Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1910 — EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO HE HAD LESS THAN THREE DOLLARS. [ARTICLE]

EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO HE HAD LESS THAN THREE DOLLARS.

** l» Now One of the Rleheet Farmera in Saskatchewan, Central Canada. Arriving in Canada in .1891, just eighteen years ago, E. A. Guillemin, could speak but his native language. He is »> Frenchman. He had but a little over >2 in his pocket, thus being short over >7 of the >lO required to secure entry for a homestead of 160 acres. He eventually borrowed the money, and, near Forget, Saskatchewan, he started life in Canada on -the homestead in which to-day he is the fortunate possessor of fifty quarter sections of land, or 8,000 acres. Noiy Mr. Guillemin did not acquire all these acres as a result altogether of his farming operations, which were extensive. He looked with satisfaction upon what he was doing on his limited area; he was saving, careful and had foresight. Stirrounding land could be had for about >3 per acre, and he continued buying as his savings would perinit, until now he has fifty quarter sections, some of which he can sell at >25 per acre. Threahed Fifty Thomant Bnahela. This year he was engaged in threshing on his place for days. He threshed out 50,000 bushels of wheat, es which he sold 34,000 bushels, one train load, at a price varying from 84 to 87 cents per bushel. He has on hand still 16,000 bushels. In addition to wheat he raised 30,000 bushels of oats, 7,000 bushels of barley and 500 bushels of flax. Hq owns 104 horses and a number of cattle, but since the construction of the railway he has been engaged chiefly in raising wheat. he bought his first threshing machine, paying for it the sum of >2,100. He estimates that the machine earned for him this fall >3,000, thus* paying for itself in one season, and leaving him S9OO to the good. The weather was very propitious for farm threshing, not%a single day being lost in the two months which were spent in this work. The wheat averaged 23 bushels to the acre and graded No. 1 and No. 2 Northern. In the past nine years, seven good crops have lieen harvested on this farm. For six successive years the returns were excellent, that is in the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906. In the two following years there was a partial failure. As the years have passed the Quality of the buildings on the farm have been steadily improved, and are now as good as can be found in the' district. About SIO,OOO has been invested in this way by Mr. Guillemin. The farm consists of 6,880 acres, of which about 6,000 acres were under •rop this season; “——*—