The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-02-24
THE EVIDENCE
IN THE CASE
Results Following Settlement
Show That Conditions in West.
ern Canada Are Highly
Satisfactory.


Until few years ago Mr.. Henry
Lohmann lived at Effingham, Ill. He
thought he would better his condition
in new country, where he would
have wider scope for his farming OPP
erations. 1t would lot seem essential
to refer to Mr.. LC.imann, at this par,
ticular time, as of German blood, but
for the fact that so many false state
ments have gone out as to i'll treat,
ment of Germans in Canada.
Writing from Willmont, Sask., un-
der date of January 80, 1916, Mr.. Lob
mann says:
I'VE are perfectly satisfied in this
country, and doing well up here.
Il 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
""'S went cV W ~ buohSlo pti "NiC,
and wheat went 40 to so bushels and
the price is fair"
Sam Morrow, of Millet, Alta. in
writing to Mr.. j. M. MacLachlan, Ca.
madam government agent at Water
town, S. D., says: Il am we'll pleased
with the country. The climate is bet
ter than | ever thought it could be
so far north; ideal climate for stock,
have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside of a stable in four
years. | consider this fine country
for mixed farming. | know of farm.
ers around here who had AZ bushels
of barley to the acre and 55 bushels
Of oats to the acre"
Jacob Goetz of Piapot, Sask., had AZ
acres of wheat from which he got
1000 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 CT 1915 were i'm
mense."
Wheat in his locality went from 40
to 90 bushels per acre oats about so
bushels on an average. One hundred
bushels of potatoes were grown on a
quarter of an acre of land twelve po,
tatoes weighed 30 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
people here are most all hustlers and
are fast pushing to the front. When
| first came up here on almost every
half section stood little 12xl4 shack,
now almost everyone has real modern
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields for
1915:
|. II. Hooker, 50 acres, $500 bushels
Marquis wheat No /, "a pounds per
bushel.
!. |. Lee. 40 acres, stubble, 1,5OC
bushels; 30 acres summer fallow. 2,
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon lG4 acres, 1851 bush
els Marquis wheat.
r. Marandi, 1875 acres, 1920 bushels,
GA pounds per bushel.
!. McReynolds, 40 acres. 1875, stub.
BILE.
Ole Christofersor, so acres, 2.647
bushels.
Arufhus Gavott, 100 acres wheat, 6.
GAP bushels; 80 acres oats, 1000 bush
els.
Robert Mathews, 46 acres wheat,
2,Ol6 bushels. machine measure,
d. Dunbar, l3p acres wheat, 5,925
bushels.
lagauld lioppy, so acres wheat, g.
500 bushels, all stubble
Louis Kragt. 50 acres wheat, 4.OOU
bushels.
W. j Pate, 20 acres wheat, $50
bushels.
". Roeniche, $50 acres wheat. 5,33i
bushels, 50 f this stubble.
j, c. McKinnou, 80 acres wheat. 3
900 DuShelS.
Gordon Swinehart, 80 acres wheat
lao bushels.
Albert Hanson, S5 acres wheat 1850
bushels.
Elmer lamm, 10 acres wheat 5,l5S
bushels; 80 acres cats, $3.50 bushels.
John Larson, so acres wheat, 5000
bushels, 30 acres cats 20UD bushels
John Hecklii., 81 acres. l,lS4 bush
els.
VIM Hccklin. 100 acres. 1876, stub
BILE and breaking.
o. Salisbury, so acres Marquis
wheat l,6O0 bushels on breaking. -Ad,
vertisement.
Vessel Of Odd Design.
Senior Gonzalo Mejia, who has a
contract to carry the mails In Colon
hn, IL, 10, 4. L..