The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-03-03
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
Lohmnnn lived at Ehingham, III. 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 I'll treat
ment of Germans in Canada.
Writing from Willmont, Sask., un-
der date of January 80, 1916. Mr. Lob
mann says:
We are perfectly satisfied in this
country, and doing well up here.
II 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 own a threshing outfit.
"The crop this year was good; the
oats went so to 80 bushels per acre,
and wheat went 40 to 90 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 81 am well pleased
with the country. The climate is bet.
ter than / ever thought it could be
80 far north; ideal climate for stock.
have some colts and cattle that have
not been inside of a stable in four
years. I consider this a fine country
for mixed farming. | know of farm
ers around here who had ~ bushels
of barley to the acre and 55 bushels
or oats TO the acre"
Jacob Goetz of Piapot, Sask., had AZ
acres of wheat from which he got
l,2OO bushels, and got an average OF
SO bushels of oats to the acre.
Golden Prairie, Sask., is district
largely settled by South Dakotans.
Horace Blake is one of those. He
says: The crops of 1915 were inn
mense."
Wheat in his locality went from 40
to 55 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 pU-
tatoes weighed 80 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
| 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, 50 acres, $500 bushels
Marquis wheat No. /, Cd pounds per
bushel
|. l. Lee, 40 acres, stubble. 1,5ON
bushels; 40 acres summer failow, o.
$50 bushels.
Peter Brandon, 1874 acres, 1851 bush.
els Marquis wheat.
R. Marandi, 1885 acres, $500 bushels.
64 pounds per bushel.
I. McReynolds, As acres, 1875, stub
BILE.
ole Christoferson, 80 acres, 2,64T
bushels.
Arufhus Gavett, 1856 acres wheat, g.
i42 bushels; 80 acres oats, 1000 bush
BIS.
Robert Mathews, 46 acres wheat.
',O16 bushels, machine measure.
D. Dunbar, 1870 aares wheat, 1925
bushels.
lngauld Hoppy, so acres wheat, g..
800 bushels, all stubble.
Louis Kragt, so acres wheat, 4,OO0
,ushels.
w. ]. Pate. &c acres wheat. $50
bushels.
w. Roeniche, $50 acres wheat, 5,33T
SO Of this stubble.
J. c. McKinnon, so acres wheat, g.
36 bushels
Gordon Swinehart, 80 acres wheat,
lao bushels.
Albert Hanson. 85 acres wheat 1850
pushels.
Elmer Hamm, 110 acres wheat, 5,15&
30 acres oats, $3.50 bushels.
John Larson, 80 acres wheat 1900,
30 acres oats, 1000 bushels.
John Hecklin, 81 acres, 1,4S4 bush
ls.
VIM. Hecklin, 100 acres, 1876, stub
lie and breaking.
o, Salisbury, so acres MARQUIS
lheat, 1,600 bushels on breaking .-Ad-
ertiscment.