Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-22


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snd sttnhs out peapia musi bs vel.
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Enabled e. en- ot at least ths comforts
q life n our citizenship tho source
y all political roest in ffes rrpuh
iic iite ours is ~ be pure and uniu'
paired hy unhsalthfnl conditions o. &
should be. the heads IT families must
have an opportunity to earn suoura
above the actual expenses of llvlnr 10
enable thsm 10 educate their childtea
and 20 ptnpsfl, prepare them fof The
duties II American Citifeuship
Peril IN Canadian Situation.
Comparatively few Of our protIe
are acquainted with the agricultural
situation as u EXISTS today They de
not kuow ~ tho vast region % country
lyiur te the northwest - us. which is
most tsvofably adapted 70 The growth
Il American cereals not only. but o.
the successful growing of fruit dairy
aud orchard products as well
The vast provinces ~ Manitoba
Saskatchewan. Alberta ami British Ca.
umbia have sufficiently large area
u rich and fertile coil 10 feed tbe
world II need be-. n reaches over SEQ
miles 70 the northwest ~ Winnipeg
and contains over 200 000 600 Of acre.
The soil has a depth Of from eighteen
inches 20 two feet Of black loan uf
marvellous fertility which viii grow
bountiful crops for at least twenty
possibly thirty years without the oN.
psnditure ~ a dollar Tor fertilizers
This vast region Of territory he "a.
yored not only BY It's natural richness
In fertility but by a most delightful
climate Within its limit will some
day be grown over 5000 900 600 bush
els ot wheat and other cereals.
The prevailing impression abroad
Is that the further north you GO the
colder and more severe a climate you
must contend with This is a mistake.
You can 60 500 miles northwest Of
Winnipeg and see a country whose
climate soil and natural productive.
ness will produce most of the farm
products grown In Pennsylvania. This
may seem startling. but an sxamina-
ton into the facts as they are will
hnd this statement correct. II is true
that spring seeding In this region can
not be completed before May. and
therefore the shortness OF the season
would seem TO operate unfavorably
toward the growing and maturing of
the crop, but such is not the fact The
one factor which operates strongly In
favor of the growing OF cereals and
other crops is the length OF the days.
Gain Day Week.
"In the United States we have only
about sixteen hours of daylight dur
ing the summer, while the region Of
which l speak has about nineteen
hours Eight hours of darkness has
much more OF a check upon the growth
Of plant life than FIVE hours. There is
a gain of about day OF sunshine in
their favor every week during the
summer months.
Railroads are being extended into
all sections OF this region. The compe-
tition among these, which is practi.
cally guaranteed under existing laws
in the Dominion OF Canada. will in all
likelihood secure and continue rea
sonable transportation rates.
Grain elevators and warehouses ars
springing up all over western Canada
According to a list furnished quite
recently by the Manitoba grain inspec-
tors division, Manitoba has 6S5 eleva.
tors and twenty warehouses. with
capacity OF over 81 ZOO 600 bushels
Saskatchewan has sos elevators and
eight warehouses. with a capacity OF
nearly 100000 bushels Alberta has
109 elevators and six warehouses. with
a capacity OF nearly 100000 bushels
and British Columbia has three eie
vators and two warehouses, VITA .
capacity of about 276 600 husae'5
Thus it is shown that these four g.un
Canadian provinces alone have e.avr
tors and warehouses already with a
capacity Of about 100000 bushel
To these could be added the Onaria
Terminals elevators. with capacity
of nearly GcOO.0 900 bushels.
Immense Crop Reports.
According TO the report Of the de
partment of agriculture of Manitoba,
the $4,000 farmers of that province
raised about 100000 600 bushels of
wheat last year: over 100000 bush
els of oats; nearly 100000 bushels
of ha rIay and A9S OOO bushels of lag
rye and peas. A total grain crop Of
almost 100 100000 bushels in a vor'
unfavorable year The spring was e.
tremely cold and consequently una
sually late.
ITO this can be added over 100000
huehoIs of pofatnas. paarlv 19O "a