Mr. S. G. Cowan says: "I usually thresh from 60 to 65 bushels of oats, 30 of wheat, and 60 of barley. Vegetables grow well, and it is no trouble at all to grow potatoes. My farm has been under crop nine years, and has never been frozen, snowed under, or hailed. I have kept 100 cattle and 100 hogs. I usually give them their growth on green feed, wheat, oats, and barley, and fatten them on grain. With a little to start on we have cleared $10,000 in a little over four years."
Chaplin.—J. R. Lowe has matured two crops of fodder corn, and he says there is little difference between it and what he grew in Minnesota.
Industries.—The remarkable growth of the several cities and towns is but one of many evidences of increasing agricultural prosperity. With the coal resources of the southeastern part of the Province utilized, and the opportunities in northern parts for getting cheap water, Saskatchewan's industrial opportunities are many.
There is a great demand for help of all kinds. With seven cities, thirty or more towns, and five hundred villages, many men are constantly required for building trades and municipal work. The 90,000 farmers want help to put in and farm their crops. Boards of Trade in every city and town are ready to give information about openings for investment and assistance in locating men. The experimental stage is passed and people are developing beautiful homes surrounded by fertile fields.
A healthy family from Nebraska, now living in Western Canada. Observe the height of the oats. The crop yielded 70 bushels per acre.
Cost of Farm Implements:
| Disc Drill (single to twenty double) | $ 96.00 |
| Mowers | 53.50 |
| Twelve in. Gang Plows | 82.00 |
| Binders, six-foot cut | 145.00 |
| Binders, seven-foot cut | 158.00 |
| Binders, eight-foot cut | 165.00 |
| Rakes | 35.00 |
| Gasoline Tractors (Case) | 2,480.00 |
| Gasoline Tractors (Nicols) | 3,665.00 |
| Gasoline Tractors (International) | 1,800.00 |
| Steam Tractors (Case) | 2,272.00 |
| Steam Tractors (Nicols) | 2,895.00 |
| Case Separator | 1,202.00 |
| Nicols Separator | 1,150.00 |
| International Separator | 1,280.00 |
Agricultural Cooperation.—The Provincial Government has established co-operation in creameries, elevators, telephone, hail insurance, agricultural societies and live stock. Five million dollars have been set aside for road improvements. The new agricultural college, with its 1,300 acre farm, costing one million dollars, is an evidence of public activity. The college has 100 students.
Temperatures and hours' sunshine in Saskatchewan ranged lower, and rainfall during the growing season higher, than the average for several years.