Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-13
FARMING IN ALBERTA.

In the Canadian district Of Calgary.
Alberta. there are some three million
acres Of land being reclaimed by irri-
cation.
This particular place. which * similar
20 others there which are better known
10 many people OF Utah. was visited re.
Gently by the editor Of the Prairie
Farmer This area Of land Is about 40
miles wide and $50 miles long. and the
soil is very rich. OF its proved produe-
tiveness the editor says;
Last seasons crops were the first
that Mr.. Trego harvested In Alberta.
With some reluctance he was made 70
confess that last year he harvested 10
acres OF oats that averaged 81 bushels
per acre. Thee z oats were sold for f3
cents a bushel. bringing him the gross
amount of S40.42 per acre for the first
crop on land that only cost him SIS an
acre To a large extent this yield was
due 20 the fact that the land II funda-
mentally rich and also 10 the fortunate
circumstance that he was able to get
water 20 Il through his irrigation ditch
es when II was needed
In another place, at Strathmore. the
editor saw some interesting examples OF
what can be accomplished by irrigation
In the growing OF vegetables. He found
some Of the largest and finest cabbages.
potatoes. oaulifowers. carrots. turnips,
onions and beets he had ever seen an
grown under irrigation.
The Canadian Pacific runs through
hundreds OF miles Of land suitable only
for dry farming because sufficient wa
ter for irrigation rs not to be had by
means OF dry farming In which the
land lies fallow every other season. there
were extensive areas being brought I'M
der tillage IN various localities. Much
OF the land being developed by irrea-
ton in western Canada is under the di-
rect ownership and supervision OF the
Canadian Pacific Contrary To the gem
ersl idea Of opening up new lands for
settlement. profit Is NOT the first consid-
GRAFTON in the Canadian Pacific irrlga-
ton blocks
u Is said that the managers. under
whose supervision these Immense areas
OF some 5000 square miles of agricui-
tural land rs being developed. are look
ing forward 90 the time when this o.
tire area viii be thickly populated With
owners of productive farms. who AZ
growing products which the railroad
VIII carry 90 market.
The railroad officials say they are not
concerning themselves with the posa
bic profit chat might b. made out Of
these lands They are content they
claim 90 place them upon the market
al practically cost for the sake of tho
business that win naturally come to
tho railroad IN additional traffic. and
which viii endure for time beyond
measure The great problem. they nnd,
is % convince the people OF the possi-
bihties of this country and set them
Interested in a. Tho railroads expect
to be- amply repaid ln the years 10 come
with the additional tranic that the
roads viii bc called upon 90 handle
For those who know how 90 handle
such lands and are willing 10 undergo
the labor and uncertainty of the fret
few years we have mo- doubt that seize
ing upon such opportunities as Alberta
and other places present will richly
pas in the end. al that may be- laid
out upon them iu the period 81 the
nrst struggle with these lands. though
they are new and must be worked UNI
der unfamiliar conditions
AN people love baublos, only their
tastes differ