The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-09

been re4own to feed There AZ q.
dividual crops which wfll run q HID
as 45 bushels on acres q 500 and Lou
acres. but there are others which W1Il
crop a. low a. Is. A safe average fogi
winter wheat win b - bushels. The
sample - exceptionally 6ne, exceptin9
In few cases where II has been wrinp
killed. BY extreme heat.
The northern section Of Alberta has
been naturally anxious to impress the
world with the fact that It has mot
suffered from drought, and this 10 quite
true. Wheat crops run from 20 TO %
bushels to an acre, but In Z report
such as this It Is really only possible
to deal with the province a. q whoio
ana while the estimate may seem very
low to the people of Alberta, It 10 fair
70 the province throughout.
When the very light rainfall ana
other eccentricities OF the past season
are taken into account, It seems moth.
Ing short Of . miracle that the Cans
dian West should have produced 100
million bushels Of wheat, which -
less than Is million bushels short OF
the crop Of 1909. It 10 for the West
generally . paying crop and perhaps
tho best advertisement the country
has ever had, a. Il shows that no mat.
ter how dry the year. with thorough
tiliase. good seed and proper methods
OF conserving the moisture. crop can
always be produced.
As some evidence or the feeling OF
the farmers. are submitted letters
written by farmers but a few. days
ago. and they offer the best proof that
can bc given.
Maidstone. Sask.. Aug. 4. TO-
came to Maidstone from Menomk
nee. WIS.,. four years ago. with my
parents and two brothers. We all 10.
Gated homesteads at that time and
now have our patents. The soil 10 q
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 10
bushels per acre and oats from 10 to
So We arc well pleased with the
country and do not care to return to
our native state. certainly believe
that Saskatchewan Is Just the place
for a hustler to get a start and make
himself homo. Wages here for farm
labor range from 335 to $46 per
month. Lee INV
Toncld. Alberta, July 10. 1910.
am a native Of Texas, the largest
and one OF tho very best states OF the
Union. ] have been here three years
and have not ono desire to return to
the States to live. There :s no place
l 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
trip to Western Canada; II 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
a Texan. o. L Pughs.
James Normur Of Porter. Wisconsin
after visiting Dauphin, Manitoba,
says: II have been In Wisconsin Is
years. coming out from Norway. Never
have I seen better land and the crops
In East Danphin are better than
have ever seen. especially the oats.
There ID moro straw and II has heav.
Ter heads than ours In Wisconsin.
This 10 Just tho kind Of land We
arc looking for. We are all used to
mixed farming and the land We have
seen II finely adapted 70 that sort OF
work. Cattle. hogs. horses and grain
will be my products, and for the live
stock. prospects could not be better.
have never seen such cattle a are
raised here on the Wild prairie grasses
and the vetch that stands three or
four feet high In the groves and on
tho open prairie.
Cir WIisrsd laurIsr Talks to Amer.
Sir Wilfred Laurier. Premier q
Canada, 10 now making . tour Of
Western Canada and In the course OF
his tour he has visited many OF the
districts In which Americans have ct.
tied. H expresses himself - highly
pleased with them. At Craig. oas-
katchewan. tho American settlers
Joined with the others In an address
OF welcome. In replying Sir Wilfred
said In part:
II understand that many Of ron
have come from the great Republic
to the south Of us-a land which q
akin to N by blood and tradition. I
hope that In coming from . Tree counp
try you realize that you come also 70
another free country. and that a.
though you came from republic Jon
have come to what n Z crowned
democracy. Tho King. our sovereign.
has perhaps not 20 many powers a.
tho President Of the United States,
but whether We are ON the one side
Of the line or the other. Ne are al
brothers BY blood. BY kinship. By tios
NJ rolafionahip In coming hnnn -