Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1915 — WITH BARNS FULL OF STOCK [ARTICLE]

WITH BARNS FULL OF STOCK

Didn’t Look Much Like Hard Times in Western Canada. *■ - • A. Meyer, who left one of the best Counties in Minnesota, probably because he got a good price for his excellent farm, and left for the Canadian West, writes to his local paper, the Bagley Independent His story is well worth repeating. He says: “To say I was greatly surprised when I reached Saskatchewan and Alberta would be expressing it mildly. In a country where so much suffering was reported, I found everyone in good circumstances, and especially all our friends who have left Clearwater and Polk counties., They all have good homes and those who were reported to have sold their stock through lack of feed, I found with their barns full of stock, and it did not look very much like hard times. They have from 160 acres to two sections of the finest land that can be found. Those that left here two or three years ago have from 100 to 400 acres In crops this year. Prospects for a bumper crop are splendid. It is a little cold now, but nothing is frosted, either in gardens or fields. Land can be bought quite reasonably here from those who volunteered their services in the European wgr. Here are certainly the best opportunities for securing a good home with a farm and independence for life in a short time. Before I started I heard that prices were so high. Flour was reported at sl2 per hundred it is $4.25 here. In the west all the groceries can be' purchased for nearly the same as in Minn. The only article that I found higher was kerosene at 35 cts per gallon. When I saw the land I wondered why people do not live where they produce enough from the soil to make a comfortable living. We visited T. T. Sater. John Dahls, W. J. and R. D. Holt’s, Martin Halmen, Ole Halvorson, Wm. Walker and Geo. Colby, all from Bagley. We found well and prosperous farmers who wished to be remembered to all their Bagley friends.” " (Sgd.) A. MEYER. —Advertisement.