The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-19
THE SCHOOLS OF
 WESTERN CANADA
In Some of the Cities and Towns the School Buildings Cannot Accom- modate the Increasing
 Numbers

| One of the most important factors in the building of new country ;s the attention that is paid by the au- thorities to the education of the ris- I ing generation. Fortunately for | Western Canada, the settlement ot | that new country began in such re- cent years, that it was able to lay a foundation for this work, gained by the experience of older countries. Tn this way the very best is the result Throughout the entire country are to be seen the most improved styles of architecture in school buildings. The cities and towns vie with each other in efforts to secure the best of accom- architectural lines that would appeal Sufficient to say that nowhere is there greater attention paid to elementary and advanced education than in Western Canada. A report just to hand shows that in Calgary, Alberta. there are eighty teachers employed, and the enrolment 4,228 pupils. In the Province of Alberta there was a total of 46,000 pupils attending school in 1909. The total enrolment for schools was 22,ss3, and the total in rural schools was 23,165. There are in the Province 970 schools, with 1,- BPS departments At the close of 1909 there was a total of 1,096 school districts in the Province. Great at
 
 ucation. The best uses of the soil and such other matters as tend to make agriculture less of a drudge and more of success are employed. When there is the combination of good soil, splendid climate and heal thy and advanced ideas in the meth ods pursued in agriculture, we see ac- complished the results that have plac- ed Western Canada on it's present high plane in the agricultural world l. A ~ I>4 ~I~ standing in literary spheres as we'll as in financial circles who are carry ing on farming, not alone for the pleasure they derive but for the profit they secure. MT. Adler. a wide ta. He is highly pleased with his successes the past year. He says:
 "On July 25th we estimated our crop at 5000 bushels of wheat. A weeek later we increased our estimate 12.ooo bushels. a few days later we time to 18,000 bushels, but after har- vest in September we found we had 20,150 bushels. If that isn't a record, what is?" he asked.
 This crop was made with practi- cally no moisture" he continued, .and we now have a. better opinion of the fertility of Alberta lands than ever and value our lands higher than we ever did before.
 MT. Adler, who has been on the ranch for about a week, leaves for New York Saturday.
 This gentleman is conducting a farm on large scale, and has plenty of means to develop it, and his may not be taken as a fair case. There are, though, instances of thousands who have begun life on small farms in Western Canada with but brains and the determination over and above the couple of hundred dollars in ready cash that they possessed, and to-day are owners of large farms and handsome incomes, all the result of their efforts on land that was res ponsive to the touch of the hand that held the blow. Instances such as these can be quoted if you will com municate with the nearest Canadian Government Agent, who will also mail you free descriptive literature.