Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21
WESTERN GANADA'S 1903 CROP
WILL GIVE TO THE FARMERS or
WEST A SPLENDID RETURN.

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The following interesting bit OF in
formation appeared in a Montreal
paper:
Last December, in reviewing the
year 1907, we had to record a wheat
harvest considerably smaller in vol
ume than in the previous year. Against
ninety millions in 1906 the wheat crop
of the West in 1907 only totaled some
seventy-one million bushels, and much
Of this of inferior quality. But the
price averaged high, and the total re-
suit to the farmers was not unproft-
able. This year we have to record by
| far the largest wheat crop in the coun-
try's history. Estimates vary as to
the exact figure, but 1t is certainly not
less than one hundred million bushels,
and in all probability it reaches one
hundred and ten million bushels. The
quality, moreover, is good, and the
price obtained very high, so that in
all respects the Western harvest Of
1908 has been a memorable one. The
result upon the commerce and finance
of the country Is already apparent.
The railways are again reporting in
creases in traffic, the general trade of
the community has become active
after twelve months quiet, and the
banks are loosening their purse strings
to meet the demand for money. The
prospects for 1909 are excellent. The
credit of the country never stood as
high. The immigrants of 1907 and 1908
have now been absorbed into the in
dustrial and agricultural community,
and wise regulations are in force to
prevent too great ar influx next year.
Large tracts of new country will be
opened up by the Grand Trunk Pacific
both in East and West. If the seasons
are favorable the Western wheat crop
should reach one hundred and twenty
million bushels. The prospects for
next year seem very fair" An inter-
esting letter is received from Cardston,
Alberta (Western Canada, written to
an agent of the Canadian Government,
} any of whom will be pleased to advise
correspondents of the low rates that
) may be allowed intending settlers.
"Cardston, December 21st, 1908.
| Dear Sir: Now that my threshine
is done, and the question What VIII
2 the Harvest Be- has become a Ger
: tainty, l wish to report to you the re
suits thereof, believing it will be of in
|, terest to you. You know | am only
t a novice in the agricultural line, ant
I do not wish you to think | am boastint
0 because of my success, for some OF m!
l neighbors have done much better thai
/ have, and | expect to do much bet
" ter next year myself, My winter wheG
went SO bushels per acre--and graded
No. 1. My spring wheat went 4Sa
bushels per acre, and graded No.
j., My oats went 81 bushels per acre, an
are fine as any oats l ever saw. M,
stock is all nice and fat, and are on
I in the field picking their own tire
square meals a day. The weather /
nice and warm, no snow-and yer
4 little frost. This, in short, is an idea
country for farmers and stockme1
The stock requires no shelter or viii
ter feeding, and cattle fatten on thi
grass and make the finest kind Of bee
4 better than corr fed cattle in Ill
= Southwestern Alberta will Don
re known as the farmers paradise; and
Fl am only sorry I did not come here fly
G. years ago. Should a famine eve
strike North America, will be anon
the last to starve-and you can com
on that.
81 thank you for the personal assis
ID ance you rendered me while comir
in here, and l assure you | shall n
If soon forget your kind Offices"