The Elbert County tribune., 1916-02-25
THE EVIDENCE
IN THE CASE
Results Following Settlement
Show. That Conditions in West
ern Canada Are Highly
Satisfactory.


Lohmann lived at Efiingham, Ill. lie
thought he would better his condition
In a new country. where he would
have wider scope for his farming op
erations. 1t would not seef.- essential
to refer to Mr.. LohnAnn. at this par
ticular time. as of German blood. hut
for the fact that SO many false state
ments have gone out as to i'll treat
ment of Germans in Canada.
Writing from Wiilmont, Sask.. un-
der date of January 80. 1916. Mr.. Lob
mann says:
we are perfectly satisfied in this
country. and doing well up here.
Il bought half section of land aud
took up n 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 ~ to 90 bushels per acre.
and wheat went 40 to so bushels and
the price is fair
Sam Morrow. of Millet. Alta. In
writing to Mr.. J. NJ. MacLachlan. Ca
madam government agent Mt Water
town, S. D.. says: II am we'll pleased
with the country The climate Is bet.
ter than ! ever thought IL could bo
SO far ncrth: deal climate for stock.
! have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside OF stable in four
years. consider this a fine country
for mixed farming. know OF farm
tuha hn1 l,,tgl hole
of barley to the acre and 55 bushels
of oats TO the acre"
Jacob Goetz of Piapot. Sask.. had 43
acres of wheat from which he got
1900 bushels. and got an average of
93 bushels of oats to the acre
Golden Prairie, Sask.. is district
largely settled by South Dakotans
Horace Rlake is one of those. He
says: THE crops of 1915 were i'm
monse.'
Wheat In his locality went from 40
60 rs bushels per acre: oats about so
bushels on an average. One hundred
bushels Of potatoes were grown on
quarter of an acre of land twelve po
tatoes weighed 80 pounds. His horses
run out all winter. and come In fat
He raised excellent corn. and fat
tened hogs on II. He concludes an
interesting letter by saying: There
are schools IN every district The
pecrie here arc most all hustlers and
nre last pushing to the front When
I first came UP hore on almost every
half section stood little 12x14 shack.
now almost everyone has real modern
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields for
1915:
I. II. Hooker. SO acres. $3.50 bushels
Marquis wheat No. /. 81 pounds per
bushel
|. |. Lee. 40 acres, stubble, 1500
bushels; 40 acres summer fallow. g.
$50 bushels.
els Marquis wheat.
II. Marandi. 1876 acres, 6.92O bushels.
Ga pounds per bushcl
|. McReynolds, 45 acres. 1875. stub
BILE.
ole Christoferson, so acres. 2.647
bushels.
Arufhus Gavctt. 1876 acres wheat. 6.
642 bushels; 30 acres oats. 1000 bush
els.
Robert Mathews. &c acres wheat.
2.0,6 bushels. machine measure.
d. Dunbar. 130 acres wheat. 5.925
tushels.
Ingauld Hoppy. so acres wheat. g.
500 bushels. all stubble.
Louis Kragt. so acres wheat. 1000
bushels.
W. j. Pate. 2s acres wheat. $50
bushels.
w Roenlcbe. $50 acres wheat. 5.337
bushels. 80 of this stubble.
] C. McKinnon. SO acres wheat. g.
536 bushels.
Gordon Swinehart, 80 acres wheat,
LAO bushels.
Albert Hanson. s5 acres wheat. 3.76O
bushels.
Elmer Hamm. 10 acres wheat. 5.158
bushels; 80 acres oats, $3.50 bushels.
John Larson, so acres wheat 1000
bushels: 30 acres cats. 1000 bushels.
John Hecklin. 81 acres. 1884 bush
els.
VIM. Hecklin. 100 acres, 1876. stub.
bile and breaking.
o. Salisbury. so acres Marquis
wheat 1000 bushels on breaking.-Ad-
vertisement.
An electric process for drying lum-
ber In piles Of Embarked logs has been