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Show OPINION OF THE EDITOR OF THE "NEBRASKA FARMER." He Expresses His Approvst of American Amer-ican Emigration to Csnsds. During the winter months the bead of the family consults with the other members as to the prospects for oho future, snd doubtless one of the most ; interesting topics discussed Is that of moving to some district where It Is I possible to more easily secure what I is necessary for a comfortable exist- enre, where It Is an easy matter to , become possessed of sufficient farm lend to Assure a competence for Ihe i future. This, not only Interests the , head of the fAmlly, but every Indl- . vlduAl member of IL , Having before me the knowledge j where he can secure a home with the expenditure o( but Utile mono. It Is well for him to obtain all informs- ' Hon possible regsrdlng the product- ', Ivencse of the land In the country that he may select. For several years past a large number of Amerlcsns hsve removed to Western Canada, And aa nearly as It can be Ascertained Ascer-tained almost All of those have expressed ex-pressed themselves satisfied with the conditions that exist there. During the paat summer a number of the editors ed-itors of fsrm papers throughout the United States made a personal visit on a tour of Inspection and tho reports re-ports of these gentlemen prove Interesting Inter-esting reeding. Mr. II. K. Heath, editor ed-itor of the "Nebraska Farmer," a paper enjoying a wide circulation as well as the confidence of Ha subscribers, sub-scribers, After giving some IiIoa ot the extent of this wonderful country says: "Western CsnAda Is the Inst uav ocrupled And unimproved good agricultural agri-cultural land In America available tday." Ha then dlsrussnn Its possibilities for raising live stock and the AdvAA-tAgcA AdvAA-tAgcA It possesses for dairying, farming farm-ing And wheat growing. And says, "What has boon ssld about the country coun-try as to the abll.ty of the soil, the ylold of wonderful crops of wheat, la quite Justified." To quote further from Mr. Hosth, he AAys, referring to climate: "These people (skeptlcsl ones) do not know or realize thAt Altitude more than latitude nial'cs cllmAtes; thAt lArge bodleg of WAlor, both fresh And salt, thnt never froeie over, exert ex-ert A wonderful Influence on cllmste. Anothor Influence on climete, more potent than those named above, which applies more to the Alberta district, la thn warm Chinook breoxe from the Pacific ocoan, which Is GOO or 7iK) miles nearer than Colorado or Wyoming, besides the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain range Is not nearly so high dot half so far from tho ocean aa It Is down In the States. "In flintier considering the climate of the CanadlAn prairies, we should not lose sight of the fact ot the Influence In-fluence of the rains; the tolsl average aver-age rainfall for the aeAson to but 1S.SS Inches for the territories, end 171 Inches In Manitoba, and thAt the AmottntA falling between April 1st And October 1st Are roipectlvely (.IS Inches snd 1 2.87 Inches or About three-fourths three-fourths of ths entire rainfall. From the middle ot June to the middle of July there are over two hours more daylight In every twonty-four hours thau there Is In Nebraska. The main reason why Western Canada whoat trows to such perfection is tho effect of solir light, or longer period of sunshine sun-shine It gets each duy. This Is what makes seeds or g,aln more perfect, grown in this country than elsewhere. This extraordinary rapid growth of vegetation under the Influence of this long continued sunshine excoeds aay-thlng aay-thlng known In lnwor latitudes, "We do not wish It understood that wheat alone Is the main product ot this country; It leads In that, yet It Is destlred to become famous for Its oat- , tlo, horses snd sheep and for Its dairy products. We saw more end lArger bands of cattle snd sheep grsilng la AsslnlbolA And Alberta than we ever saw on the . western plains ot the United Btales. One band of cattle numbering (.000 head wero grating oa the rich grass, snd sheep without number." num-ber." The government of the Dominion ot Canada Is still using the same energetic ener-getic efforts which have been used for the past 6 or yoars to Battle up these western pralrlos, and on Application 5 to any Agent of tho Cnuadlau Govern- ' nient the settler will ba able to secure i a certificate entitling him to a lew rate which will give blm the oppor- tunlty of visiting any portion of Cab- Y Ada 'a grain producing doruAlo. 1 |