New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-16

Insurance. obtainable- Verify the de-.,..
blossom under an irrigation ditch 80
increase in the annual harvest il 49, az I.
ward for the work Of watering.
This land. so long neglected bv a.
seeker. is becoming the mecca for
settlers Last year more Arnerie,-
said. went to Southern Alberta thsr
other section in Canada. or eve,
section OF its size on this contineps q
Immigration officials believe. is onl- !. .sa
ginning Of what viii prove a record.
in the way OF permanent settlemess
West. IL not I'm the world So wow.
attractive are the tales told BIZ
come and see and conquer, that ever,
fed settler becomes a booster.
What adds to the general prosper;w
rapid development Is the charaesa-
men coming In. They are largely 49,
American West. They have besn
toned to similar conditions Ttey 4.
ind themselves almost iuimed,a+.s
short they are excellent citizens. A.
make good.
In all the Western provinces the
own and operate the telephones ~,
farmer Is no longer Obliged to Ifvs g
lated and lonely life. Thev have tbos.
phones. their motor cars. schooI,
churches and they 20 to California
winter-those who live IN the sewers
mates. The days Of drudgery are =
Machinery does most OF the work -
ventfeth century farmer.
Ten years from row, Canadians esr.-
the West will be yielding 5o8.oea.s8 t.,s.
Z - q sa <.-ff7
make uu the shortage in the states -
Canadian wheat field as tested ana \.
out. is three hundred miles wide -
thousand miles long Experts dec,s-,
holds 100000 acres OF good wheat 81,
/ When IS per cent &c this field Il unds- i.
It VIII Weld. II Is predicted. billion Hr..
els Of wheat
Despite the fact that there is much ga.
less farming IN Canada, as in all Am--.,
! the average yield is about twenty hurss,
/ an acre This gives net profit 81 r.,
/ SO to sl2 an acre annually.
/ re IL not at all likely thar the prisa' .
land in the Canadian West win rsns.
long where it Is to-day. Land vaIues -
advance here. in the American West. N a,
South and Southwest. experts argus. :
cause land cannot be produced. wa.
wheat land will he worth. say afry rss,
from now. is probIematical. but to-dsr :
il worth what It sells for. and rs seiis.,
price is based on its earning power.
James J. Hill predicted more than rs.-
ago that wheat would not 90 beIoT n !,
| busheI again. On the basis OF dollar Via.
Canadian land at go an acre viii par. h f.
n. N
i farmed. And these irrigated lands n (,
asserted. will yield year in and rear o..
twice the average yield OF the best vfss.
state in the republic. and often four aver.
age crops in a single year.
Encouraged b. the results obtained 5,
the Lethbridge irrigation experimentS fra
provincial government has established
Southern Alberta an experimental fs--.
which is under tho direction OF a sol =
pert from one OF the Western states III
experiments will be alcag the line Of ~
farming mailiss-. sr9111ile the private cofpaa.
ton. having sold out the bulk of its BOD
| ing in dry lands, viii increase its Hns.
| ton system and go in for this form
crop insurance
For many years there was ursi1iss
I against irrigation in Canada So large a.
area OF land was available. Is still avail
able. where the rainfall was sufficient that
no one. seemed to care to 90 to the waisrsi
lands Immigration officials. who have dora
so much to people the plains with Amer.
can farmers. dfscouTa ged any effort 70 a..
vertise irrigated lands, but nov that ths
system has been tried with such reusrs.
able results. settlers are eagerly seeking
! this class Of farms.
Newcomers from tine south often hzrvss,
their crops below the line, come into Car.
ada. break up their wild land. plant spring
wheat and reap their next reward II. thsiE
new home. never missing a crop.
Last year something like sixty thcgsasi
settlers came into Canada frnT the SOFT.
bringing with them s.. el45e09 in pTepeTz
These are ttias men who are TfalEiss an
ada and this is '-the Americas 'inrasiaaf