Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
AN INDIANA MAN TELLS
OF WESTERN CANADA
He is Perfectly Satisfied, and
Tells of His Neighbors Who
Have Done WEI.

Waiter Harris, formerly lived Re1E
Julietta in Warren township, IEdfaHz&
He now lives at Hussar, Alberta n
writing to his home paper In Indians
he says that the failure is the maE
who always blames the countrr- F~
fails to see his own mIsuaRes, has
missed his calling and is not fitted
for farming. The two seasons JUS
past have been entirely different In
1913 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 g
short crop. Only those that had
EARNED their land properly were susa
to meet expenses.
For example, last year the Crow
foot Farming Company, south Of
here, threshed from 1,250 acres 49,
900 bushels of wheat. One-half section
made 26 bushels, the poorest Of Az
This year on 1850 acres they threshed
nearly $4,000 bushels. Last years
crop sold at rs cents from their OWE
elevator. What they have sold Of
this years crop brought 800 &C
threshing time. Eight thousand BUSH
els unsold would bring now around
$1.25. The manager and part wne
was raised in Ohio and farmed I'm
Washington several years. He az&
his wife spent last winter in Cn1a
She told me a few days ago that tbs
climate here was much better saxa
Ohio.
,,r Hu kho $500 - Oa1~~A Cfa~k
tnreshed rs bushels of oats. 10 bush
els of barley and IS bushels of whezk
to the acre. He had 5000 bushels OF
old oats as well as wheat and barley
IN his granaries that have almost
doubled in price. He came froM
Washington, where he sold q largx
body of land around $500 that Ne
bought around $500 per AGRA n then
refers to a failure. A Erge company
In the eastern states. owning = larEs
farm near Hussar pays its managed
$4,000 a year. The farm has nst
been a success. Probably the man
ayers fault Er. Harris says condi-
lions are not as good as could BE-
wished for, but on the ending Of ths
war good crops, with war prices, win
certainly change conditions, and q
seems to me that the one who OWNS
land that will raise 100 bushels q
oats, rs bushels of barley or 40 BUSH
els of wheat is the one who laughs
last"
The above yields may seem exsg-
gerations to many. and are far ahoFe
the average, but you should rcnlember
that the man who fails Is counted IN
!, to make the average, and there ara
! instances on record here that would
far exceed the above figures.
Nor is grain the only profitable
!, thing that can be raised here. Theirs
are many fine horse ranches. some ID
them stocked with cayuses and bred
: to thoroughbreds, and others import
. ed from the old countries. They rna
Z on the range nearly all the year. Ths
owners put up wild hay to faed them
if the snow should get too deep fol
them to get the dead grass. There
are several hundred in sight of herr
most of the time. There are severa
cattle ranches north of here that have
u from 500 to 1000 head of cattle On,
= man l know sold S45,0 900 worth OF Ia
" cattle this fall. He winters his cal
!, tie on farms where they have lots O
; straw and water, paying rs cents
" month per head, or If there, is enough
straw to winter 400 or 500 head the,
= buy the straw and water and have
y man to look after the ,cattIe.-Adves
y tisement,