Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-09

as 40 Ousneis on acres of 500 and 0o0
acres, but there are others which rD'
drop as low as Is. A safe aversgo -" s
winter wheat will be 10 bushels ~ vi
sample is exceptionally fine. exeenttus
In few cases where 1t has been v,.,-
killed. by extreme heat.
The northern section Of Alberta ~.
been naturally anxious to impress , tL'
world with the fact that It has n-s
suffered from drought, and this is o,,tts
true Wheat crops run from % 70 On
bushels to an acre, but in ranor.
such as this it is really only noss,bi.
to deal with the province as a pboiS
and while the estimate may seem verv
low to the people of Alberta. it is fai.
to the province throughout
When the very light rainfall ona
other eccentricities of the past seaeou
are taken into account, it seems no+L
Ing short of miracle that the Cono
dian West should have produced 100
million bushels of wheat, which jq
less than IS million bushels short NJ
the crop Of 1909. 1t is for the Vice.
generally paying crop and perbars
the best advertisement the conn+rr,
has ever had, as it shows that M MAJ
ter how dry the year, with tbororob
tillage, good seed and proper methods
OF conserving the moisture, crop ram
always be produced
AS some evidence of the feeling NJ
the farmers, are submitted letters
written by farmers but a few dave
ago, and they offer the best proof that
can be given.
Maidstone, Sask., Aug. 4. 10
l came to Maidstone from Mepomi.
nee, Wis. four years ago, with NV
parents and two brothers. We all H.
Gated homesteads at that time and
now have our patents. The soil is
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 acre and oats from 40 to
80. We are well pleased with the
country and do not care to return tn
our native state. / certainly believe
that Saskatchewan Is just the place
for hustler to get a start and make
himself home. Wages here for farm
labor range from $S5 to S45 per
month. Lee Dow.
Tofield, Alberta, July 10, 1910
l am native of Texas, the largest
and one of the very best states of the
Union. l 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. l would like to say to all who
are not satisfied where you are, make
trip to Western Canada; if you do
not like it you will feel well repaid
for your trip. Take this from one
who's on the ground. We enjoy splen-
did government laws school, railway
facilities, health, and last, but not
least, an ideal climate, and this from
Texan. o. L. Pughs,
James Normur of Porter, Wisconsin,
after visiting Dauphin, Manitoba,
says: Il have been in Wisconsin Is
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 more 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 the land we have
seen is finely adapted to that sort Of
work. Cattle, hogs, horses and grain
will be my products, and for the live
stock, prospects could not be better.
I have never 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 or
the open prairie.
Sir WiIfred Laurler Talks to Amer.
leans.
Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier OF
Canada, is now making a 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, Sas-
katchewan, the American settlers
Joined with the others in an address
of welcome. In replying Sir Wilfred
said in part
Il understand that many Of you
have come from the great Republic
10 the south of us-a land which is
akin to us by blood and tradition. l
hope that in coming from a free coun-
try you realize that you come also TO
another free country, and that al
though you came from republic you
have come to what is a crowned
democracy. The King. our sovereign
has perhaps not SO many powers as
the President of the United States
but whether we are on the one Slde
Of the line or the other, We are al
brothers by blood, by kinship, by Ties
of relationship In coming here as
you have come and becoming natural
lied citizens of this country no one de-
sires you to forget the land OF your