Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 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 Eningham, III. lie
thought he would better his condition
in a new country, where he would
have wider scope for his farming op
erations. It would not seeEa essential
to refer to Mr.. LOhmann, at this par
tlcular time. as Of German blood, hut
for the fact that 30 many false state
ments have gone put as to III treat
ment Of Germans In Canada.
Writing from Willmont. Sask., un-
der late Of January 80. 1916. Mr.. Lob
mann says:
We are perfectly satisfied in this
country. and doing well 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 az well.
l sold my homestead. and | and n OF
my sons own a threshing outfit.
"The crop this year was good; the
oats went 20 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 ut Water
town, s. D.. says: II am we'll pleased
with the country. The climate is bet
ter than l ever thought it could be
so far ncrth: IDEAL climate for stock.
I have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside Of a stable in four
years. | consider this q fine country
for mixed farming. / know of farm
ers around here who had 20 bushels
Of barley to the acre and So bushels
of oats to the acre."
Jacob Goetz of Piapot. Sas1., had 40
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.
mensc."
Wheat in his locality went from 40
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 20
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
pacTle here arc most all hustlers and
are last pushing to the front. When
l first came up hore on almost every
half section stood a little 12x14 shack
now almost everyone has real modern
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields fol
1915:
I. H. Hooker, SO acres, $500 bushels
Marquis wheat No. 1. Ga pounds pei
bushel.
l. 1. Lee. 40 acres, stubble, 1.5OC
bushels; 40 acres summer fallow, 2.
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon. 1914 acres, 1851 bush
els Marquis wheat.
r. Marandi. 1876 acres, 6,920 bushels
Ga pounds per bushel.
l. McReynolds, As acres, 1875. stub
BILE.
ole Chr~istoferson. 50 acres. 2.64'
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett, 1856 acres wheat, 6,
642 bushels; 80 acres oats, 1000 bush
els.
Robert Mathews. 46 acres wheat
2.0l6 bushels, machine measure.
D. Dunbar. 100 acres wheat. 5,92I
bushels.
Ingauld Hoppy. 80 acres wheat, 2.
500 bushels. all stubble.
Louis Kragt, so acres wheat, 4.OOC
bushels.
". J. Pate. 20 acres wheat. sSt
bushels.
w Roeniche, $50 acres wheat. 5.33'
bushels, so Of this stumble.
j. C. McKinnon. so acres wheat. 2,
536 bushels.
Gordon swinehart. 30 acres wheat
LAO bushels,
Albert Hanson. Sc acres wheat, S.76I
bushels.
Elmer Hamm. 40 acres wheat. 5.15'
bushels; 80 acres oats. $3.50 bushels
John Larson, 80 acres wheat 800
bushels: 80 acres cats. 1000 bushels
John Hecklin. 81 acres. 1.4S4 bush
els.
VIM. Hecklin. 100 acres. 1876. stub
hle and breaking.
o. Salisbury. so acres Marqui
wheat. 1000 bushels on breaking.-Ad
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