Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-04-06
EVIDENCE
IN THE CASE
Results Following Settlement
Show That Conditions in West
ern Canada Are Highly
Satisfactory.


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Until a few years ago Mr.. Henry
Lohmann lived at Etingham. Ill. tie
thought he would better his condition
in q new country. where he would
have wider scope for his farming op'
erations. 1t 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. MIR. Lob.
mann says:
I'VE are perfectly satisfied in this
country and doing well up here.
II bought a half section Of land and
took up q homestead. my three sons
also took homesteads. two of them
buying each 100 acres Of land as well.
l sold my homestead, and l and n of
my son W a threshing outfit.
The crop this year was good; the
Vols "Slt So W w IA pNA ~>H>'
and wheat went 40 to 80 bushels and
the price is fair"
Sam Morrow. of Millet. Alta in
writing to Mr.. J.. NJ. MacLachlan. Ca
madam government agent at Water
town. S. D., says: Il I'M we'll pleased
with the country. The climate is bet
ter than | ever thought it could be
sc far north; ideal climate for stock.
l have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside Of a stable in four
years. l consider this a fine country
for mixed farming. l know of farm
ers around here who had ~ bushels
Of barley to the acre and IS 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
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 were i'm
mense."
Wheat in his locality went from 40
to SIS 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 OF 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
l first came up here on almost every
half section stood a little 12x14 shack,
now almost everyone has real modern
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields for
1915:
/. H. Hooker, 50 acres, $500 bushels
Marquis wheat No. l, Ga pounds per
bushel.
l.. l. Lee, 40 acres, stubble, $500
bushels; 40 acres summer fallow, g..
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon, 1874 acres, 1851 bush
els Marquis wheat.
R. Marandi, 1876 acres. $500 bushels
Ga pounds per bushel.
/. McReynolds, As acres. 1875, stub
BILE.
Ole C~hristoferson, so acres, 2,647
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett, 1855 acres wheat, 6,
642 bushels; 80 acres oats, 1000 bush
els.
Robert Mathews, 46 acres wheat
2,O16 bushels. machine measure. .
D. Dunbar, 1870 acres wheat, 5.92s
bushels.
lngauld Hoppy, so acres wheat, 2,
800 bushels. all stubble.
Louis kragt. so acres wheat, 4.0O(
bushels.
w. ]. Pate, &c acres wheat, 9St
bushels.
w. Roeniche, $50 acres wheat, 5.33'
bushels, 80 of this stubble.
J.. C. McKinnon. so acres wheat, 2.
$50 bushels.
Gordon S%winehart, 80 acres wheat
LAO bushels.
Albert Hanson, IS acres wheat, 3,76I
bushels.
Elmer Hamm, 40 acres wheat, SIS
bushels; 80 acres oats, $3.50 bushels.
John Larson, 80 acres wheat, 800
bushels; 80 acres oats, 1000 bushels
John Hecklin, 81 acres, 1,484 bush
els.
VIM. Hecklin, 100 acres. 1876, stub
BILE and breaking.
o. Salisbury, so acres Marqui
wheat, 1000 bushels on breaking.-Ad
vertisement.