The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
EVELOPMENT OF
CENTRAL CANADA
THE STORY OF BIG YIELDS OP
GRAIN COMES FROM EVERY
SECTION.

When the man In the states was
told that he could get 100 acres OF
land in Central Canada-comprising
the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatche.
wan and Alberta-that under c%ultiva.
ton would produce from 20 to 80 bush
els 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 rail.
way, and was only asked to pay $40
to $12 an acre. But many tried 1t,
some one plan and some another. The
man who accepted the 160 acres as a
free gift, as a homestead, n was
willing to put in the required resi-.
dence 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 be 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 40 and as high as SO bushels
TO the acre. Their wheat was not a
81 Id. to the bushel article but 62 and
63 lbs. They have seen within the
past year or two trunk lines of rail.
way constructed through their district,
and throwing out branch lines to the
gates Of their farm. They have seen
schools established in their neigh
bourhood and the Government con
tributing largely to their expense.
Churches have been erected, villages
lave been established, towns have
sprung into existence and cities are
.apidly springing up, as if the magic
hand of some unseen cOnjurer was at
work. But it was not; it was the lie.
Ultimate offering of the wealth OF the
field which made all these things come
about, naturally, and easy. The prai-
RE that three years ago was merely
prairie, a patch of brown, just waiting
'or the %ploughman, is to-day dotted
with titled farms and splendid homes.
The line of elevators with their glis-
:ening metalled fireproof sides and
.oofs, indicate the location Of the
own and the railroad. There is the
glow of newness about it all, but the
elevator, the splendid store buildings
n the comfortable hostelries denote
wealth, beyond that Of the strength
Of the man who fashioned and built
hem but the wealth Of the soil, which
means that the vines will be fol
owed by a steady growth. The writer
recently was a passenger over the
Grand Trunk Pacific, the latest fac
or in this great marvellous field Of
development. The rapidity with which
towns were being built up, the farm
steads occupied, was something ever
his experienced eye had not looked
'or. Everywhere along the line O
his new transcOntinental was the dis
tinguishing mark Of progress. Their
was not a mile of the length OF tn
road from Winnipeg to Edmonton am
west that did not bear token OF 1T
ability to pay tribute to the revenu
If the road. Mention is made OF thi
line, not because it is the last Il
the field, but because it is one OF tn
DeSt DullL IOduS Oh lue CO4llLCAI oAA
traverses one Of the best district
of an excellent country. 1t is we
operated, and already has gone int
active service as another means {
making it possible to secure NOR
speedily transit from the grain field
to the shipping centres. 1t had bee
the intention in this article to hay
spoken of some of the yields of graf
that have made the farmers of &c.
trail Canada contented this year, b'
space will not permit, so that dellgh
full task will be taken up in anoth'
issue. In the meantime it would |
we'll for the reader, if he is interes
ed, to put himself in touch with son
official of the Canadian Governmel
and get information that might be us
full in making a selection for a hon
in Central Canada, and become OF
of those who will be instrumental
building up a great country to Il
north. In doing so, O will be
sisting the United States. In a fe
years time the United States will
a wheat importer. Canada will ST
ply the wheat and you will be n
the producers.