Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-02-17
r,vADA GETS $500
TROPHY.
ouu CORN EXPOSITION, AT
"A ,,.,9us, OHIO, AWARDS
CVr.onpHY FOR PECK OF
obTs GROWN IN sAS-
KATCHEWAN.

:. Canada is to the fore, and has
Aso at the National Corn EXPOSE
'@ui .a+ closed at Columbus, Ohio, the
aoD l :soont Colorado silver trophy val
sDt $500, for the best peck of oats.
~ a. 9 go we're grown by Messrs. Hill
l ~. NJ Lloydminster, Saskatchewan,
s'D &c may readily be understood,
S7o If epIendid quality to have been
'ao ,soossful in a contest open to the
~ W ord in which competition was
'"'' At the same Exposition there
'.'~ exhibits Of wheat and barley, and
" these competitions, the grain
nv Canada secured a wonderful
'Y ,.n+ of attention, and also a num-
'D' ~ awards. During recent exhibit
r., Of which grain from Western
Sao5a was given permission for en-
,- ~H always took first place. At the
,!,tonp Interstate Fair, last fall,
.sro the entries were very large, and
.or,np+ition keen, the Province of
,rorro carried off the silver cup, Civ
Nv Governor Hay, for the best state
nrovince display, and a score of
.,os was awarded Canadian exhibit
r, for different exhibits of wheat,
~. ond harley threshed and in the
s.,f Vegetables also received high
,r,rds A pleasing feature of these
,,sibts was they were mostly made
: formers who had at one time been
,nercan Citizens ard we're now farm
hr in Canada. The Department of
as Interior is just n receipt of mag
,ifcant Diploma given by the Tri-State
po,rd Of Examiners at the Fair held in
cincinnati last fall for agricultural dis
NAV by Canada
The Surveyor-General of Canada has
met completed a map showing that a
,rrp area of land was surveyed last
roar in the northern portion OF Sas-
btrbaWaD and Alberta in order to be
.,dv for The rush of homeSteaderS to
Rsf district during the coming spring
md simmer. Ii is understood sur
RVS covering several hundreds of
thousands of acres Will be made in
addition to these Daring the coming
summer.
return Just issaed by the Domin-
lon Lands Branch shows that 4S,257
nnestead entries were made last
rear as compared with 81; 061 in 1909;
d this 48257, i4,TC4 were made by
americans. North Dakota coming first
% the list with $yB1d, Minnesota gives
2GS, South Dakota I,l33, Wisconsin
rs, Washington G30. Michigan 706,
Iowa 5l5, while CaL:itr states show less,
but with me execution OF Delaware,
District OF Columbia and the Indian
Territory, every state and territory
WlGibuteG,
The prospects s@r ssun abundant crop
in all parts Of MseGtarn Canada for
Dll are said to .bG excellent. In the
districts that required it there was an
ample rainfall last autumn, and the
snowfall during Ike present winter is
greater Than in many previous years.
Both are essential factors to the farm
as, who look Gpon the moisture that
these will produces as being highly
beneficial
Aarge immigration from the United
Mates is expected and the demand for
literature and inIor2na ton from the va
nous Government -a&encies located at
dTeTent points il tbs States is the
greatest it has ever been.
Since the above was written word
as been received that in addition to
aoAofS Won at Columbus, Ohio, Cana
"a Won first ana second On wheat and
.@ and second Oh oats, as we'll as
diplomas.
Norman Cherry oil Davis, Saskatch-
evan who was in he reserve for first
VI wheat secured he award. With g.
l. Hutton Of Lac0mne. Alberta, sec
@o }. c. Hill Z Sons got first Of.
@S besides the silver trophy. G. II
@~'lca took second in oats.