The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-02-26
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 Efingham, Ill. He
thought he would better his condition
in a new country, where he would
have wider scope for his farming op'
erations. 1t would not seei-. essential
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 Willmont, Sask.. un
der date OF January 30, 1916. Mr.. Lob
mann says:
"Wc are perfectly satisfied in this
country. and doing well up here.
"I bought n half section of land and
took up a homestead. my three sons
also took homesteeds. two OF them
buying each 100 acres of land as well
sold my homestead. and ! and one OF
my sons own threshing outfit
1.-THE crop this year was good: the
oats went - to 80 bushels per acre
and wheat went 40 to so bushels and
the price is fair"
sam vi .hhi,t' <h's@'' 80
writing to Mr.. ]. NJ. MacLachlan, Ca
madam government agen. 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 ncrth deal climate for stock
l have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside of stable in four
years. ! consider this fine country
for mixed farming l 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 43
acres OF wheat from which he got
1,2OO bushels, and got an average OF
SO bushels OF oats to the acre.
Golden Prairie, Sask., is district
largely settled by South Dakotans
Horace Blake is one of those. He
says: "The crops of 1915 were i'm
mcrsc."
Wheat in his locality went from 40
to 55 bushels per acre: oats about 50
bushels on an average. One hundred
bushels Of potatoes were grown on q
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 1t. He concludes an
interesting letter by saying: There
are schools in every district. The
pecrie here arc most all hustlers and
are last pushing to the. front. When
/ first came ur hcre on almost every
half section stood little 12x14 shack
now almost everyone has real modern
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields fol
1915:
/. H. Hooker. 50 acres. $3.50 bushels
Marquis wheat No. 1, "a pounds pei
bushel
!. |. Lee, 40 acres, stubble, 1.5O(
bushels: 40 acres summer fallow. 2.
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon. 1874 acres. 1851 bush
els Marquis wheat.
II. Marandi, 135 acres, 6.920 bushels
Ga pounds per bushel.
I. McReynolds, As acres, 1875. stub
BILE.
Ole Christoferson. 50 acres. 2.64i
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett, 1856 acres wheat, 6.
642 bushels; 80 acres oats. 1000 bush
els.
Robert Mathews. 46 acres wheat
2,Ot6 bushels. machine measure.
D. Dunbar, 1870 acres wheat. 5,92s
bushels.
Tngauld Hoppy. so acres wheat. 2.
500 bushels. all stubble.
Louis Kragt. so acres wheat. 1000
bushels.
W. J. Pate. 26 acres wheat. $50
bushels
w Roeniche. $50 acres wheat. 5.337
bushels. so Of this stumble.
]. C. McKinnon. SO acres wheat. g..
536 bushels.
Gordon Swinehart. 80 acres wheat
LAO bushels.
Albert Hanson, S5 acres wheat. 1850
bushels.
Elmer Hamm, 40 acres wheat. SIS
bushels; 80 acres oats. $3.50 bushels.
John Larson, 80 acres wheat 5000
bushels: 80 acres cats. 1000 bushels.
John Hecklin. 81 acres. 1.4S4 BUSH
els.
VIM. Hecklin. 100 acres. 1876. stub.
ble and breaking.
o. Salisbury. so acres Marquis
wheat. GOO bushels on breaking.-Ad-
vertisement.