Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-10
EXCELLENT FARMING
CONDITIONS IN CANADA
Letters from Settlers Indicating
Growing Prosperity.

PASSSAS ySol W III dQu
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 tocsin has been
sounded for a number of years, and
today it Is being adopted pretty gen.
orally throughout the Provinces of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
There are those who have made no
greater success of it than they did
when they q pursued grain growing
alone, but where one has failed to &C.
complish what he had hoped to do,
dozens have scored success.
From Sedgewick, Alberta, we hear of
e. L. Deputy, for past twelve years
manager for Frye & Sons, packers,
Seattle, who during 1914 we're the
largest buyers of hogs on Alberta
markets. He is taking up active work
on his 1,200-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 than in CONNER
cial life, with greater assurance Of
ultimate independence and prospects
OF home-making under the most de-
sirable conditions.
Thomas Mckay, farmer near Har-
disty, Alberta, has this to say about
the country:
Il came to Hardisty from Usage |
City, Kansas, nine years ago and took |
up homestead here. This is a good |
district for the farmer who wishes to
raise grain exclusively, and as mixed
farming country It cannot 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 were fat enough for the market
this without being fed but one night
during the entire winter; they we're
fine fat cattle and looked beautiful. |
raised some winter wheat here which
siXty-seven and a half pounds
to the bushel. government weight, and
which shipped to Calgary. The mil
Ter who bought IT said that It was the
best wheat that had ever gone into {
Calgary. Wheat in this district yields 6
as high as forty bushels to the acre,
bats average sixty bushels. Alfalfa
1oes we'll here |
"All in all I think the farmers are
very well satisfied with the country,
and the farmer who farms his land
is sure to make a sue T
less. The climate here is the best |
lave ever lived in, the summers are q
delightful and the winters are mild.
There has never been a blizzard dur y
ng the nine years l have lived here
Tor any cyclones or wind storms" U
A settler in the neighborhood of h
ileichen, Alberta, spent $4,000 in i'm "
'roving his quarter section, has 1876
4cres ready for crop, keeps 70 head Of n
stock, believes in mixed farming, r
.eeps two hired men, one all year, the e
ther in summer only. He milks ~ r
o IS cows, and receives an average r.
Monthly cream cheque Of $40. Last Of
une he sold $1,000 worth Of hogs and r'
D November two more carloads, be-
ides supplying his own requirements,
nd is not only making money but L,
uilding up a good home amid desir- 4,
BILE surroundings. This is an example
the possibilities open to the indus IN
.ious in the Gleichen district. n,
1t is stated in the last three months On
100000 of American capital has
cen invested In Canada, showing
lat United States financial men are
ltisfied of the solidity of Canadian in ~,
buttons. Western Canada has been
heavy borrower and Western Can w
las great resource is agriculture. U.
financiers must be convinced that
yriculture in Western Canada is sure Or
Id profitable or they would not be Ii
lady to invest so many millions in
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