Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-10-24
;IICCESS FOLLOWS
IUDICIOUS FARMING
WESTERN CANADA " Is
CERTAIN.

s,orv of the Big Farmer In
Wv canada, and the immense
' ~. he has made in the growing of
I0n' has been told and retold. He
fa'D bsap found in all parts of the
m-,Oces OF Manitoba, Saskatchewan
uberta. His splendid farm build
y. haze been pictured, his traction
ga described and his princely sur
'l,n uS,rge resultant OF his success In
N. lu,ing grain, have been portrayed by
WV, nress and camera. It certainly
'" .ot 10 his discredit that @ sue
.,snlly applying common sense and
k..todato methods to the conditions
,FS W, climate. a good soil, and splendid
.,ret have placed at hand, that he
y. made The best use Of them. He Is
Y, no proud to admit that he came
,ba country a very few years ago
s,,5Icapped as to money, leaving be-
r,d him unpaid mortgages In his old
,.re land (which are now wiped QUIT,
"a he Is still today the same good
,.s,ted fellow he was in the days that
| !. had TO work for a neighbor, while
A. peighbor broke the land on his
,,nsstead. which went to make up the
ytlement duties.
Then. there, too, is the farmer and
A, farmers son, already wealthy, who
!, bought large holdings in Western
r,sda. in either Manitoba, Saskatche-
v,n or Alberta, who has made forty
n one hundred per cent. on his invest
ANT whose big grain crops and
chose immense cattle herds are help
,s to improve the country. Health
md strength, energy and push, and
s1l dog grit are as essential in West
en- Canada as in Ohio, Indiana, ILL
,,s Iowa. or any OF the states from
,hlcb so many of these people come,
md then. when you have added to
mai a fair amount Of means, with
which to make a start, the land which
only waiting for the skill of the
u,bandman will quickly respond.
But there is the smaller farmer, the
nan who has not made sufficient in
bvr or FIVE years, that he might COM
brably retire IL he felt like it. There
are many OF them in all the three
Proyinces. 1t IL not the less to his
redt that he has earned his home
tead by the three years residence.
hat he is free from debt, and has O
.sasOnable bank account. He, too,
| zme to the country handicapped by
Debts, and with very little means. He
i Contented, has a good home, land
free Of encumbrance, some stock, and
yth good prospects. One of these
! yftes. Il formerly lived near Day
too Ohio, on a rented farm, had as
rood a chance as the average renter,
bit after ten years of hard work, salts
fed myself that IL I ever expected to
secure home, would have to under
take something else. Hearing of West
en Canada, investigated, and seven
gay ago last Spring settled in a
homestead and purchased Con time)
% adjoining half section, arriving
| With a carload of household effects and
arm implements, including four
lOrses and three cows, and $500 in
noney-my ten years work in Ohio.
The first year our crops gave us
FEED, the second year 100 acres OF
wheat gave us $500; no failure OF
crop since starting here. / have now
. head Of horses, Is head of cattle
and IS hogs. We own 1,120 acres Of
hnd and have same all under cultiva
ton. Was offered at one time $350(
per acre for half section where We
live, and all the other land could BIZ
sold today on present market at 5000
per acre. Should we care to dispose
'i our holdings, could pay all debts
and have over $4,000 to the good, bu
The question is where could we go t
invest our money and get as good re
turns as here?
We have equally as good, If not bet
Ter prospects for crops this year, Al
We mad three years ago, when gu
Wheat reached from 80 to 4S bushels
per acre. never believed such crop
could be raised until / saw them my
self had IS acres that year tina
made 80 bushels to the acre. Our han
vest will be ready by the 18th. w
nave this season in crop 400 acres o
wheat 1875 Of oats, 30 of fax, an,
run three binders, with four men to d
the stocking.
We certainly like this country. an,
me winters, although the winters ar
cold at times, but we do not suffer a
ohe would think. What we have az
eomplished here can be duplicated Il
\ almost any Of the new districts.
anyone doubts anything / have sai
III thls letter, tell them to come her,
ana ! can prove every word l hav
written"
Inc name OF the writer can be ha
moH me Superintendent of Immigrf
uOn' ottawa, Canada, who can Civ
ue names Of hundreds of other
equally successful. Adv.