EXPERT OPINIONS 



LARGE AREA OF WHEAT LANDS. 



" The wheat-growing districts of Western Canada," says the Orange 

 Judd Farmer ', " are unrivaled in the production of grain. In these dis- 

 tricts there is length of season and ample rainfall to secure the crop under 

 ordinary conditions. During the year 1902, 50.7 per cent, ot all the 

 wheat officially inspected at Winnipeg graded No. i hard, and 30.6 per 

 cent. No. I. northern, making 81 per cent, of the total receipts falling 

 within the two highest market grades. During practically the same time 

 only i per cent, of the receipts at Minneapolis were No. I hard and 22 prr 

 cent. No. I northern, or 23 percent of the total receipts represented the 

 two highest gradings." 



WESTERN CANADA'S POSSIBILITIES. 



" The tide of immigration which is pouring into the northwestern 

 territories of Canada, and which is being very largely recruited in the 

 central valleys and northwestern states of this country," says B. W. Snow, 

 in Farm and Home, " makes a presentation of the agricultural possib.li- 

 ties of this new land of timely interest to American farmers. The charac- 

 ter of the winters may perhaps be best appreciated when it is understood 

 that cattle, both on the range and on the homestead, remain without 

 shelter the year round, and ordinarily without feed, except as they rustle 

 for themselves." 



SPYING OUT THE LAND. 



Three editors of the American Agriculturist recently made a 4,000- 

 mile tour through Manitoba, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and Alberta. 

 Their report of what they saw, after referring to the adaptability of 

 Western Canada for the growing of small grains, and to the excellence o/ 

 the stock, says : "Among the settlers are many from the United States. 

 Such rapid development as we saw is only possible in a country blessed 

 with a fertile soil and a prosperous people. The future of Western Canada 

 is full of promise. Rapid and substantial development is certain When 

 the newer parts of the United States were settled, they had much to con- 

 tend with. There were no railroads, consequently no markets. With the 

 settlers in Canada everything is different. Railroads have preceded them, 

 furnishing at once a market and means of securing the comforts of modern 

 farm life." 



A FEW PERTINENT QUERIES 



What is the average yield ? 



Wheat in the Strassburg, Assiniboia, section has been averaging over 

 thirty bushels to the acre the past four years twenty-five to thirty would 

 be a very conservative estimate. Oats from sixtv to one hundred bushels. 



How many acres can one man farm ? 



One man and four horses can easily farm 160 acres, with some extra 

 help in harvest time. 



Can an American own property without becoming a citizen of Canada ? 



Certainly. He must become a citizen only when he is a homesteader. 

 He may live on and farm purchased land without becoming a citizen, but 

 of course would have no vote in the elections. 



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