The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-29
CROP CONDITIONS In
WESTERN CANADA


LaienesE Of Spring Ovefeoma py E~
eelleat Growing Summer Season.
Once more the farmers Of Western I
Canada rest at ease and grow rich
while they slumber Their season Of
anxiety is over, For g time It looked
as though q backward season was for
once going to prevent the western
country from maintaining it's preeml-
nent position as leader Of the grain
growing countries Of the world. The
unusual lateness Of the spring coupled
with the rapid advance in the price OS
food.stuffs gave the pessimists some
reason for their gloomy forebodings'
and among even the optimistic West
crnerg imbued as they usually are
with a spirit Of buoyancy and hope,
there commenced to glimmer fear
that perhaps this year their sanguine
expectations were not to be realized.
On May day when large proportion
Of wheat had usually been sown there
was this year very little seeding done.
Finally, however, winter which had
tarried SO 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 s5s5 Of the
spring wheat was sown and the fall
wheat in the districts devoted to Its
cultivation was covering the fields
with mantle Of green. Wheat SOW
ing finished on May 80 and BY June
10 the eoarser grains were also IN
the ground. The heavy snowfall dur
Ing the winter left the ground in excel
lent shape when once seeding opera
tions commenced and from the time
weather conditions permitted the COM
/ mencement Of work until planting was
completed, the farmers y2ere q busy
class. The area in w.4eat Is not
much larger than last year, but oats,
barley ard fax are much in excess OF
! past records, the farmers deeming It
wiser on account OF the lateness Of
the season to put in heavier proper
ton of the coarser grains From the
most reliable reports to hand it ap-
pears that the acreage as compared
with 1906 will show an increase Of 1870
In oats, 1879 in barley and 1879 in
fax.
Around Akotoks, High River, Nan
ton, Claresh0lm and other wirteT
wheat centers. If the present weather
conditions continue. the winter wheat
win be in head by the middle Of July
The backward weather in the early
part Of May allowed the newly sowr
grain to get firm root in the ground
and now with an abundance Of moist
ure and warm weather the growth is
remarkable. All danger Of injury
from droughts is practically over al
the green crop covers the ground re
taining the moisture required for 1T
growth and preventing the too rapiG
evaporation which might otherwise
take place.
Crops in Western Canada mature il
one hundred days Of good weather
and as the weather conditions have
been ideal since seeding, and witt
spring wheat now from Il to is inches
above the ground, full average crol
Is confidently expected
In addition to the cheering pros
poets Of this years yield the farmers
are. 10 be congratulated on the fac
that they still have in their possession
five million bushels Of wheat from las
years crop which they are now dis
posing Of at high prices.
TIE splendid yield Of 100000
bushels Of wheat raised In 1906 Il
the three provinces Of Manitoba, Sas
katchewan and Alberta, together wit
the almost certain assurance that thi
year will see a considerable increase
Is, as In the past. calling the after
tion Of the world Of the Last Bes
/ West. and thousands from the Unite
States and the agricultural district
Of Europe are each month securin
free grant lands or purchasing farm
in the land which has proved itsei
peerless among the grain GROWN
countries Of the world.