finest I ever saw. Ploughed in on sod, no bugs in Canada to eat the tops. 

 The finest oats I ever saw grown were on 1904 sod, broken and sown in 

 June. Mr. Miller, on sec. 4, Tp. 27, Range 23, raised the crop. They raise 

 from 20 to 40 bushels of wheat and from 50 to loo bushels of oats per acre. 

 It takes two years in Minnesota, on the dear lands, to raise wheat we can 

 raise here in one year on this cheap land. Canada is the home for the 

 young man, the sooner he finds it out the better for himself. 



Another successfnl settler is Mr. Carl Klatt, who started with nothing 

 in 1885, and is now worth $20,000. 



Of the new settlers we will now quote a few cases : 



T. A. Martin, of Park River, North Dakota, in the spring of 1903, 

 bought a half-section, and homesteaded for himself and son in Tp 24, 

 Rge. 22. He is highly delighted with the country, and says he has the 

 best well of soft water at 25 feet he ever saw. During the dry spell in 

 June, one thing that impressed him very strongly was the rich, healthy 

 condition maintained by the wheat, in spite of the lack of rain for a while. 

 This is explained by the fact that there is a continuous underground 

 drainage from the mountain to the lake, which provides moisture for the 

 crops and unfailing supply in the well during the driest seasons. 



A. A. Downey, who has farmed for many years in one of the most 

 favored districts of Manitoba, homesteaded in 26-23, and bought land 

 adjoining. He took his family up and built his house in the fall of 1903. 

 He says ; " I am delighted with the fine location of my farm overlooking 

 the beautiful lake, which lies a short distance to the west and about forty 

 feet below the level of my farm." He further says: " The soil is the 

 finest I ever saw, and I anticipate very heavy crops next year. Am 

 getting as much breaking done as possible this season, and intend to have 

 it all under crop next year. The soil contains a very large percentage of 

 bi-carbonate of lime. This is a very necessary factor in producing heavy 

 crops of wneat. The gently undulating country affords ample natural 

 drainage. A plentiful supply of wood for fuel can be obtained from the 

 mountain a few miles to the east. We expect to have a post office opened 

 at Arlington Beach and Westwyn this spring, although the first settler in 

 the township only located in June, of 1903. I have now got over 500 acres 

 of land, and have no hesitation, after a residence of twenty-five years in 

 Western Canada, in saying that I consider this one of the best parts of the 

 country I have seen, and I am well acquainted with the most favored 

 localities for wheat growing." 



Mr. Hugh McFarlane, of Park River, North Dakota, says : " I settled 

 in Last Mountain Valley in May, 1903. I broke up the prairie in June and 

 sowed oats on the sod. Even this extremely crude way of farming pro- 

 duced a fair crop of oats, the heads of oats being extremely heavy, many 

 of them being eighteen inches long, and containing over 250 kernels. I 

 consider that I am better off with my i6o-acre farm than with my 800 

 acres in Dakota." 



All these settlers will be only too pleased to answer any letters of 

 enquiry they may receive regarding the district and to give any informa- 

 tion in their power. Letters to them should be at present addressed to 

 Strassburg Post Office, Assjniboia. 



PROSPECTS OF THE SETTLEMENT 



There is already an old established settlement of about one hundred 

 and twenty families in the district, and according to the Government 



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