Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1912 — INCREASE IN NUMBER OF AMERICANS GOING TO CANADA [ARTICLE]

INCREASE IN NUMBER OF AMERICANS GOING TO CANADA

Although Western Canada suffered, as did many other portions of the. •west, from untoward conditions, which turned one of the modt promising crops ever seen In that country. Into but little more than an average yield of all grains, there Is left in the farmers’ hands, a big margin of profit Of course there were many farmers who were fortunate enough to harvest and market a big yield, and with the prices that were secured made handsome returns. From wheat oats, barley and flax marketed to the Is.t of January, 1912, there was a gross revenue of >75,884,000. The cattle, hogs, poultry and dairy proceeds brought this up to >101,620,000 or 21 million dollars in excess of 1910. There was still In the farmers* hands at that time about 95 million bushels of wheat worth at least another sixty-five million dollars (allowing for inferior grades), besides about 160 million bushels of oats to say nothing of barley and flax, which would run into several million of dollars. There is a great inrush of settlers to occupy the vacant lands throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The reports from the Government show that during the past year upwards of, 131,000 Americans crossed the border into Canada. A great many of these took up farms, over ten thousand having homesteaded, in fact the records show that every state in the Union contributed. A larger number, not caring to go so far away as the homesteading area, have purchased lands at from fifteen dollars an acre to twenty-five dollars an acre. The_ prospects* for a good crop for 1912 are as satisfactory as for many years. The land has had sufficient moisture, and with a reasonably early spring, it Is safe to predict a record crop. Those who have not had the latest literature sent out by the Government agents should send to the one nearest, and secure a copy.