Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-09-09

as 40 pusEels on acres of 500 and NJ
acres, but there are others viii,
drop as low as Is. A safe avoro
winter wheat will be 10 bushels
sample is excer tionally fine eyo..
in few cases where it has been
killed. by extreme heat. wy
The northern section of Alho,.
been naturally anxious to imnross
world with the fact that IT ba"
suffered from drought, and this ia
true. Wheat crops run from % J.
bushels to an acre, but in q W.
such as this it is really only nos sn
to deal with the province as a Ss
and while the estimate may Seem
; low to the people of Alberta il !. !.
to the province throughout
When the very light rainfap
other eccentricities of the past so.s
are taken into account, it seems wv
ing short of a miracle that the ~
dian West should have producoS ~
million bushels of wheat, wbio,
less than Is million bushels sbo,
the crop Of 1909. 1t is for the "
generally paying crop and nerb''
the best advertisement the conns
has ever had, as it shows that no ~.
ter how dry the year, with thoronS
tillage, good seed and proper matb',
of conserving the moisture. a cron w.
always be produced.
AS some evidence Of the feeun,
the farmers, are submitted Iot.
written by farmers but a few ~"
ago, and they offer the best proof -"
can be given.
Maidstone, Sask, Aug. 4, IN
/ came to Maidstone from Menon,
nee, Wis, four years ago, with NJ
parents and two brothers. We all
Gated homesteads at that time .N,
now have our patents. The soil Is /
rich black loan as good as I have evr|
seen. We have had good crops esSl
year and in 1909 they were exceediDs
ly good. Wheat yielding from % fl N
bushels per acre and oats from 4O N
so. We are well pleased with MI
country and do not care to return N
our native state. 1 certainly beleu|
that Saskatchewan is just the plss|
for hustler to get a start and nsh|
himself home. Wages here for farm
labor range from $35 to $45 m|
month. Lee Dow
Tofield, Able "a, July 10, 1910
I am a native of Texas, the larges|
and one Of the very best states Of t|
Union. 1 have been here three yess
and have not one desire to return NJ
the States to live. There Is no plss
/ know Of that offers such splendid
inducements for capital, brain an
Drawn. I would like to say to all who
are not satisfied where you are, MAXI
trip to Western Canada; if you al
not like it you will feel we'll repaid
for your trip. Take this from On|
who's on the ground. We enjoy Splal|
did government, laws, school, railWq
facilities, health, and last, but na
least, an ideal climate, and this from
Texan. o. L. Pughs
James Normur of Porter, Wisconsl
after visiting Dauphin, Manitoba
says: II have been in Wisconsin NJ
years, coming out from Norway. N6vs
have / seen better land and the crOp
in East Dauphin are better than I
have ever seen, especially the oaA
There is more straw and it has heaF
Ter heads than ours in Wisconsin,
"This is just the kind Of land wi
are looking for. We are all used a
mixed farming and the land we haV
seen is finely adapted to that sort d
work Cattle, hogs, horses and grain
will be my products, and for the liV'
stock, prospects could not be betta|
/ have never seen such cattle as aS
raised here on the wild prairie graSss
and the vetch that stands three d
four feet high in the groves and OIL
the open prairie.
Sir Wilfred Laurier Talks to Amer
leans.
Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier a
Canada, is now making a tour q
Western Canada and in the course y
his tour he has visited many Of ae
districts in which Americans have ss
tied. He expresses himself as msI
pleased with them. At Craig, say
katchewan, the American settler
joined with the others in an addles
Of welcome. In replying Sir Wlma
said in part:
II understand that many OF WV
have come from the great RepuOI1
to the south of us-a land WHICH
akin to us by blood and tradition
hope that in coming from a free cOp
try you realize that you come aSO
another free country, and tha' Y
though you came from a republic ",
have come to what is a crown"
democracy. The King, our soVeEes1
has perhaps not so many powers !
the President of the United S'S"'
but whether we are on the one ~
of the line or the other, we are i
brothers by blood, by kinship, by VI
of relationship. In coming mere
you have come and becoming naIuiaI