The state herald., 1916-02-25
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 Eflngham. 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 seeLl essential
to refer to Mr.. Lohmann, at this par
ticular time. as of German blood. hut
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 30, 1916. Mr.. Lob
mann says:
I'VE are perfectly satisfied in this
country, and doing well up here.
81 bought half section Of land and
took up n homestead. my three sons
also took homesteads, two of them
buying each 160 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 30 to 80 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. M. MacLachlan. Ca
madam government agent at Water
town, s. D., says: 81 am well pleased
with tho country. The climate is bet
ter than I ever thought It could be
so far ncrth; ideal climate for stock.
have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside OF stable in four
years. l consider this flne country
for mixed farming. l know of farm
ers around here who had 42 bushels
Of barley to the acre and 55 bushels
OF oats to the acre"
Jacob Goetz Of Piapot, Sask., had 40
acres OF wheat from which he got
1000 bushels. and got an average OF
90 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 1916 were i'm.
mense."
Wheat in his locality went from 40
to 55 bushels per acre: oats about so
bushels on an average. One hundred
bushels OF potatoes were grown on n
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 II. He concludes m
interesting letter by saying: There
are schools in every district. The
people here aro most all hustlers and
are fast pushing to the front. When
! first came up here on almost every
half section stood little l2xIi shack.
now almost everyone has real modern
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields for
1916:
!. II. Hooker. SO acres, $3.50 bushels
Marquis wheat No. l.. ca pounds per
busbel.
!. ]. Lee. 40 acres. stubble. 1900
bushels: 40 acres summer fallow. a.
$40 bushels.
Peter Brandon. i54 acres. 1861 bush
els Marquis wheat.
n. Mnrandi. 1876 acres. e.92O bushels.
Ga pounds per bushel.
!. McReynolds. Is acres. 1875. stub.
BILE.
Ole Chris,oferson. so acres, 2.6i7
bushels
hrufhus Gavett. i55 acres wheat, g.
Gi2 bushels; 30 acres oats. 1000 bush.
els.
Robert Mathews. 40 acres wheat.
e.0l6 bushels. machine measure.
d. Dunbar. 1870 acres wheat. 5.e25
bushels.
Ingauld Hoppy. so acres wheat. g..
500 bushels. nil stubble.
Louis Kragt. so acres wheat. 1000
bushels.
W. J. Pate. 20 acres wheat. $50
bushels.
W. Roenlchc. 100 acres wheat. 5,337
bushels, so OF this stubblc.
] c. MoKinnon. 30 acres wheat. g..
GAG bushels.
Gordon Swinchnrt. 30 acres wheat.
LAO bushels.
Albert Hanson. SO acres wheat, $3.50
bushels.
Elmer IIamm. iio acres wheat. 5.f5s
bushels: 90 acres oats. 6.550 bushels.
John Larson. so acres wheat. 5000
bushels; 30 acres oats. 1000 bushels.
John Heoklin. ~ acres. 1884 bush.
eis.
VIM. Hcekiin. 100 acrcs. 1916. stub.
BILE and breaking.
o. Salisbury, 20 acres Marquis
wheat, 1000 bushels on brcakInr.--Ad.
yerfIsem0nt