The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-04

rope nc invasion OF Canada by
American Farmers"-"A Thousand
Miles on Horseback Across the Do.
minion Provinces" Etc, Etc.
N0tsoyery many years ago the major
iiy OF people in the United States
laughed at the prediction that the day
VAS coming when Western Canada
would far Outstrip this country in
the raising of Erain--whcn, in other
words, il would become the great
bread.baskct Of the world. During the
past three 0r four years the enormous
production Of grain in the Dominion
West has thinnod the ranks Of those
who doubted the destiny Of Canada $
vast grain growing regions. the crops
VI this year will disp"l the doubts Of the
remaining few From Winnipeg
westward to the foothills of Alberta,
over a country nearly thousand
miles In width, the grain production
this year will be something to almost
alagscr the belief of hose hundreds
OF thousands Of American farmers
whose average yield o. not more than
from ten to fifteen bushels Of wheat
To the acre. and who are finding that
their product is also outclasscd in
quality by that Of their northern
h'.Hlbnrs,
The enormous grain crop Of this
Year IN the Canadian West may truth.
fully De said To- hr the production "
% !"w pioneers Only o small per.
c.u'19n of the unHuMbercd millions
of acres If grain land are under cult.
walton, notwithstanding the fact that
tens Of thousands OF nomrstcads were
taken up last year. And vet when
ali iur f-uros are iu. ~ will be found
that the settlers Of the western prai.
r.ua have raised this year more than
l"5,oO0OOO bushels Of wheat 100000
unu bushels OF outs and $4,000 600
bushels Of barley Il has been = FOR.
tune making year" for thousands Of
American farmers who two or three
years ago owned hardly more than the
clothes upon their bucks. and whose
hummer grops from rlr,ir bnnagtnods
wifi Weld them This g.3spp ,pvwboro
from 81 500t, 50 -OO r,cb pnrr money
than many ur tErm have spon nj one
tiuo I'm nh thoi. Iiyrs
yor,. ra,or,Iv r,esod ,broucb ,bo
wr.,crn nrovinces from, N,Iurinrv IN
CALGARY apd IN the words nj , follow
tonrnr who was ,gtorishod hy
whar no saw firm, tbc car Windows in
Nari,ob, vo yrorc ,ro,o,,borioo,,,.
sro1l,irr IN a Gland NJ mn ord
honey" Tho ,o,,,,,,, NC o,,, ,,ra,,
swo,n or rirerIrg or,I, I, Foot on
enormous v,ae tho cr,r tt,,t NJ tho
time tbcro vrre proyc doubte Il. IN
tho uossibiIitv or CUTTING ENOUGH
KINDER THYME no GI-ppty THE
DrNIkND si,rotion Tho tbis has
ncv,r hrrore Lonp kpov,p In tho oeri.
ruItproI history Of ory ,r,r,ry
D,for, uodc. nv frs, trim ,brorrb
the Dominion wcst dopbtad worry
much tho stori,s TINT ! b.d hoard -,
This eo.calrad "proip wonderland"
across tho harder believed as nm.
numbered thousands OF Others be.
lieycd. that the stories we're circulated
mostly to induce immigration. quick.
~ found that | was wrong. As one
Alberta farmer said TO me a few
weeks ago. IF the whole truth were
told about this country | don't SIN.
nose YOU could find one American in
ten who would believe IT,"
This wear the prospocts Of the
wheat crop of Saskatchewan. Mani.
toba and Alberta are an average Of
over TWENTY. FIVE BUSHELS TO
TIE ACRE. and that this grain ia
far superior TO that raised in the
states is proved by our own govern.
mcnt statistics which show that
American milIcrs are importIng mil.
lions of bushels of h Canadian hard"
TO mix with the home product in order
that THIS HOME PRODUCT MAY
BE RAISED TO THE REQUIRED
STANDARD II Is n pcculiar feet that
while the Dominion Government is
anxious for fits western provinces TO
I'll M with the very hest of imml.
grants, there has been no blatant or
sensational advertising OF those lands.
For this reason Il is probable that not