The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
EXCELLENT FARMlhG
CONDITIONS N CANADA
Letters from Settlers Indicating
Growing Prosperity.

The 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
a S satisfactory.
Mixed farming as a tocsin has been
sounded for a number of years. and
today 1t Is being adopted pretty gen.
orally throughout the Provinces OF
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
There are those who have made no
greater success of 1t than they did
when they pursued grain growing
alone, but where ono has failed to ae-
complish what he had hoped to do,
dozens have scored success.
From ~sedgewick. Alberta. We hear of
d. Il Deputy, for past twelve years
manager for Frye & Sons, packers.
Seattle, who during 1914 were the
largest buyers OF hogs on Alberta
markets. He Is taking up active work
On his 1,200-aere farm near Sedge-
wick, Although he was one OF the
highest paid salaried officials on the
Pacific Coast, his frequent visits and
personal knowledge or farming condi-
lions in Western Canada convinced
Aim there are greater opportunities in
farming Alberta land than In CONNER
cial life, with greater assurance OF
ultimate independence and prospects
Of home-making under the most de.
sirable conditions.
Thomas Mckay, n farmer near Ear-
disty, Alberta, has this to say about
the country:
Il came to Hardisty from Usage
City, Kansas, nine years ago and took
up q homestead here. This Ia a good
district for the farmer who wishes to
raise grain exclusively, and as n mixed
farming country 1t cannot be beaten
anywhere In the world to my knowl.
edge.
i had ten cattle, which ranged out,
side all last winter, and this spring
they were fat enough for the market.
this without being fed but ono night
during the entire winter; they were
fine fat cattle and looked beautiful. /
raised some winter wheat here which
weighed sixty-seven and a half pounds
to the bushel, government weight, and
which ! shipped to Calgary. The mil
Ter who bought 1t said that IL 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 well here.
All In all think the farmers are
very well satisfied with tho country.
and the farmer who farms his land
intelligently Is sure to make a guc-
cess. The climate here Ia the best !
have ever lived In, tho summers 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 $1,000 in i'm
proving his quarter section, has 125
acres ready for crop, keeps 10 head Of
stock, believes In mixed farming.
keeps two hired men, one all year, the
other In summer only. He milkg ~
to 18 cows, and receives an average
monthly cream cheque of S110. Last
June he sold $1,000 worth of hogs and
in November two more carloads, be-
sides supplying his own requirements,
and ig not only making money but
building up a good home amid desir-
able surroundings. This ia an example
of the possibilities open TO tho indus.
trious in the Glcichen district.
1t Is stated in the last three months
sSs,ooo,0 900 Of American capital has
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