Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
AN INDIANA MAN TELLS
OF WESTERN CANADA
He Is Perfectly Satisfied, and
Tells of His NeighbOrs Who
Have Done Well.

Walter Harris, formerly lived near
Julietta in Warren township, Indiana.
He now lives at Hussar, Alberta In
writing to his home paper in Indiana,
he says that the failure is the man
who always blames the country. He
fails to see his own mistakes, has
missed his calling and is not fitted
for farming. The two seasons just
past have been entirely different. In
1918 plenty of rain came in June and
a good crop followed, but the fall was
dry and but little snow in the winter
followed by a very dry summer, and a
short crop. Only those that had
farmed their land properly were able
to meet expenses.
For example, last year the Crow
foot Farming Company, south OF
here, threshed from 1880 acres 49,
900 bushels Of wheat. One-half section
made 26 bushels, the poorest of all.
This year on 1850 acres they threshed
nearly $4,000 bushels. Last years
crop sold at rs cents from their own
elevator. What they have sold Of
this years crop brought $1.00 at
threshing time. Eight thousand bush
els 'unsold would bring now around
S1.25. The manager and part owner
was raised in Ohio and farmed in
Washington several years. He and
his wife spent last winter in Ohio.
She told me a few days ago that the
climate here was much better than
Ohio.
A man by the name of George Clark
threshed rs bushels of oats, As bush
| els of barley and IS bushels of wheat
to the acre. He had $4,000 bushels OF
old oats as we'll as wheat and barley
in his granaries that have almost
doubled in price. He came from
Washington, where he sold a large
body of land around 5000 that he
bought around $500 per acre. He ther
refers to a failure. A large company
in the eastern states, owning a large
farm near Hussar pays it's manage
$4,000 a year. The farm has no
been a success. Probably the man
ayers fault. Mr.. Harris says condi
lions are not as good as could b.
wished for, but On the ending of thu
war good crops, with war prices, will
certainly change conditions, and i
seems to me that the one who own
land that will raise 100 bushels o
oats, rs bushels of barley or 40 bush
els Of wheat is the one who laugh
last"
The above yields may seem exag
gerations to many, and are far abov
the average, but you should remembe
that the man who fails is counted il
to make the average, and there ar
instances On record here that woul
far exceed the above figures.
Nor is grain the only profitabl
thing that can be raised here. Their
are many fine horse ranches, some {
them stocked with cayuses and bre
to thoroughbreds, and others impor
ed from the old countries. They ru
on the range nearly all the year. Th
owners put up wild hay to feed thel
if the snow should get too deep fc
them to get the dead grass. Their
are several hundred in sight of her
most of the time. There are sewers
cattle ranches north of here that hav
from. 500 to 1000 head of cattle. On
man I know sold $4,000 worth Of ia
cattle this fall. He winters his ca
tie on farms where they have lots {
straw and water, paying rs cents
month per head, or If there is enoug
straw to winter 400 OF 500 head the
buy the straw and water and nave
man to look after the cattle.-Adve
: tisement.