The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-06
are six other firenghting autos in the
country.

A thousand bird immigrants which
arrived in Chicago from Europe, Asia
and Africa for the game preserves
nearby, at oak Park, of wallace
Evans promise some novelties in the
replacement or the natrve ss-hle birds,
II subject to which Mr.. Evans has
given years OF study. The first ones
to land were four Australian black
swans which were hoisted out their
crates by their necks. They headed
for the pond but contrary to Amer
ican custom the first one started TO
drink up his bath water. The Nile
geese staggered as they left the crate.
They had not been taking regular
exercise for some time. Something had
Happened to their propellers. too.
Among the species brought over we're
spur-wing geese, African wild geese
from Lake Tehad teal from Lake
Baikal, Formosan teal. wild wood pi-
geons from Englans, shell brakes
from Holland, Hungarian partridge
American wood ducks raised in Eu
Ircpe, and Lady Amherst pheasants
from the barren and hilly parts of
Thibet. Mr.. Evans has thousands Of
pheasants on his preserve, the largest
number in captivity anywhere
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Comparisons made officially he
tween the numbers Of settlers from the
GIFTED states who crossed to West
orn Canada and those who returned
have been made by Herbert Wander
1 % 90 ttfs. Il.
Monthly" as follows;
To Canada, l year 70 April 1, 1911
121451.
To Canada, 10 months to February
l. 1912. 111,7O6.
Returned, 1 Year to Aug. Is, 26G.
Returned, G months to Feb. 10, ZIG.
''Now PIG returning settlers in six
months is very far from thousands /"
Mr. Vandcrhoof says In verlhcation
of his statements that false reports
have been circulated, ''and when II Is
compared with the great thrush of
American farmers seeking homes Ia
The fertile lands OF the prairie prov
inces 1t is IA rdiculously small por
centage. The official figures given out
by the department of agriculture show
that in 1911 Canada's field crops oc-
oupled a total aren OF s2,s53.O0O acres,
and their value, calculated at the
average local marke. prices. amount
cd to $685., 5,112,000. Less than one-thlrd
Of this total field crop acreage was
sown to wheat, two-thirds OF Canada's
Yield being composed Of oats, rye.
barley, flax, root crops. etc. Canada
did produce 2l5,S5l 900 bushels of
wheat, valued at $1SS,567 900 IN 1911.
Eut Canadns oats in 1911 were worth
sl26'5l2,OOO; barley S2S,OO4 900; fax Sl9,-
$4,000; and the combined area under
rye, peas, buclSwhea,. mixed grains
and flax yielded A,9s6. 900 bushels, val
ued at $l1,5G00O0. Hoor ana cultivated
crops, comprising beans, corn for
husklng, potatoes, turnips and other
roots, except sugar beets yielded S73,-
100000 to the Canadian farmer; SUI
gar beets alone brought him another
N,165,OOO; fodder crops including fod-
der corn hay, clover, ana alfalfa
showed an acreage or S,29OO0O. and
were worth Sl6l,314,OOO. This doesn't
sound like an all-wheat country does
Il? And II takes into no account the.
value of cattle, dairy products, poul-
tiy, horses, sheep, SWINE, etc, which
amounts to hundreds OF millions, the
Canadian home trade ror cream alone
Being approximated by tie recent
Canadian Dairymens convention at
eight million dollars, and the great
ranches of Western Canada export
ing beef to the United States and
Great Britain in immense quantities.
Loan sharks of Chicago have been
Brought to bay by the systematic fight
against them OF the Chicago Tribune,