Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1905 — ALL CROPS GOOD IN WESTERN CANADA. [ARTICLE]

ALL CROPS GOOD IN WESTERN CANADA.

"Potatoes the Finest I Ever Saw." Owing to the great amount of interest that is being taken in Western Canada, it is Well to be informed of some of the facts that, are bringing about the great emigration from portions of the United States. The Canadian government have authorized agents,at different points, and the facts related iq the following may be corroborated on application. At'the same time they will be able to quote you rates and give you certificates entitling you to low rates on the different lines of railway. The following letter, copied from the North Bend (Neb.) Eagle, is an unsolicited testimonial, and the experience of Mr. Austen is that of hundreds of other Americans who have made Canada their home during the past seven or eight years. “I presume some may be interested to know how we have progressed this year in the Canadian Northwest. We have no complaint to offer. We have had a good year; crops were good and we have had a delightful season. I threshed from my place 8,G50 bushels of grain. My oats made 05 bushels per acre and weighed 42)4 pounds per bushel. My wheat made 31)4 bushels per acre and is No. 1 quality. My barley made about 30 bushels of good quality. My crop is a fair average of the crops in the Edmonton district. “All crops were good here this season. Potatoes the finest I ever saw, and all vegetables adapted to the climate. We have had a very fine fall, but no exception to the rule, as the fall season is, I think, the most pleasant of the year. We have had no snow yet (Nov. 9), and have been plowing and working the land preparing for an early seeding next spring. Last night the mercury* dropped lower than any previous night this fall, and this morning there is a crust of frost on the fields sufficient to prevent field work. No doubt many would imagine that Alberta had put on her winter overcoat before this, and that the people were wrapped in furs, but it is only a question of time when this country will not be looked upon as an iceberg, but a country fit for the best of mankind to live in. '■' ' ’ “ We are now assured of a transcontinental railway, which is to be built to the Pacific during the next five years. The Canadian Northern Road is graded to within seventy-five miles of Edmonton. It comes from Winnipeg, and will reach us next summer, so with one railroad already at hand, the second to reach us in less than a year, and the third to penetrate our city and open up this country to the west across the Rockies to the coast within five years, we surely have reason to believe that the country is progressing. Very respectfully,

L. J. AUSTEN.