Western Canada and its Great Resources
The Testimony of Settlers, farmer Delegates and high Authorities

11 AND ITS GREAT RESOURCES. Prince Albert vs. South Dakota. reJUm f°r y°Ur kindness in assisting us to get here, I drop you this ter to let you know how we are getting on since we left Brown county, South Dakota, n our way up we stopped two days at Regina, and the crops there were something enormous The Brown Bros, wheat went 58 bushels, Collins 52, and a German neigh- bour s went 56 bushels per acre ! oats 25 bushels. Roots and vegetables were astonishing । Here at Prince Albert crops are splendid : wheat 30, oats 60 bushels per acre, and not a particle of frost. I have cut and stacked a grand lot of hay since! came. We are haying a great deal of ram lately ; ground is now ploughing in fine shape. My nearest neighbour has just dug one acre of potatoes—yield, 400 bushels. J. Dalin, his family and car of stock have arrived all safe. They like this country very much. I have rented a fine farm five miles from town for one year ; will then go on my own claim. »Sinæ coinmg here I have been around a good deal, and every farmer I meet is in love with this country Cattle here are rolling fat, and bring good prices. The railroad ?? Vr£kt°n W11 b? fimshed next summer. I expect then to see a great rush of South Dakota farmers to this country, for I tell you it possesses wonderful advantages over South Dakota. Beautiful rivers and lake , first-class timber, lots of hay and grass an^iS?°kd S01} n ? 18 surPrising the number of South Dakota farmers that have settled here this fall from Brown, Edmunds and Faulk counties, and they are all writing back for their friends to come here and share the advantages of this country with them. 1 forgot to tell you that the weather is delightful; threshing going oÄ in every direction —eiO bushels to the acre—No. 1 hard. I am, yours truly, JAMES CAMERON. Prince Albert. What Mr. John Klein, of Warner, said. Sir,—Having been appointed by a large number of my neighbours to visit the Canadian North-west and to examine its agricultural resources, and report on my re- urn, 1 will say on the outset that we have been farming here in South Dakota for nine years, and between the repeated and almost total failure of crops, coupled with excessive takes and high rates of interest, and low prices of farm produce, we find it impossible to support our families here. Accordingly I left Aberdeen, 10th October arrived next day in Winnipeg, a fine city of 28,000 inhabitants, full of life and business i ™ WinniPeS w,est 1 Passed through Portage la Prairie, Brandon, Griswold, it( en, iloosomm, and such crops of wheat as I passed my eyes never saw before farmers were busy threshing out 30 bushels of wheat per acre, grading No. 1 hard’ and selling at 80 cents per bushel. All other grain crops were in proportion. As for roots and vegetables, they were simply wonderful! In due time I reached Prince Albert, a fine town on the Saskatchewan River, with a population of 1 100 Here everything seemed prosperous. I found that a number of South Dakota people settled liere this summer. After examining this district thoroughly I pronounce it a first class country for mixed farming, the soil being rich, and plenty of timber, water, grass and hay, and where good prices are obtained for all kinds of farm produce. Cattle are easily grown and bring splendid prices as compared with South Dakota. And I tell my friends I am coming to Prince Albert to make my home. And I tell them further that they will make no mistake if they do likewise. I heard of no chattel mortgages, or 2 per cent a month here. On the «contrary, farmers all seemed prosperous and contented all being m love with this country. Taxes are very low, and interest likewise • <’ood schools, churches, etc. The people I met were all civil and obliging, and gave me all the assistance possible to enable me to possess the information I was seeking. Small fruits grow in abundance ; fish in the rivers ; game in the bush. In conclusion, I tell my friends and neighbours that after a careful examination of the country, and for the above reasons, besides many others, that I and my family are going there to make our future home; and I tell all those in whose interest I examined that country that I