Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — THE BEST HE EVER SAW. [ARTICLE]

THE BEST HE EVER SAW.

A Missourian Pronounces on the FarmIng Possibilities of Western Canada. Just at present considerable interest is being aroused in the fact that a few new districts (of limited acreage) are being opened out by the Canadian government in Saskatchewan anU Assiniboia (western Canada), and any information concerning “this country is eagerly sought. Mr. W. R. Corser, of Higginsville, Lafayette Co., Mo., was a delegate there during last summer, and writing of his impressions he says: “I found surprising yields of grain of all descriptions. One farmer I visited threshed of 175 acres: “600 bushels of wheat from fifteen acres, 40 bushels to acre. “600 bushels of barley from ten acres, 60 bushels to acre. “15,000 bushels of oats from 150 acres, 100 bushels to acre. “The samples were all No. 1. “I also saw a considerable number of stock. Swine do well and there is no disease amongst them. They are a good source of income to the farmer. The cattle on the range beat anything I ever saw. Fat and ready for beef, fully matured and ripened on the nutritious grasses of the prairie. I am firmly convinced that this country offers better facilities for a poor man than any I have ever seen.” Information concerning these lands can be had from any agent of the government whose advertisement appears elsewhere in this paper. The number of women engaged in the factories of Finland is 19,395.