The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-18
Agricultural Department
CONDUCTED BY Fu LToN s. WHITE

and more grass We must ahve all these i before our country becomes prosperous Canada is also great sheep country Sheen. too, are very profitable They will enrich the soil and keep up the growth of grasses and clovers
 Tn the south we should have fewer dogs and more sheep. Sheep are worth great deal more than the worthless CUTS 50 commonly seen all over the country Clear up our hilly brush lands, set them to grass and grow sheep. This Is an other road to prosperity for our south ern farmers.
 Hogs Grown Extensively. Hogs are also grown extensively and at A good profit But a question here sug- eests itself which is can Canada, with her short summers and long winters grow these things cheaper than we can in the south? There is no reason why she should and the only reason why she Is doing so is because her people have been educated to do these things and they are willing to do them.
 Canada Ia a great potato producing country The poultry business is also something wonderful It is a good thing , Uncle Sam has put duty on all Can ada products or the Canada hen might put the Missouri hen out of business, But the Canada hen cannot beat the | of her fine dairy cows and sheep, but when it comes to the hen, the Missouri hen can show up with any of them. In 1904 the Missouri hens did a business of s76. .000000. This Is a record hard to beat Buckwheat Is another great crop and the crop this year Is fine Then there Is a large line of other profitable crops such as vegetables and fruits. 1 was greatly astonished to see pee~i trees loaded with flnef ruit. The apple crop Is better than it Is in our country. Then there are plums in great abundance. also entrants, gooseberries and strawberries But as I said before, 1t Is astonishing what crops of Irish potatoes are grown. There is as yet a vast area of country that Is undeveioped. This land would have to be tiled, drained and much of 1t cleared of a heavy growth of timber. Sec tions of the country are but sparcaly settled as yet Canada is a tremendous country in area. To give the reader some
 idea of how thinly western Canada is set tied, I will mention a circumstance tlht occurred some time ago. Two friends of mine moved to this country l chanced to meet one of them and made inquiry for the other. He replied that he was his near set neighbor. I asked him how close tais other man lived to him. The answer was, "Only 800 miles across the bay" Much of Canada Is fine grazing coun- try ana many rancn CaItie. Alen lToIl tnt states are there with their herds. Farm CTS everywhere were busy on their farms making hay. thrashng grain, putting bl tile drainage clearing and breaking lands and hauling manure from their lots and from the towns I was surprised to see how much fertilizer they were using and to see what great crops of clover they were turning under to enrich the soil thought all the time of the wonderful diff ference between these people and our nighbors on the south. But perhaps after all the Mexicans may be the best con tented. The farms, houses, barns and general Improvements all bear evidence that these people work twelve months in the year.
 But I must 'nave this beautiful coun- try and get ba k into our own. which foI prosperity is unexcelled by any in the world.
 Preparation of esed Beds. I have had a number of requests to write a detailed line of information on the preparation of seed beds for various grains and grasses I have covered this matter In my booklet, Improvement of Grains and Cultivation of Soils" In fact the reader can set information here whict if followed will lead him on to success and any of our readers can have a copy
 of this bulletin, simply for the asking However, there Is much that can be add ed to what has been written In this bulle- tin. and I will take 1t up at as early date as possible.