Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
THE EVIDENCE
IN THE GAS
Results Following Settleme1
Show That Conditions in Vest
ern Canada Are Highly
Satisfactory.

Until few years ago Mr.. Henri
Lohmann lived at Effingham, Ill. n
thought he would better his conditio
in a new country, where he wou
have wider scope for his farming OF
erations. 1t would not seem Essential
to refer to Mr.. Lohmann, at this pal
ticular time, as of German blood, bu
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 thi
country, and doing we'll 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 we'll |
sold my homestead, and | and one Of
my sons own threshing outfit.
The crop this year was good; the'
oats went 80 to 80 bushels per acrel
and wheat went 40 to SO bushels and
the price is fair"
Sam Morrow, of Millet, Alta, in|
writing to Mr.. j. M. MacLachlan, Ca
madam government agent at Water
town, S. D., says: Il am well pleased
with the country. The climate is bet1
ter than | ever thought il could be
30 far north; ideal climate for stock
have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside of a stable in four
years. | consider this fine country
for mixed farming. | know of farm
ers around here who bad AZ bushels
of barley to the acre and SIS bushelj
of oats to the acre"
Jacob Goetz of Piapot, Sask., had
acres of wheat from which he 90
1900 bushels, and got an average d
s93 bushels of oats to the acre.
Golden Prairie, Sask., is a distrid
largely settled by South Dakotan
Horace Blake is one of those. H
says: THE crops of 1915 were in
mense."
Wheat in his locality went from
to IS bushels per acre; oats about
bushels on an average. One hundr
bushels of potatoes were grown on
quarter of an acre of land; twelve
tatoes weighed so pounds. His hors
run out all winter, and come in f
He raised excellent corn, and
tened hogs on it, He concludes
interesting letter by saying: "Th
are schools in every district.
people here are most all hustlefs
are fast pushing to the front. W b.
/ first came up here on almost every
half section stood little 12x14 shack
now almost everyone has real modern
houses and barns"
Some Southern Alberta yields for
1915:
|. H. Hooker, 81 acres, $500 bushels
Marquis wheat No. /, Ga pounds pei
bushel.
l. |. Lee, 40 acres, stubble, 1900
bushels; 40 acres summer fallow, 2,
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon, 1914 acres, 1851 bush
els Marquis wheat.
R. Marandi, 1856 acres, $500 bushels
81 pounds per bushel.
l. McReynolds, As acres, 1875, stub
BILE.
Ole Christoferson. so acres. 2.647
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett, 1876 acres wheat, 6,
642 bushels; 80 acres oats, 1000 bush
els.
Robert Mathews, Al acres wheat
2,016 bushels, machine measure.
D. Dunbar, 1870 acres wheat, 5,92I
bushels.
lngauld Hoppy, so acres wheat, 2,
800 bushels, all stubble.
Louis Kragt, so acres wheat, 400
bushels.
w. ]. Pate, 26 acres wheat. $50
bushels.
w. Roeniche, $50 acres wheat, 5,93i
bushels, 80 of this stubble.
J. C. McKinnon, so acres wheat. 2.
536 bushels.
Gordon Swinehart, 80 acres wheat
LAO bushels.
Albert Hanson, IS acres wheat 3,76t
bushels.
Elmer Hamm, 10 acres wheat, 5,15'
bushels; 80 acres oats, $3.50 bushels.
John Larson, so acres wheat, 5000
bushels; 30 acres oats, 1000 bushels
John Hecklin, 81 acres, l,4S4 bush
dis.
VIM Hecklin, 100 acres, 1876, stub
BILE and breaking.
o. Salisbury, so acres Marquis
wheat, 1900 bushels on breaking. -Ad
vertisement.
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