The Huttig news., 1907-11-02


 -..se.--se1 e'ossses. s1--.7..slon o4 '.-~ crop into money may be said to be pro- ceeding in a most satisfactory way and there is no doubt that millions of dollars will 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 propor- tion will probably be smaller than usual this year on account of the lateness of the thraShing season.
 "On 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 pos sibility of the general quality of the grain being below that of previous years. The high standard of the wheat raised in the west in 1905-1906 was undoubtedly a great advertisement for the country and it would have been well if that eX- cellent record could have been continued, | but it Is not reasonable to expect that 9O per cent of the wheat will be of contract 1 grade every year as it was in the years | mentioned. If 75 per cent. or even 50 per cent of this seasons yield be up l to the contract standard there will be from for congratulation. The west will | reap large return of it's investment or l money time and labor this year as it did l in any preceding season, and by so do- | ing it will have done it's whole duty to | those who have placed faith in it's fertil- 1 ity and resourcefulness. The breathing spell if it comes will enable the transpor- | tation companies and other elements in | the trade of the country to catch up with | some of their obligations and the im- provements effected by that means will | more than offset any inconvenience which l will result from a relatively smaller | production. The general commercial out look is bright enough and only depressing | factors are due to the position of a few | communities widely separated in which | there is a small return from the crop.
 ''It 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 1t Is the premier crop of the farmers is sub-
 ject to frost. Frost has undoubtedly mate
 rially 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 vii
 not fall far short of other years.
 'The following extract from the Ed
 monton Bulletin fairly describes the situ
 aton in Northern Alberta ard Saskatche
 wan:
 Cutting is practically completed, stack ing is in progress in some places, thresh ing will commence at once. A few lat | fields which were sown for green feet
 are being cut this week. The grain Is al
 in stock and everywhere the glow of au tumn mingles with the glow of harvest
 A great number of the oat fields show tn
 typical yellow of well ripened grain. Tn , majority, however, are too pale vel , low to indicate full development and per
 feet ripening. Some late oats will be fe in the straw which is held by good cattl feeders to be the best way to feed oats , In no year in the history of the sprin wheat industry has there been bette growth and production of plant and l . the crop of 1907 had been favored wit
 more propitious condition during Septem Der all previous records of wheat produo ton in this country would have bee | eclipsed On the farm known as the Mac g leod farm AZ miles northeast of the cit r on the Fort Saskatchewan trail, sample P of Red Fyfe were taken that were uni formly plump and hard and of exceller : color. This field should run 25 bushels 3 the acre.