Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-06-03
EXCELLENT FARMING
CONDITIONS IN CANADA
Letters from Settlers Indicating
Growing Prosperity.

h present year will add another
proof that farming in Western Canada,
when carried on with the same energy
and system devoted to other lines of
business, will bring about results fully
as satisfactory.
Mixed farming as a tocsin has been
sounded for a number of years, and
today it is being adopted pretty zen
orally throughout the Provinces of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
There are those who have made no
greater success OF it thar they did
when they pursued grain growing
alone, but where one has failed to ac-
complish what he had hoped to do,
dozens have scored success.
From Sedgewick. Alberta, we hear of
f. l.. Deputy, for past twelve years
manager for Frye 4 Sons, packers,
Seattle, who during 1914 were the
largest buyers of hogs on Alberta
markets. He is taking up active work
on his l,2O0-acre farm near Sedge-
wick. Although he was one of the
highest paid salaried officials on the
Pacific Coast, his frequent visits and
personal knowledge of farming condi-
tons in Western Canada convinced
him there are greater opportunities in
farming Alberta land han in CONNER
cial life, with greater assurance of
ultimate independence and prospects
OF home-making under the most de-
sirable conditions.
Thomas Mckay. a farmer near Har-
disty, Alberta, has this to say about
the country:
II came to Hardisty from Usage
City, Kansas, nine years ago and took
up a homestead here. This is a good
district for the farmer who wishes to
raise grain exclusively, and as a mixed
farming country it annot be beaten
anywhere in the world to my knowl-
! edge.
Il had ten cattle, which ranged out
side all last winter, and this spring
they We're fat enough for the market,
this without being fed but one night
during the entire winter; they were
line fat cattle and looked beautiful. 1
NOV SoliS WhCdI hSlS Which
weighed s~iXty-seven, and a half pounds
TO the bushel. government weight, and
which | shipped to Calgary. The mil
Ter who bought ii said that it was the
best wheat that had ever gone into
Calgary. Wheat in this district yields
as high as forty bushels to the. acre,
oats average sixty bushels. Alfalfa
does we'll here.
All in all ] think the farmers are
very we'll satisfied with the country,
and the farmer who farms his land
intelligently is ure to make a SUE
cess. The climate here is the best
have ever lived in, the are
delightful and the winters are mild.
There has never been a blizzard dur
ing the nine years | have lived here
nor any cyclones or wind storms"
A settler in the ~neighborhood of
Gleichen, Alberta, spent $4,000 in inn
proving his quarter section, has 1875
acres ready for crop, KEEPS 20 head of
stock, believes in mixed farming,
keeps two hired men, one all year. the
other in summer only. He milks IL
to is COWS, and receives an average
monthly cream cheque of $110. Last
June he sold 81 200 worth of hogs and
in November two more carloads, be
sides supplying his own requirements,
and is not only making money but
building up a good home amid desir-
able surroundings. This is an example
of the possibilities open to the indus
trious in the Gleichen district.
1t is stated in the last three months
$4,000 900 of American capital has