The Yale expositor., 1907-11-01

before the present rush OF wheat to tho
market abates. The conversion of the
crop into money may be said TO be pro-
ceeding in most satisfactory way and
there is no doubt that millions OF dollars
VIII have gone into the pockets of the
farmers by the time navigation on the
lakes closes. Even then only a small
proportion Of the wheat will have come
out. Experience has shown that the rail-
ways do not carry very much of the
wheat to the Lake Superior ports before
the freeze-up comes. and the proper
ton will probably be smaller than usual
this year on account of the lateness of
the thrashing season.
ION the whole the prospect is a most
cheerful one, the likelihood being that
the satisfactory returns for the past few
days will be greatly exceeded In the COM
ing six or seven weeks. The fact that
wheat OF any kind Is bound TO bring a re-
munerative price this season is the com
forting feature of the situation and there
is no occasion for concern over the posi
siblity of the general quality OF the
grain being below that of previous years.
The high standard of the wheat raised
in the west in 19O5-19O6 was undoubtedly
n great advertisement for the country
and il would have been well IL that ex-
cellent record could have been continued,
but Il is not reasonable to expect that 30
per cent. Ol TIE Wlledl VIII De OF CONTRACT
grade every year as 1t was in the years
mentioned. If IS per cent or even SO
per cent OF this seasons yield be up
TO the contract standard there will be
from for Generalization. The west will
reap large return of its investment of
money. time and labor this year as IL did
in any preceding season, and by so do
ing it will have done its whole duty to
those who have placed faith in its fertil-
ity and resourcefulness The breathing
spell IL II comes will enable the transport
tatlon companies and other elements in
the trade of the country to catch up with
some OF their obligations and the i'm
provements effected by that means will
more than offset any inconvenience which
will result from relatively smaller
production. The general commercial out
look is bright enough and only depressing
factors are due to the position of few
communities widely separated in which
there is a small return from the crop.
1T is true the season has not been
so favorable as other seasons but this
condition Is widespread. The corn crop
in the states of the union, where Il Is
the premier crop of the farmers Is SUBJ
ject to frost. Frost has undoubtedly mate
rally reduced the total yield In places
this year. but after every allowance has
been made for this and other causes the
fact remains that the total grain in AL
berta will be the largest in history,
while in the other provinces the yield will
not fall far short of other years
1.-THE following extract from the Ed
monitor Bulletin fairly describes the sltu-
alton in Northern Alberta and Saskatche-
wan:
Cutting is practically completed, stack
ing is in progress in some places, thresh-
ing will commence at once. A few late
fields which were sown for green feed
are being cut this week. The grain Is all
in stock and everywhere the glow of au-
tumn mingles with the glow of harvest
A great number of the oat fields show the
typical yellow of well ripened grain. The
majority, however. are too pale yell
low TO Indicate full development and per-
feet ripening Some late oats will be fed
i'm the straw which Is held by good cattle
feeders to be the best way to feed oats.
In no year In the history OF the spring
wheat industry has there been better
growth and production of plant and IL
the crop ofp1907 had been favored with
more propitious condition during Septem-
her ali previous records OF wheat produce
ton In this country would have been
eclipsed On the farm known as the Mac
leod farm AZ miles northeast of the city
on the Fort Saskatchewan trail samples
Of Red Fyfe were taken that were uni
formly plump and hard and of excellent
color This field should run Is bushels to
the acre.