Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-26
1NHY | EMIGRATED''
.oYEs OF A PROMINENT
ne nmHAiIsT WHO MADE A
JoU a,o THROUGH WESTERN
nv CANADA.

u,inent Journalist from Chi
p on,e time ago, made a journey
ago - canada obtaining a thorough
hfOu ladge of the land and people and
BOWIE oundless possibilities" that
q 'ue the virgin land, affords. In
ana american Sunday newspaper he
% .l a after his return the interest
PaDi sa<1,,nt which we print as fol-
n ~ He writes:
9s %gbv did you emigrate from the
,,tod states?" I asked a farmer in
Western Canada.
e q heIieve that for a poor man West
Canada is the most favorable
, sn was the reply, "and ! have now
. ,.rr that it is the Paradise of the
Poor
"a FIVE wears earlier left Iowa for
r r to secure a new home there.
mo, ,aor reversing the country for some
emo he started his home on the open
s,airie and with steady industry de-
rotod himself to the working of the
.irgin soil. Now he is the well-to-dO
,rUar of that endless sea of waving
sboat ears that goes on for miles be-
,,ro nv ewes. His strong, Sunburned
srnro finds the best background in his
s.n itself, which is the outcome of
4. eeaseless activity-a pretty two
.oried dwelling house, large clean
,able in the midst of hamlet of
harms. sheds and outbuildings, use
MI garden overlooking with products;
sorses. cattle, sheep and swine on the
rcb pastures, and around to the hori-
mn wheat golden wheat.
IN Iowa." the farmer continued. IT
armed on rented land, for at the price
nj 500 per acre 1 did. not possess
money enough to buy. might farm,
might farm as I could, more than the
living for myself and family, could
not attain. Sometimes the harvest
turned out good, sometimes bad, but
the grand total was a bitter combat to
keep want from the door. 1t was Inn
possible to lay by for bad times and
in spite of all trouble and work an old
age free of care was not to be
thought of. My death would have
brought bitter poverty to my wife and
children.
q decided to breakup and go TIC
Canada, where at least could fight
cut the struggle for existence on my
own land. | started out with mule
team, all my earthly possessions were
in the prairie-schooner with my wife
and children. Then took up home
stead of 100 acres to which l added
by purchase gradually; now as
whole count about 5000 acres as my
OVn. The whole property is free of
debt do not owe cent to anyone.
bought my land for $3.50 per acre.
now would not give it up for $50"
DO you mean to say that you paid
for the whole land in the five years?"
interrupted
In much shorter time," replied
the farmer The land paid for itself,
some already by the first harvest, and
at longest in 8 years each field had
brought in its purchase price. If you
doubt that land in Western Canada
pays for itself within years you can
easily convince yourself of the truth
Of my assertion. Let us assume that
farmer buys farm of 160 A. at SIS
per A, for $4,000. Farm machines,
Feed, ploughs, moving and threshing
might bring up the outlay to about
slV per acre. If the farmer sows the
lS0 a. for years in succession with
Eleat and harvests 20 bus. per acre,
'Aen the product of an A. at the aver
age price Of 75c per bu is exactly SIS
per acre, If you deduct the $40 out
lay you will retain a clear return of
SVV' For 100 A. the annual excess
amounts to $500, consequently the
afm has after the third harvest
aVlght IN the purchase price OF
RaOO
Sometimes-and not rarely-the
iaaa pays for itself by the first harvest
% bus. of wheat bring in more than
Ie purchase price of SIS per acre,
IN some years l harvested more
-aa so bus, you can reckon for your
VII now quickly l paid for my farm"
would you not prefer your own
'aiu IN lowa?" l asked.
No." replied the farmer, never
VA go back, in general very few
american settlers return to the old
~, ,'ule In Iowa a 100 A. farm costs
',uV per A, $4,000; in Western Can
wa SlS, only $4,000. For the same
1Oaey that you require to buy a 100
n n 'arm In Iowa, you can buy here in
nss'efn Canada farm of 1000 acres.
lave money enough to buy farm in
i !! l wished. But there my year
!, llcome would be small one,
n TIsIeas here I work for a great gain.
hs'I 'e would only be small farmer,
&C am a large landed proprietor"
5n, corner of the farmyard l had
non- our conversation noticed a
r ..uu OF earth overgrown with
e 9rtsseS and wild flowers. To my in
ranls. as ',- 10 what it was, received the
sbsc. mat is the ruin of the wooden
81 y. covered with sods. which call
rs... ~ nome when 7 settled here five