The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-09-08


as 10 bushels on acres of 500 and 1000
acres, but there Hre Others which VIII
drop as low as Is. A safe average for
winter wheat will be 10 bushels. The
sample is exceptionally fine. excepting
in few cases where It has been wrin-
killed. by extreme heat.
The northern section Of Alberta has
been naturally anxious to Impress the
world with the fact that II has not
suffered from drought. and this is quito
| true. Wheat crops run from 20 to 30
| bushels TO an aero. but in report
such as this It Is really only possible
to deal with the province as q whole
and while the estimate may seem very
low TO tho people Of Alberta, 1t ia fair
| TO the province throughout
When the very light rainfall and
other eccentrlcities Of tho past season
are taken into account, It seems moth
! ing short OF miracle that tho Cana
dian West should have produced l0a,
million bushels OF wheat, which is
| less than rs million bushels short 90
the crop Of 1909. II Is for the West
generally a paying crop and perhaps
! tho best advertisement the country
has ever had, as It shows that no mat
ter how dry tho year, with thorough
tillage, good seed and proper methods
OF conserving the moisture. crop cam
always be produced.
As some evidence OF the feeling Of
the farmers, arc submitted letters
written by farmers but few days
ago. and they offer the best proof that
can be given.
Maidstone. Sask., Aug. 4, 10.
came to Maidstone from MenomiI
nee Wis, four years ago. with my
parents and two brothers. We all To-
Gated homesteods at that time and
now have our patents. The soil is a
rich black loan as good as have ever
seen. We have had good crops each
year and In 1909 they were exceeding
ly good Wheat yielding from % to 40
bushels per aero and oats from 40 to
So We are we'll pleased with the
country and do not care to return to-
our native state. certainly believe
that Saskatchewan is Just tho place
for a hustler to get a start and make
himself home. Wages here for farm
labor range from S35 to si5 per
month. Lee Dow.
, Toneld, Alberta, July 10, 1910
l am native OF Texas. the largest
and one OF the very best states OF tho
Union. 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 and
: Drawn. | would like to say to all who
, are not satisfied where you are, make
Q trip to Western Canada; II you do
Q not like It you will feel we'll repaid
0 for your trip. Take this from one
! who's on the ground. We enjoy splcn1
, did government, laws, school. railway
J facilities. health. and last. but not
least. an ideal climate, and this from
n Texan o. l. PuGhs.
, James Normur OF Porter. Wisconsin,
| after visiting Dauphln, Manitoba,
! says: Il have been In Wisconsin 20
years, coming out from Norway Never
have seen better land and the crops
in East Dauphin are better than
have ever seen. especially the oats
| There is moro straw and it has heav-
| 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 tho land we have
! seen is finely adapted TO that sort or
work Cattle. hogs. horses and grain
4 will be my products, and for the 1.-Two
H stock. prospects could not be better.
\ I have never seen such cattle as are
/ raised here on the wild prairie grasses
! and the vctch that stands three or
| four feet high In tho groves aud On
4 tho open prairie.
Sir Wilfred Laurier Talks to Amer
or leans.
Sir Wllfred Laurier. Premier Of
o. Canada, is now making n tour OF
10 Western Canada and In the course oil
=" his tour he has visited many Of tho
in districts In which Americans have set
r tied. Ito expresses himself as highly
40 pleased with them. 1t Craig, Sas
n katchewan. tho American settlers
Ia Joined with the others in an address
va OF welcome In replying Sir Wilfret
"a said In part
Il understand that many OF yor
n. have come from the great Republic
Ct to the south OF us-a land which II
,d akin to us by blood and tradition
m hope that in coming from FREQ coun
nj try you realize that you come also t
10 another free country. and that al
do though you came from n republic yol
In. have come to what is crowned
"a democracy Tho King, our sovereign
n has perhaps not so many powers n
.Iy the President OF the United States
ma but whether we are on the one sid
Of Of the limo or the other. we are al
Mt brothers by blood, by klnship, by tie
ps of relationship. In coming here n
mr.. YOU have come and becoming natural
MS. ICED citizens OF this country no one dc
he sires you to forget tho land OF you
NJ ancestors Il would DO a poor ma