Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-27
CROP CONDITIONS IN wrS-
CANADA. <Aa

Lateness of Spring Overcome
ceIent Growing Summer Sac.
once more the farmers Of W.
Canada rest at ease and gror. ,e'n
while they slumber. Their seas. ''Ca
anxiety is over. For a time # Ioa,.
as though the backward season ,yos
once going to prevent the western ~ .''
try from maintaining its pre-eminan.
position as leader OF the grain prom'~
countries Of the world. The unnsnaS
lateness of the spring, coupled with 80
rapid advance in the price Of 60
staffs, gave the pessimists soma rooS'
for their gloomy forebodings o.a
among even the optimistic Western
imbued, as they usually are with
spirit Of buoyancy and hone tba.
commenced to glimmer a fear that ~,
haps this year their sanguine evnoa
tations were not to be realized ~
May day, when a large proportion y,
wheat has usually been sown the
was this year very little seeding dom
Finally, however, winter, which bo,
tarried so late in the lap of spring ~
all parts of the Continent vanished b.
fore the vertical rays of the sun ana
the hurry and hustle Of spring worb
commenced on the western prairIas
BY the goth of May So per cent q,
the spring wheat was sown and the fon
wheat in the districts devoted 10 u.
cultivation was covering the fields with
mantle of green. Wheat sowing An
ished on May Both, and by June 1Otb
the coarser grains were also in tha
ground. The heavy snowfall durin,
the winter left the ground in exoellAnt
shape when once seeding operation.
commenced, and from the time weathe,
conditions permitted the commence.
ment of work until planting was com.
pleted, the farmers were a busy class
The area In wheat Is not much larpar
than last year but oats, barley and fay
are much in excess Of past records. the
farmers deeming 1t wiser on account
of the lateness OF the season to put in
a heavier proportion of the coarser
grains From the most reliable reports
to hand it appears that the acreage "a
compared with 1906 will show an In.
crease of II per cent In oats, 10 per
cent in barley and IS per cent in fax.
Around Okotols, High River, Nan.
ton, Claresholm and other winter
wheat centers, IL the present weather
conditions continue, the winter wheat
will be in head by the middle Of July.
The backward weather in the early
part of May allowed the newly-sowa
grain to get a firm root in the ground
and now, with an abundance of m0is.
ture and warm weather, the growth Is
remarkable. All danger of injury from
droughts is practically over, as the green
crop covers the ground, retaining the
moisture required for its growth, and
preventing the too rapid evaporation
which might otherwise take place
Crops in Western Canada mature IN
one hundred days of good weather, and
as the weather conditions have been
ideal since seeding. and with spring
wheat now from II to IS inches above
the ground, full average crop is con-
fdently expected.
In addition to the cheering prospects
of this years yield the farmers are &c
be congratulated on the fact that they
still have in their possession five mil
lion bushels of wheat from last years
crop which they are now dispOsing Of
at high prices.
The splendid yield of 100000 bush
els of wheat raised in 1906 in the three
provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta, together with the almost
certain assurance that this year will
see a considerable increase, is, as In
the past, calling the attention Of the
world to the Last Best West" and
thousands from United States and the
agricultural districts of Europe are
each month securing free grant lands
or purchasing farms in the land which
has proved itself peerless among grain
growing countries of the world