SERING, Dr. Max
Dr. Max Sering (1857-1939) was a German agricultural economist who was sent by the Prussian government to visit various North American farms. He sailed on the German steamer "Werra", leaving Bremen on Feb. 11 and arriving in New York on Feb. 23, 1883. During the next six months he studied North American agriculture and colonization schemes; then reported his findings to the Prussian government.
One of the farms that he visited that summer was the Bell Farm at Indian Head - then into its first full year of operation. In 1887 Max Sering published a book that further discussed his observations.
During his 1883 tour of the West, in company with Mr. D. Eberhard, Sering noted that wages were lower that summer because of a noticeable increase in Irish immigration. That tour was reported in the July 12 issue of the "Regina Leader", indicating approximately when these two men would have visited the Bell Farm.
SOURCES:
"Regina Leader": 12 July 1883, p. 4 - Sering and Eberhard tour.
German Text: https://books.google.ca/books?id=0e5mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA435&lpg=PA435&dq=%22cgl+kelso%22&source=bl&ots=nTJBAyRTFH&sig=NmoDmGm2-U_WcNRyT-mHmatUSds&hl=en&ei=M0zgTc7cJszogAe59sTyCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=cgl%20kelso&f=false
German Translations by: Heather Korvemaker, Regina, Sask. - Jan. 16, 2020
Photo: University of Berlin "A German on the Prairies: Max Sering and settler colonialism in Canada", by Robert L. Nelson , 2014 - click here
"Learning Empire: Globalization and German Quest for World Status, 1875 - 1919 ", 2019 - by Erik Grimmer-Solem
"Legacies of Violence: Eastern Europe’s First World War - article: Utopians of Open Space", by Robert L. Nelson
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask., and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.