Gilpin observer., 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 Effingham, 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 seerl 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 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, and doing well up here.
81 bought half section Of land and
took up 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 80 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.. ]. M. MacLachlan, Ca
madam government agent at Water
town, s. D., says: 81 am we'll pleased
with the country. The climate is bet
ter than I ever thought 1t could be
SO far ncrth; ideal climate for stock.
have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside of a stable in four
years. / consider this a fine country
for mixed farming. I know Of farm
ers around here who had ~ 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
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 55 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 1t. 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
! first came up here on almost every
half section stood little 12x14 shack,
now almost everyone has real modern
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields for
1915:
l. H. Hooker, SO acres, $500 bushels
Marquis wheat No. 1. Ga pounds per
bushel
!. /. Lee, 40 acres, stubble. 1,5O0
bushels; 40 acres summer fallow, o.
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon. 1874 acres. 1851 BUSH
els Marquis wheat.
r. Marandi, 1876 acres, $500 bushels.
GA pounds per bushel.
!. McReynolds, As acres. 1,675. stub
BILE.
Ole Christoferson. 80 acres, 2,647
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett, 155 acres wheat, g.
642 bushels; 80 acres oats. 1000 bush
els.
Robert Mathews. 46 acres wheat,
2,0l6 bushels, machine measure.
d. Dunbar. 13O acres wheat, 5,925
lushels.
Ingauld Hoppy. so acres wheat, g.
| 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 stubble.
j. c. McKinnon, so acres wheat, g.
536 bushels.
Gordon Swinehart 80 acres wheat.
LAO bushels.
Albert Hanson. S5 acres wheat, $3.50
bushels.
Elmer Hamni, 40 acres wheat, 5.15S
bushels; 80 acres oats, $3.50 bushels.
John Larson, 80 acres wheat, 5000
bushels; 80 acres oats, 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. 1,600 bushels on breaking.-Ad.
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