The Ordway new era., 1916-02-25
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 Effingham, Ill. He
thought he would better his condition
in new country, where he would
have wider scope for his farming OPP
erations. 1t would not seeI! 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 30, 1916. Mr.. Lob
mann says:
I'VE are perfectly satisfied in this
country, and doing well up here.
Il bought 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 one of
my sons OVID threshing outfit.
THE crop this year was good; the
oats vert 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.. 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 ! 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. consider this fine country
ro, Go, Of 70
ers around here who had ~ bushels
of barley to the acre and 55 bushels
of oats tc the acre"
Jacob Goetz Of Piapot, Sask., had 43
acres of wheat from which he got
200 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 80
bushels on an average. One hundred
bushels of potatoes were grown on a
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 1t. He concludes an
interesting letter by saying: There
are schools in every district. The
pecrle here arc most all hustlers and
arc last pushing to the front. When
l first came up here on almost every
half section stood little 12x14 shack,
/ oil hoc -Go1 IEr,
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields for
| 1915:
]. II. Hooker. 50 acres, $500 bushels
| Marquis wheat No. ], Ga pounds per
bushe1.
l. I. Lee, 40 acres, stubble, 1,500
bushels: 40 acres summer fallow, g.
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon. 1C4 acres. 1851 bush
| els Marquis wheat.
Il. Marandi, 1876 acres. 6,920 bushels,
Ga pounds per bushcl.
l. McReynolds, As acres, 1,675, stub
ble
Ole Christoferson, so acres, 2,647
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett, 1856 acres wheat, g.
642 bushels; so acres oats, 1000 BUSH
els.
Robert Mathews, 46 acres wheat,
2,0l6 bushels, machine measure.
n. Dunbar, 130 acres wheat, 5,925
bushels.
lngauld 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, O.
536 bushels.
Gordon Swinehart, 30 acres wheat.
LILO bushels.
Albert Hanson, SIS acres wheat, 1880
bushels.
Elmer Hamm. 110 acres wheat, 5,15s
bushels; 80 acres oats. $3.50 bushels.
John Larson, 80 acres wheat, 5000
bushels: 30 acres cats. 1000 bushels.
John Hecklin. 81 acres. 1,4S4 bush
els.
VIM. Hecklin, 100 acres, 1876, stub.
bile and breaking. la
0. Salisbury, so acres Marquis
wheat, 1000 bushels on breaking.-Ad-
yertisenent.