The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1916-02-24
THE EVIDENCE
IN THE CASE
Results Following Settlement
Show That Conditions in West.
ern Canada Are Highly
Satisfactory.

Lohmann lived at Efflngham, Ill. He
thought he would better his condition
In a new country, where he would
have wider scope for his farming OPP
erations. It would not seem essential
to refer to Mr.. 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 Ill 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.
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
In. sons own threshing outfit.
THE crop this year was good; the
oats went 80 to 80 bushels per acre.
and wheat went 40 to 80 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 we'll pleased
with the country. The climate is bet.
ter than ever thought 1t could be
so far north ideal climate for stock.
have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside of stable In four
years. consider this fine country
for mixed farming. know OF farm.
ers around here who had AZ bushels
of barley to the acre and 55 bushels
oats to the acre"
Jacob Goetz of Piapot, Sask., had 43
acres Of wheat from which he got
1000 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 1916 were i'm.
n.ense."
Wheat I'm his locality went from 20
to IS bushels per acre: oats about so
| bushels on an average. Ono hundred
bushels of potatoes were grown on q
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
! people here are most all hustlers and
are fast pushing to the front. When
| al
half section stood little 12x14 shack.
now almost everyone has real modern
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields for
1915:
|. Fl. Hooker, SO acres, 1880 bushels
Marquis wheat No. /. Ga pounds per
bushel
|. |. Lee, 40 acres. stubble, 1900
bushels; 40 acres summer fallow. 2.
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon, 1914 acres. 1861 bush
els Marquis wheat.
r. Marandi, 1876 acres. $500 bushels
g. pounds per bushel.
I. McReyno'ds. as acres. 1875. stub
BILE.
Ole Christoferson. SO acres. 2.64i
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett, 155 acres wheat, 6.
642 bushels: 30 acres oats, 1000 bush
els.
Robert Mathews. 46 acres wheat
2,016 bushels. machine measure.
ID. Dunbar. 1870 acres wheat, 500!
bushels.
Ingauld Hoppy, so acres wheat. 2.
800 bushels, oil stubble. 4
Louis Kragt, 80 acres wheat. 400
bushels.
w. ]. Pate. 26 acres wheat, 49,
bushels.
w. Roeniche, $50 acres wheat. $50
bushels, so Of this stubble.
j. C. McKinnon, so acres wheat, 2
536 bushels.
Gordon Swinehart, 30 acres whea,
LAO bushels.
: Albert Hanson. IS acres wheat, 3.76
!. bushels.
Elmer Hamm, 40 acres wheat, 81
bushels; 80 acres oats. $3.50 bushel,
John Larson, so acres wheat, 800
bushels; 80 acres oats. 1000 bushels
John HecBlin. 81 acres. l.4s4 busl
. els.
! VIM. Hecklin, 100 acres, 1876. stuI
BILE and breaking.
. o. Salisbury, so acres Marqu
wheat, 1000 bushels on breaking.-A'
. vertisement.
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