Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-03-11
THE EVIDENCE
IN THE CASE
Results Following Settlement
Show That Conditions in West
ern Canada Are Highly
Satisfactory.

Lohmann lived at bingham. Ill. He
thought he would better his condition
In new country, where he would
have wider scope for his farming op-
erations. 1t would not seem essential
to refer to Mr.. Lohmann. at this par
ucular time, as of German blood, but
Tor the fact that so many false state
ments have gone out as to ill treat
ment of Germans in Canada
Writing from Willmont, Sask. un-
der date of January 80, 1916. Mr. Lob
mann says:
We are perfectly satisfied in this
country. and doing well up here.
1 bought a half section of land and
took up homestead. my three sons
also took homesteads, two of them
buying each 100 acres of land as well
sold my homestead, and and one OF
my sons own threshing outfit
The crop this year was good; the
oats went 80 to 80 bushels per acre.
and wheat went 40 to SO bushels and
the price is fa:="
Sam Morrow, of MiIlet. Alta. in
writing to Mr.. J. NJ. MacLachlan, Ca
madam government agent at Water
town. s. D.. says: Il am well pleased
with the country. The climate is bet
ter than 1 ever thought it could be
SO far north; ideal climate for stock
l have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside of a stable in four
years. l consider this a fine country
for mixed farming. 1 know of farm
ers around here who had AZ bushels
OF barley to the acre and 55 bushels
Of oats to the acre"
Goa%- - <~
acres of wheat from which he got
I,zoO bushels, and got an average of
SO bushels of oats to the acre.
Golden Prairie, Sask, is a district
largely settled by South Dakotans.
Horace Blake is one of those He
says: The crops of 1915 were i'm
mense."
Wheat in his locality went from 40
to SO bushels per acre; oats about 80
bushels on an average. One hundred
bushels OF potatoes were grown on a
quarter of an acre of land; twelve DO
tatoes weighed 80 pounds His horses
run out all winter, and come in fat.
He raised excellent corn. and fat
tened hogs on it. He concludes an
interesting letter by saying: There
are schools in every district. The
nuStlerS
are fast pushing to the front. When
l first came up here on almost every
half section stood little 12x14 shack,
houses and barns.''
Some Southern Alberta Yields for
1915:
Marquis wheat No 1. ga pounds per
busheI.
l. 1. Lee, 40 acres, stubble, 1900
bushels; 40 acres summer fallow, g.
$50 bushels
els Marquis wheat
r. Marandi, 1876, acres, $500 bushels
Ga pounds per bushel
l. McReynolds, As acres. 1.675, stub
bIe
Ole Christoferson, so acres. 2.647
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett. 155 acres wheat, g.
GAP bushels; 80 acres oats, 1000 BUSH
Robert Mathews, 46 acres wheat,
2.016 bushels. machine measure
D. Dunbar, 100 acres wheat, 1925
bushels.
lngauld Hoppy, so acres wheat g.
500 bushels. all stubble.
Louis Kragt. so acres wheat. 1000
bushels
w J. Pate. 90 acres wheat. $50
bushels
w. Roeniche. $50 acres wheat. 5.337
bushels, so of this stubbIe.
J. C. McKinnon. SO acres wheat, p
$50 bushels.
Gordon Swinehart. 30 acres wheat.
LAO bushels
Albert Hanson. 50 acres wheat. 3.T6o
bushels.
Elmer Hamm. ITO acres wheat. 5.I53
bushels; 30 acres oats. $3.50 bushels
John Larson. so acres wheat. 5000
bushels; 80 acres oats, 1000 bushels
John Hecklin. 81 acres. 1.4S4 hzsh-
els
VIM Hecklin, 100 acres. S.::l6. stub
BILE and breaking.
O. Salisbury, so acres Marquis
wheat. 1.6eO bushels on breaking--Ad-
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