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

Until a few years ago Mr.. Henry
Lohmann lived at Efingham. Ill. He
thought he would better his condition
in o new country, where he would
have wider scope for his farming OPP
erations. 1t would not eem essential
to refer to MIR. 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 i'll treat
ment Of Germans in Canada.
Writing from Willmont, Sask., un.
der date Of January 80. 1916. MIR. Lob.
mani says:
I'VE are perfectly satisfied in this
country, and doing we'll up here.
Il bought a half section Of land and
took up a homestead, my three sons
also took homesteads, two of them
buying each 100 acres Of land as well,
| sold my homestead. and | and II Of
my sons own a %threshing outfit.
The crop this year was good; the
oats went 50 to 30 bushels per acre,
and wheat went 10 to 50 bushels and
the price is fa::."
Sam Morrow. of Millet. Alta, in
writing to Mr.. J. NJ. MacLachlan. Ca
madam government agent at Water
town, S. d., says: Il am well pleased
with the country. The climate is bet
ter than | yer thought it could be
SC far north: ideal climate for stock.
| bave some colts and cattle that have
not been inside Of a stable in four
years. | consider this a fine country
for mixed farming. | 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."
AS la AK ioSdllly WCllI llOul ~
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 pc.
tatoes weighed so pounds. His horses
run out all winter. and come in fat.
He raised excellent corn, and fat
tened hogs on 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:
l. H. Hooker, 50 acres, $500 bushels
Marquis wheat No. /. Ga pounds per
bushel.
l. L. Lee, 40 acres, stubble, 1900
bushels; 40 acres summer fallow, g.
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon, 1874 acres, 1851 bush.
els Marquis wheat.
R. Marandi, 1876 acres, $3.50 bushels.
Ga pounds per bushel.
I. McReynolds, As acres. 1875, stub.
BILE.
Ole Christoferson. so acres. 2,647
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett, 1916 acres wheat, g..
642 bushels; 30 acres oats, 1000 bush.
els.
Robert Mathews, 46 acres wheat,
2,016 bushels, machine measure.
D. Dunbar, 1870 acres wheat, 5,925
bushels.
lngauld Hoppy, so acres wheat, g.
800 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.
$50 bushels.
Gordon S%winehart, 80 acres wheat,
LAO bushels.
Albert Hanson, IS acres wheat. $3.50
bushels.
Elmer Hamm, ITO acres wheat, 5,158
bushels; 80 acres oats, $3.50 bushels.
John Larson, 80 acres wheat, 5000
bushels; 30 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 Marquis
wheat, 1900 bushels on breaking.-Ad.
vertisement.
Well Acquainted.