The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-08
WESTERN CANADA
BEYOND THE
PIONEER STAGE
Liberty-Loving People Have All che
Liberty the Heart Can DesiTo
Under Canadian Laws.

following extracts will prove instruo-
tive reading to those who contem-
plate moving to Canada. The writer
speaks of land at SIS to SIS an acre.
AS a matter of fact, there is very
little land that can be had cow at
less than SIS per acre. but when one
considers the productive qualitie3 of
this land it is safe to say that in two
years time there will be little avail
able land to be had at less than $50
an acre. Already the free grant
lands in the open prairie districts
are becoming exhausted ard the
homesteader has to go farther back
TO the partially wooded areas. This
Is no drawback, however. Some pre-
fer this land to the open prairie. A
recent publication, issued by the De-
partment of the Interior, Ottawa.
Canada, and which is forwarded free
to applicants by mail by any OF
the Canadian government agents
throughout the United States, says
OF the ne~Wly-openad districts:
Water is always abundant, wood and
fuel are plentiful and the soil that
can grow the poplar and the willow
as well as the rich grasses that are
to be found there can be relied upon
to produce all the small varieties CT
grain with equal success. The New
York Commercial article referred to
deals more particularly with condi-
tons along the line OF the Grand
! Trunk Pacific, but what is said Of
one line of railway may with truth
be said of the land and the conditions
along both the Canadian Northern
and the Canadian Pacific. The article
says:
1T would be no exaggeration to
say that practically all the land along
the entire distance %traversed by the
Grand Trunk Pacific system is capa-
bic of furnishing homes to those who
engage IN farming. The Iands are of
three classes. They may be desig-
mated, first, as having special adap-
tatfon to the production of grain;
second, as having such adaptation to
mixed farming, of which live stock
will form an important feature. and
lAlO 40 bSii6 IlIoillls ouopNCu " tho
production of live stock only. On
the third class of lands the area is
Not very large, of the second 1T lie
much larger and of the first 1T is
BY far the largest.
"As soon as mixed farming shall
be generally adopted, land that may
now be obtained for from So to SIS
per acre, and even lands open now
to free homesteads. will sell for $50
to $100 per acre. This is not an *
tra.agant statement. In NATURAL fer
tility these lands fully equal those
of the American corn belt. In varf-
ETY. of production they excel them,
and yet the latter sell for $500 to
5000 per acre. In addition to the
grain crops now grown of wheat. oats,
barley and rye. much of the land will
grow winter wheat when property
prepared. Eighty per cent. of the
land will grow clover and alfalfa. A
still larger percentage will grow field
peas, and the entire tillable area will
grow good crops of the cultivated
grasses, timothy, bronze grass and
IWSotSIA Nlye SIoSS. Sfilh IllSSG ClS-
ments what can prevent this region
from becoming the main source of
food supply of the Empire and I'm.
perial dominions?"
Special stress is Laird upon the edu,
eationa1 conditions, The writer says:
"The foundation of the social fabric
of the agricultural country may be
Il ~ - n--4 -, - q "a,
school system. Lfbertyioving PEG
pie have all the liberty the heart car
desire under Canadian laws. In this
regard Western Canada has a system
of education based upon the best thai
can be obtained from the United
States OF Eastern Canada. Its sehoo
system and regulations are second t.
none. Every boy or girl has a schoo
house brought to his or her doorway
The government is most liberal in it:
support of higher education. In Win
nipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton ar
to be found excellent colleges and uni
lyerSities, SO that the problem o
| higher education is solved.The pro
vincial agricultural schools, locate,
at Winnipeg and Saskatoon, Civ
practical courses in scientific farm
ing, preparing graduates to take u,
the responsibilities of farm life.
THE newcomer settling in thi
favored section will find the sGcia
conditions far beyond a pioneer stage
He will find helps on every hand. ii
stead Of his going to the 'iumping-ol
place, as is often supposed whe.
thinking OF Western Canada, he wi
find himself surrounded By wonderfu
opportunities for social advancement
IN a new country fraught with prom
ise."
Market Hogs Much Lighter
The average weight of hogs ularke
ed In recent years is much iighte
than in former years; in the decad
lS70-1S79 the average weight of hog
killed during the winter months j
western packing centers was abot
275 pounds; in the decade 1SS0-lSs
about 257 pounds. IN the decade 1879
1899 about gag pounds and IN III