The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-07-25
CONDITIONS IN
WESTERN CANADA
Latsnsss Of Spring ovsreoms By -.
ceiisnt Growing Summer Season.

aNNNNfA ANANNNH lANWNAN aH
Once more the farmers Of Western
Canada rest AZ ease aud grow rich
while they slumber. Their season ~
anxiety is over For q time u looked
as though a backward season vas for
once going to prevent the western
country from maintaining its preemi-
nent position as leader Of the grain
I growing countries Of the world. The
unusual iateness Of the spring coupled
with the rapid advance 50 the price Of
food-stufs gave the pessimists some
reason for their gloomy f~OrebodiDgs,
and among even the optimistic West
erners imbued as they usually arc
with q spirit Of buoyancy and hope,
there commenced 20 glimmer a fear
that perhaps this year their sanguine
expectations were not to be realized
On May day when a large proportion
OF wheat had usually been sown there
was this year very little seeding done
Finally, however. winter which had
tarried 80 late In the lap OF spring IN
All parts OF the Continent vanished
before the vertical rays Of the sun.
and the hurry and hustle Of spring
work commenced on the western prai-
ries.
BY the goth Of May $50 Of the
spring wheat was sown and the fall
wheat Ia the districts devoted to its
cultivation was covering the fields
sith a mantle OF green. Wheat SOW
ing finished on May 80 and BY June
10 the coarser grains we're also IN
he ground. The heavy snowfall dur
nE the winter left the ground Ia excel
ent shape when once seeding opera
ions commenced and from the time
weather conditions permitted the com
mencement OF work until planting was
completed. the farmers were q busy
Glass. The area In wheat Is not
much larger than last year. but oats,
barley and fax are much IN excess Of
1ast records. the farmers deeming Il
wiser on account OF the lateness Of
he season TO put In 8 heavier proper
ion OF the coarser grains From the
most reliable reports 20 hand II ap-
pears that the acreage as compared
Eith 1906 viii show an increase Of 12%
n cats, 1870 In barley and 1876 In
Sax.
/, Around Akotoks, High River. Nan
; on. Claresholm and other winter
gheat centers. II the present weather
conditions continue, the winter wheat
gill be IN head by the middle Of Jul9.
/, The backward weather in the early
/ part Of May allowed the newly sown
r grain to get a firm root in the groand,
/, and now with an abundance Of moist.
, are and warm weather the growth S.
! remarkable. All danger Of injury
. from droughts is practically over IS
g he green crop covers the ground re
aiming the moisture required for its
|, growth and preventing the too rapid
: evaporation which might otherwise
. AXE place.
Crops In Western Canada mature IN
one hundred days Of good weather.
. snd as the weather conditions have
. been ideal since seeding, and with
= spring wheat now from IA TO is inches
above the ground. a full average croT
4 s confidently expected.
: In addition 10 the cheering pros
, poets Of this years yield the farmers
! are 10 be congratulated on the fact
! hat they still have In their possession
!, ive million bushels Of wheat from last
Fear's crop which they are now dis
posing OF az high prices
The splendid yield OF $4,000. 00l
bushels Of wheat raised in 1906 IN
g he three provinces Of Manitoba. Sas
. katchewan and Alberta, together viii
e he almost certain assurance that thi'
year win see a considerable increase
: Is. as On the past. calling the atten
I" lion 81 the world Of the Last Bes.
= West and thousands from the unltes
{ States and the agricultural district
, % Europe are each month securing
, free grant lands or purchasing farm.
l. Ia the land which has proved itsel
, peerless among the grain growing
e countries OF the world.