The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-24
THE EVIDENCE
IN The CASE
Results Following Settlement
Show That Conditions IN West
ern Canada Are Highly
Satisfactory.

Until q few years ago Mr.. Henry
Lchmann lived at Eftingham. Ill. He
thought he would better his condition
iii new country, where he would
have wider scope for his farming Op-
erations. II would not sceI.. essential
TO refer to Mr.. Ii Imam, at this par
ticular time, as Cf German blood, hut
ments have zone uut as Il ill treat
ment OF Germans in Canada.
Writing from WiilmoEt, Sask., un-
der date If January 30. 1916. Mr.. Lob
mann says:
I'VE are perfectly satisfied in this
country. and doing well up here.
Il bought a half section If land AID
took u2 homestead, my three sons
also took hcnlestcads. two of them
buying each 100 acres of land as well.
! sold MY homestead, and | and one of
my sons cwn threshiug outfit.
THE crop this year was good; the
oats went 81 r 80 bushels per acre.
and wheat went 40 to 80 bushels and
III. price is fair
Sam Morrow. of Mill.t. Alta, in
writing to Mr.. J. NJ. MacLachlan, Ca
madam government agent at Water
with the country. The climate Is bet
ter than l ever thought it could be
So far NJ rth: ideal climate for stock.
! have soEc colts and cattle that have
not been inside of a stable in four
years. consider this fine country
ers around here who had ~ bushels
of barley to tn. acre and 55 bushels
of ,ats tc the acre"
Jacob GUetz Of Piapot. Sask. had 43
acres of wheat from which no got
1.200 bushels, and got an average of
SO bushels Of oats to the acre.
Golden Prairie, Sask.. Is a district
largely settled Ey South Dakotans.
Horace Blake ia one Of those. He
says: The crops of 1915 we're i'm.
n.ersc."
Wheat in his locality went from 40
to 50 bushels per acre; oats about so
bushels Cn al average. One hundred
bushels Of potatoes We're grown On a
quarter OF All acre Of land; twelve po-
tat,es weighed 30 pounds. His horses
run cut all winter, and come In fat
He raised excellent corn, and fat.
tened hogs on 1t. He concludes TN
interesting letter by saying: There
are schools in every district. The
people here arc most all hustlers tnd
are fast pushing tc the fro.t. When
first came up here on almost every
half section stood little 12x14 shack,
now almost everyone has real modern
houses AMI barns
Sine Southern Alberta yields for
1915:
!. II. Hooker. So acres. $3.50 bushels
Marquis wheat No. ], Ga pounds per
bushel.
!. /. Lee, 40 acres, stubblc. 1,500
bushels: 40 acres summer fallow, q.
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon 1e4 acres, 1851 bush
els Marquis wheat.
n. Marandi, 135 acres, $3.50 bushels.
Ga pounds per bushcl.
l. III ttItS, SluD-
BILE.
Ole Christcfersul., so acres. 2,G47
bushels.
Arufhus Gavctt, 155 acres wheat, g.
G42 bushels; 50 acres cats, 1000 bush
els.
Robert Mathews, 4S acres wheat,
2,0tf bushels, machine measure.
n. Dunbar, 13G acres wheat, 5,yo5
tushels.
lngauld Hopny. so acres wheat, q
500 hushels. all stubblc.
Louis Eragt, SO acres wheat. 1000
bushels.
". J. Pate. 26 acres wheat, $50
bushels.
w. Rcenicle, $50 acres wheat, 5,3337
bushels, so of this stumble.
]. c. Mckmnon, 80 acres wheat, o
sac bushels.
Gordon Swinehart, 80 acres wheat,
LAO bushels.
Albert Hansen, S5 acres wheat, ,76O
bushels.
Elmer Hamr,, 40 acres wheat, J,15S
bushels; 80 acres oats, $3.50 bushels.
John Larson. so acres wheat. 1000
bushels: 80 acres cats, 1000 bushels.
John Heoklin. 81 acres, 1,4s4 bush
els.
VIZ. Hccklin. 100 acres, 1896, stub.
BILE and breaking.
o. Salisbury. SO acres Marquis
wheat. 1,G0o bushels OH breaking.-Ad
vertisenent.