straw and 1t has heay-
Ter heads than ours In Wisconsin.
This Is just the kind Of land we
are looking for. We are all used To-
mixed farming and the land we have
seen is finely adapted to that sort Oh
work. Cattle, hogs, horses and grain
will be my products, and for the live
stock, prospects could not be betters
! have seen such cattle as are
raised here on the wild prairie grasses
and the vetch that stands three or
four feet high In the groves and ON
the open prairie.
Sir Wllfred Laurler Talks to Ames@
leans.
Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier OF
Canada, is now making q tour Of
Western Canada and In the course of
his tour he has visited many Of the
districts In which Americans have set
tied He expresses himself as highly
pleased with them. AT Craig, Sae-
katchewan, the American settlers
Joined with the others In All address
Of welcome. In replying Sir Wilfred
said In part. 81
I understand that many OF You
have come from the great Republic
to the south Of us-a land which is
akin to US by blood and tradition. I
hope that in coming from a free courp
try you realize that you come also to
another free country, and that al
though you same from a republic you
have come to what Is q crowned
democracy. The King. our sovereign.
has perhaps not SO many powers an
the President OF the United States.
but whether we are on the n side
OF the line or the other, we are all
brothers by blood. by kinship, by ties
Of relationship. In coming here az
you have come and becoming natural
ized citizens of THU country no one de-
sires you 10 forget the land Of your
ancestors. It would be a poor ma
who would not always have in his
heart q fond affection for the land
which he came from. The two greatest
countries today are certainly the
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