The Raymer enterprise., 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 Efiingham. III. 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.. 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 Willmont, Sask. un-
der date of January 80. 1916. Mr.. Lob
mann says:
I'VE are perfectly satisfied in this
country, ana doing well up here.
81 bought a half section of land and
took up a homestead, my three sons
also took homestesds, two of them
buying each $50 acres Of land as well.
! sold my homestead. and and one OF
my sons own threshing outfit.
"The cron this year was good; the
cats went p 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 agcn. at Water
town, S. D., says: Il am well pleased
with the country. The climate is bet
ter than ! ever thought II 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 a fine country
for mixed farming. | know of farm.
ers around here who had AZ bushels
of barley to the acre and So bushels
of oats to the acre"
Jacob Goetz Of Piapot, SASH. 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 we're i'm.
merse."
Wheat In his locality went from 40
to IS 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 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
people here arc most all hustlers and
are fast pushing to the front. When
| first came ur here on almost every
half section stood little l2x14 shack.
now almost everyone has real modern
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields for
1915:
!. Fl. Hooker, SO acres, 3.sa0 bushels
Marquis wheat No. l, Ga pounds per
bushel
l. l. Lee, 40 acres, stubble, 1,500
bushels; 40 acres summer fallow, O.
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon. 1G4 acres, 1851 bush
els Marquis wheat.
II. Marandi. 1876 acres, e,920 bushels
GA pounds per bushel.
!. McReynolds, As acres, 1876, stub
bic.
Ole Christoferson, so acres, 2,G47
bushels
Arufhus Gavett. l55 acres wheat, g.
642 bushels; 30 acres oats, 1000 bush.
els.
Robert Mathews, 46 acres wheat,
2,0t6 bushels. machine measure.
n. Dunbar, 1870 acres wheat, 5,925
bushels.
Ingauld Hoppy, so acres wheat, g.
500 bushels, all stubble.
Louis Kragt, so acres wheat, 1000
bushels.
W. ]. Pate. 26 acres wheat $50
bushels.
w. Roeniche. 150 acres wheat. 5,337
bushels. so of this stuhble.
]. C. McKinnon, SO acres wheat, g.
536 bushels.
Gordon Swinehart. 80 acres wheat.
LAO bushels
Albert Hanson, s5 acres wheat, $3.50
bushels.
Elmer Hamm. ITO acres wheat, 5.l58
bushels; so acres oats. 6.550 bushels.
John Larson, so acres wheat 1000
bushels. 30 acres cats, 1000 bushels.
John Hecklin, 81 acres. 1,4S4 bush
els.
VIM. Hecklin, 100 acres, 1876, stub.
bile and breaking.
o. Salisbury. 80 acres Marquis
wheat. l600 bushels on breaking.-Ad,
vertisement.
An electric process for drying lum.
ber In piles Of Embarked logs has been