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Show IOWA PEOPLE OO TO CANADA Ha Ultra n rrm wtlh rrneeede frnm Two-Third of Oaa Croft W. It, Jlllburn, John Holmes, M. It, Dagger, K. I. Stetson, ot Iluena Vista county, loan, report as follows of the Canadian North-West as to Iti suitability suit-ability for farming and the adran-taxes adran-taxes It offers to tho agricultural lin- I migrant from tho United States; "We came hero solely to look up Improved Im-proved farms and, If suitable, to select se-lect such as pleased us best. Wo hare not visited tho homestead districts at all, though we bellevo them to bo very inviting. Our Inquiries have been confined aolely to the district around llartney. Dcloratnn and towards the Bourla Hirer In Manitoba. Our Impressions Im-pressions of all that region are In every way satisfactory, and we havo decided to go back to Iowa at once, and. havlnauUlsnassd.at.iiuraavaral Interests there, to return to Manitoba . In tho month of March next, and, ef- ffjt letting our purchase of Improved IT farms, which we find wo can do at F1 reasonable rates, Immediately begin f farming. We are greatly pleased with ,' all that we hnve seen In that part ot 'Western Canada. The aoll we find to be more tlinn equal to that of our own country tor wheat-growing, and tho other conditions ot climate, schools, markets, etc, are all that we could wish for "To show what an energetic man can dn we may mention that we found 1 one such at Harlney who had rented a farm on shnrcs. receiving two-thirds ' ot the returns na his share ot the , crop When he came to tell hit own j produce be found that his two-thirds, f when converted Into cash, waa enough i to buy the farm he rented out and 6 out, which he accordingly did, and ft . nor Ila oner. It It our Intention to ft Induce na many of our frlendt at pot-E pot-E tlble. who are prac Ileal farmers, to reft re-ft tnovo from Iowa to thla country, (L where we believe there la a better ff future for the Industrious man than I Is now to be found anywhere on this r continent. We are well known In our , part of the slate ot Iowa, and we In-V In-V vlte correspondence from Its residents c In all parta with regard to thla region re-gion ot Western Canada which we I have visited, and In which wo Intend , to return," |
