Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-09-28


as IS bushels on acres Of 500 and 1,ooe
acres. but there are others which will
crop as low as Is. A safe average 70:
winter wheat Will be 1s bushels. The
sample is exceptionally fne. excepting
In Few cases where 1t 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 quite
true. Wheat crops run from 20 to 80
bushels to an acre. but In a 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 the people Of Alberta, It Is fair
TO the province throughout
When the very light rainfall and
otner eccentricities of the past season
are taken into account, II seems moth.
Ing short OF miracle that the Cana.
dian West should have produced 100
million bushels OF wheat, which is
less than is million bushels short OF
the crop of 1909. 1t is for the West
generally a paying crop and perhaps
the best advertisement the country
|
ter how dry the year, with thorough
| tlllaSe. good seed and proper methods
OF conserving tie moisture. a crop can
always be produced
AS some evidence OF the feeling OF
| the farmers. are submitted letter.
written by farmers but few day,
ago. and they offer the best proof thai
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 nave 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.
/ ~ good. Wheat yielding from % TO 40
bushels per acre and oats from 40 to
| gu. We are we'll pleased with the
country and do not care to return to
our native state. 1 certainly believe
that Saskatchewan Is Just tho place
Tor hustler TO get a start ay.i make
| himself home. Wages here FOR farm
labor range from s35 10 Si5 pei
| month. Lea Dow
| Toheld, Alberta. July 10. 1910.
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. | would like to say TO all who
are not satisfied where you are. make
trip to Western Canada, II you do
not like IL you will feel we'll repaid
for your trip. Take this from ona
who's on the ground. We enjoy splen.
aid government, laws. school, railway
facilities, health. and last, but not
least an ideal climate. and this from
exam. O. l.. Pughs.
James Normur OF Porter. Wisconsin.
after visiting Dauphin. Manitoba,
says: Il have been in Wisconsin 25
| years, coming out from Norway. Never
nave l seen better land and the crops
in East Dauphin are better than ]
nave ever seen, especially the Data
! There is more straw and 1t 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 Cor the live
stock, prospects could not be better.
L 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 Cd
| the open prairie.
| Sir WiIfred Laurier Talks to Amer.
leans.
Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier of
| Canada, is now making 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 Wnfred
! said In part:
Il 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. !
hope that In coming from a free coun.
try you realize that you come also &c
another free country. and that al
though you came from a republic you
have come TO what is 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 side
Of tho line or the other. we are all
/ brothers by blood. by kinship, by ties
Of relationship. In coming here as