Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-28
Canadian Farmers Talking About IN
100000 Bushels Of Wheat

Canada is getting to be dar...
rival Of the United States in the o,so..S's
is to furnish all the wheat needed rs
Of wheat. The aim Of the growers th..,
England. II they succeed in this a.
VIII take from the United States ons !,
It's best Hour markets. Canada produce
SO, 900, 900 bushels OF prime wheat ~.
year. and the farmers are taxing .ssl h
100. 900. 900 crop this year. The Dornini.N'
now sends half Of her wheat TO Engs,s
and this proportion will increase az 49,
annual production grows in volume
The farmers OF the states have res.o.
to fear their northern neighbors IN n.
struggle for the privilege Of feeding En-,
land with its breadstuffs. The vesi,h !,
Canada lies in her almost limitless a,.',
In the western provinces, which main.
appears to have intended for the raisi,'
OF wheat. Figures make dull reads,
and those that must be employed in ,sT.
ing OF Canada's resources and possiblli,,
In this regard are 80 large as TO maxi :
difficult to grasp their real meani,,
Westward from the Province Of onts5s
there stretch the wheat fields OF Canaa
A person can ride for six days and IN
not get beyond the broad, never.endir1
patches OF beautiful green, which will s5os
take on the rich golden color Of ripAni-g
grain. For full 1900 miles in the dire.
ton Of the Pacific and 400 miles toward
the frozen north the wheat belt extends
The wheat growing areas comprise tbs
Province Of Manitoba and the four dis.
tricts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan
Alberta and Athabaska. These territories
contain $4,000, 900 acres OF land. Il is
estimated that 100, 600. 900 acres are Al
for wheat cultivation. This statement viii
be better understood when it is known
that this area is equal to that Of the states
of Minnesota, the two Dakotas. Wlscon.
sin. Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska and
two states the size Of Ohio. This section
Is one great continuous prairie, devoid Of
trees, so that no clearing Is necessary
The soil is rich black loan OF the kind
found in the best districts of Illinois and
Iowa. Everything is in readiness for the
pioneer. All he has to do is to turn
very thin sod with the pillow and SOW his
wheat. The whole country Is divided into
blocks. each containing $40 acres A
block Is called a section, and is divided
into four quarter sections 1t is necessary
for the Canadian farmer to get his wheat
into the ground at the first possible
moment in order to escape the fall frost
He will SOW when barely an inch Of ground
Is sufficiently thawed to allow the seed
to be covered. The hot sun forces the
grain with great rapidity. so that on July
l the plants measured as high as thirty.
flve and forty inches.
Some OF the well authenticated stories
regarding the yield OF wheat an acre are
so astounding as to challenge belief TAs
average yield during fourteen yeaE hs
been twenty bushels an acre, All tie
highest yearly average was a triis sS
than twenty-eight bushels. The aysng
wheat yield for ten years in Mantobl
which Is the banner wheat section
Canada, was. according to official hggrs
twenty-one bushels an acre, against III
for Minnesota and twelve for Kansas. Il
some sections OF Canada fifty-five BUSHES
an acre have been grown, and on The
government experiment farms as high Is
sixty bushels have been produced.