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Farm Homes(or ThousandsInthe world's --over 1,000,000 Acres 01 virgin Prairie Lano-Ricn, Black Loam on Clay subsoil. Tha foffewfng ytolda wr made last ysar at the Dominion Expert* mental Farm! WHEAT71 varieties tested days to mature, 103 to 108 yields ranged from 82 to 67 bushels to the acre. BARLEY30 varieties tested days to mature, 88 to 83 yields ranged from 89 to 68 bushels to the acre. OATS63 varieties tested days to mature, 99 to 103) yields ranged from 130 to 147 bushels to the aore. PEAS67 varieties tested days to mature, 103 to 113 yields ranged from 06 to 66 bushels to the acre. FODDER CORN34 varieties tested planted In May and out In Sep- temper helghth from 127 to 138 Inches) yield ranged from 24. to 36 tons to the aore. MANGLES5 varieties tested planted In May and pulled In October yield ranged from 913 to 1,023 bushels to the aore. TURNIPS29 varieties tested planted In May and pulled In Ootober yield ranged from 1,165 to 1,368 bushels to the acre. CARROTS20 varieties tested yields ranged from 413 bushels to 429 bushels to the acre. 0 POTATOES89 varieties tested planted In May and gathered In Oc- tober yields ranged from 591 to 646 bushels to the acre. The test plots were all uniform In site, and the yields were not the result of luck or chance, but of Intelligent cultivation. These experiments show the possibility of the Saskatchewan soil under proper cultivation. Wh y Pay Rent fVfl IT I f* 7 \f\ lWsilfP " **t/ * * ./ H * * lClUC 1 lllCj the cost and where farming can be done more easily and cheaply? Tpfip Tf*|VPtt01 '* ** IVfll/V 1*5 tllP TTifTIP til RlV IIUTV 14 TIckAC lSlAf 11 JSUCO 11UI world at from $5 50 to $7 S0:per acre on EASY TERMS. , : ^ ^-'^ THE SA SKA TO HE WA N VALLE Y LAND COMPANY. Ltd. C * " - CO Mil has awakened. No land movement in the history of this country has equaled in magnitude the tremendous immigration General Offices: 305 Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minn. v $S* ' 3-*M -^f i O lilC 1 1111C I U LIU J These lands will advance tremendously by spring. There can beno question about this. This is your opportunity. It's up to you whether you will take advantage of this opportunity and make these big profits or let some one else have them. JJT ^j 4~ i is ,_, J ^ **y *3 ^""3 &" v4 \* i*scl^ A-i St it-i *?--? *V*y k %:Ly i~M* Kg* *M* -* when you can at from $5.50 ^n^ W*^ of settlers that is now rushing into this fertile district. These lands will double and treble in price, and the investor who buys land now will be sure of a large advance. re q uir e much thought or money to take advantage of this opportunity.NOW. It is"briefly statedthe finest farming land in the * IWAH ^CSUC m get the best prairie land in the world that will produce 40 to 50 bushels of wheat to the acre? Selling to $7.50 per acre. Small cash payment, balance in 5 years at low rate of-interest. anc^s7 a ^ - IVIsap* , l=rio and Full Information. BREAKING SCENE ON OURLANDS. *anc* Prfitable A1 n t cos t"d la an absolutely safe investment for his idle money. This great "Sleeping Empire" n ma T ^ s ^ ccn R t ^ t country is at its best. Land is selling rapidly and settlers are rushing in. y- i* ~% 4 t 0 ^ Pe r w 3k3 BUY ~ji$^jk2i#^J'^* ac e w ^ aTFir c n ^g^'v MiJ^te yu ca Our land is part of the celebrated Indian Head Wheat District. From a long list of yields last year in that district, furnished us by Supt. Angus Mackay, of the Dominion Experiment Farm at Indian "Head, we se- lect the following: n 4 i * t* NAME. W. B. Motherwell Wm. Clements.... B. Johnston ..... James Reynolds.. S.KelU........ .. J. H. Pearce T. B. Brown..... C. E. Cullum. B. Alexandere ... . buy mor productiv7 e lan.d at one-eight0h5550554578,372,75 s "*.? to 0 OB a 3 to" OB 1,248 1,200 1,960 4,500 1,620 3,600 1,350 5,000 810 5.016 1,880 2,117 24 25 40 52 48 49 45 40K 45 45 30 54 38 4 43 ioo 40 80 30 100 15 182 40 49 Geo. Hyde..... T. Liringstone F. W. Seymour H. Dorrell..... A. Moffat B. O. Miller... John Bouatt.. T. E. Jackson. A. Kindred ... T. E Jackson. ^*frawi&' NAME. i I )S& ^ If a 705 9,000 15 32,000 3,760 2,160 600 500 1,800 2.750 47 SO 180 500 80 45 12 10 40 1,880 44 47 48 50 50 45 40 47 55 50 I J it, I 1 in 1 f { *i lj H , / ' * :* -* &j