, 1919-06-12
IDEAL FARM LANDS
Minnesota Man at Last Found
What He Sought.
After Long Search, the Wondrous
Productiveness Of Western Canada
Mas Pointed Out, and He
Is Going There.

He farmed for a number of years
lear Window, Minnesota, and as Nj.
o. S. Marcy told it, he had done well.
He had made sufficient money to see
him and his wife through their re-
naming days.
but there were the boys" said Mrs.
Marcy, land six of them, too-some of
h six not yet back from Overseas
Yes. we are proud of them" the fond
mother said, "but, oh my, we had no
GIRL" and h bemoaned that. These
boys had to be looked after. "Why not
settle them about you in your own
neighborhood? You have good land
there, splendid neighbors, and every
thing that might be desired"
eyes. that is all true" replied this
estimable lady, but the land is so
high-priced we couldn't afford to buy
there, although worth every cent
asked for it. You see we have six
boys, and they are good one, too"
So, one day, three years g Mr.. and
Mrs. Marcy rugged up the automobile
for a touring trip. They wanted to in
vestigate for the boys benefit. The
journey lasted for a year. 1t took
them through Arizona with its varied
scenery, its climatic and agricultural
attractions; into the canyons of Colo
RADIO they went, and the agricultural
possibilities there aroused a large
amour of interest. Still undecided,
down into the valleys of California the
automobile went. Fruit orchards were
plentiful, grain fields were attractive,
but the psychological time had not ar
rived. Reversing their way, they
passed through Washington, Oregon
and Montana and home. A years jour
ney and no results. ooh, yes" Mr..
Marcy said, 1--WE had a delightful time,
enjoyed it all but the day and night up
In Colorado, when we were held up by
a wonderful snOwstorm; we and six
others. Planking the snow embank-
ment, we came through safely. IL a
trifle Inconvenience"
1t was interesting to hear these peo-
pie talk. Their practical minds showed
that they had not lacked opportunities
for observation. They could not find
what they wanted for the boys. When
he was between twenty and twenty
five years of age, Mr.. Marcy pictured
to himself the kind of a home he
wanted. He reared a family of boys
and had yet to find such a place. His
years journey had been fruitless in
that respect.
One day he decided he would try
h Western Canada could do. He
had read of it, and he had friends
there who had done well. He toured
the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta. He saw the vast
prairies, yielding their twenty and
twenty-five, and as high as forty BUSH
els of wheat, with enormous yields of
other grains. The north central coun-
try, which afforded the grass and the
shelter that made s~tock-raising a val
liable adjunct to the growing of grain,
was visited. interviews were had with
the settlers. many from his own home
district, and all were satisfied.
Only the other day he arranged for
a car in which he will load his effects
to be taken to the Alberta farm he had
purchased when On his visit. Mrs.
Marcy goes with him, and the six boys
will follow. He found the place he
had pictured in his mind when he was
twenty or twenty-five years old. II
was unable to find 1t until I made my
Western Canada visit. 1 bought the
farm, and I am satisfied. When 1 saw
a carload of f~our-year-old steers
brought into the Edmonton market,
weighing LOO pounds, that had never
been inside a building nor fed a bit Of
grain, I was glad 1 had made up my
Observation-Disclosures.