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Show A FORMER AMERiCAN SAYs Doubled Tbolr Cultivated Lol, More Than Doubled Their Stock. The following' letter, written by Mr John Cuinmings of Wetaskiwin bei'ta, Canada, formerly of Washing ton, to a friend in the United States Is only one of a hundred similar cas ' and what was done by Mr. Cummin ' can more easily be done today by ail good, sober and industrious farmer who chooses to make his horns In the dominion. Dear Sir: You want to know how I got along since I came into Nonlleva Alberta. I am happy to Inform you that I am not ashamed to tell. ' We located live miles northeast of Wetaskiwin; left Farmrngton, Yvash on the 2'Jth day of May, drivlug all tu'j way. 'e had time to bulla 0ur log house the first fall, ana to make us comfortublo for the family aa(, stock. We then built four stables, ijs JO inside, so that we could put every, thing inside them when the cold got down to the fifties, and worked bard getting up the stables, and got through dubbing on the 1st of December; but to our surprise, we had no use for the stables only for the milk cow and two spans of horses. The balance of ths horses lived on the prairie all winter and took care of thamselves. The doors' of two stables were left open for them to go into in a cold time, but they would not do it, but stayed out on tiio prairie the coldest night we had and looked as spry ns crickets. I can go ten rods back of my house and count ten residents. I know all of thoir circumstances. Every one of them have doubled their cultivated land, and doubled their animals, and a great deal more. All of us are comparatively com-paratively out of debt and an Unusual-ly Unusual-ly big crop to thresh and prospects of a fair price, and I expect we are as well contented a lot of people as there is to be found from Florida to the Klondike. My son bought two pounds of twine to the acre, and when we started to bind some barley we found tbat In-stead In-stead of taking two pounds to the acre, it was taking nearly five pounds. Then you ought to have seen him hitch up a team and make for town for 100 pounds more. I cannot say how it will thresh. All I can say is that it ia well-headed, and takes an enormous amount ot twine. A piece of fiction entitled "The Killing Kill-ing of the Mammoth," published in Mc-Clure's Mc-Clure's some months ago, was taken by many readers as a record of fact--as much to the surprise as to theregretol the editors. In the present number, Mr. Frederick A. Lucas, of the National Na-tional Museum, gives us "The Truth About the Mammoth;" and tho truth, as Mr. Lucas, out of his ample scientific knowledge, presents it, is so extremely interesting that even those who were most misled by the inventions of the story writer will feel that ample amends are here made. |
