Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-03-03
THE EVIDENCE
IN THE CASE
Results Following Settlement
Show That Conditions in West
ern Canada Are Highly
Satisfactory.

Until a few years ago Mr.. Henry
Lohmann lived at Efingham. III. He
thought he would better his condition
In new country. where he would
have wider scope for his farming op-
erations. II would not seem essential
TO refer to Mr.. Lohmann, at this par
ticular time, as of German blood. but |
for 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 we'll up here.
Il bought a half section of land and
took up a 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 so to 30 bushels per acre.
and wheat went 40 TO so bushels and
the price is fair"
Sam Morrow, OF Millet, Alta, In
writing to Mr.. ]. M. MacLachlan. Ca
madam government agent at Water
town, s. D., says: Il am well 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 stable in four
years. | consider this fine country
for mixed farming. know of farm
ers around here who had AZ bushels
of barley to tse acre and 55 bushels
of oats to the acre"
Jacob Goetz of Piapot, Sask., had az
acres Of wheat from which he got
1900 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 we're Inn
mense"
Wheat in his locality went from 40
TO So bushels per acre; oats about so
bushels on an average One hundred
bushels of potatoes we're grown on a
quarter Of an acre of land; twelve po-
tatoes weighed so 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
arc schools I'm 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. $3.50 bushels
Marquis wheat No. l. GA pounds per
bushel.
l. l. Les, 40 acres, stubble. 1900
bushels; 40 acres summer fallow. g.
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon. 1874 acres, 1851 bush
els Marquis wheat.
r. Marandi. 1856 acres, 6.92O bushels
ga pounds per bushel.
l. McReynolds, as acres. 1876. stub
BILE.
Ole Christoferson. 80 acres. 2.647
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett, 1876 acres wheat, 6,
642 bushels; 80 acres oats. 1000 bush
els
Robert Mathews, as acres wheat
2.O16 bushels, machine measure.
d. Dunbar. 1870 acres wheat. 5,92I
bushels.
Ingauld Hoppy, so acres wheat, 2,
500 bushels. all stubble.
Louis Kragt. so acres wheat, 400
bushels.
W. ]. Pate. 2s acres wheat. 90,
bushels
w. Roeniche, 150 acres wheat. 5,33
bushels. so of this stubble.
J. G. McKinnon. so acres wheat, 2
536 bushels.
Gordon Swinehart. 80 acres wheat
1.14O bushels.
Albert Hanson. s5 acres wheat. 3.76
bushels.
Elmer Hamm, no acres wheat. SIS
bushels; 80 acres oats, $3.50 bushels.
John Larson. so acres wheat, 800
bushels; 30 acres oats, 1000 bushels
John Hecklin. 81 acres, 1.4S4 busl
els.
VIM. Hecklin. 100 acres. 1876. stuI
BILE and breaking.
o. Salisbury. so acres Marqui
wheat, 1900 bushels on breaklng.-A,
vertsement