Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1907 — OVER $1,000 A YEAR AND “LIVING.” [ARTICLE]

OVER $1,000 A YEAR AND “LIVING.”

That la the Story of a Michigan Farmer Who* Live* in Western Canada. Spruce Coulee Ranch, Olds, Alberta, Dec. 10th, 1906. Mr. M. V. Mclnnes, Canadian Government Agent, Detroit, Mich.; Dear Sir and Friend: It will be four years next May since I came to Olds, and I have lived here ever since. Since I came here wheat has run from 25 to 45 bushels per acre, oats from 65 to 115, that I know of. I raised that last year; 115 bushels to the acre of the finest oats I ever seen, and oats that I sowed the 31st day of May this year went 72% to the acre and weighed 41 pounds to the bushel. My barley went 40 bushels last year and 50 this year,, and was not sown until the latter part of May. I had three acres of potatoes this year and sold 700 bushels and put 275 bushels In the cellar and no bugs to pick. We have a fine Government creamery at Olds. Our cows made s4l per head and didn’t feed any grain—ronly prairie hay—so you see we are doing well. We have the patent for our homestead now and am very thankful that we came to Alberta. We have made a little over SI,OOO each year besides making our living. I would not go back to Michigan to live for anything. If I had my choice of a ticket to Olds or a 40-acre farm in Michigan, I would take the ticket, and in two years I could buy any of their 40-acre farms. This is the country for a poor man as well as a man with money. I will close, thanking you for our prosperity. I remain, yours truly, (Signed) OTTO YETTING, Olds, Alberta, Canada, Box 159. Information as to how to secure low rates to the free grant lands of Western Canada can be secured of any Canadian Government agent.