The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-11-02
CANADA'S IMMENSE
WHEAT FIELDS
THE ATTRACTION FOR THREE
TRANscoNTINENTAL RAIL
WAYS.

Last August there visited the Cana.
dian west the yice-president OF the
largest individual hardware company
in the United States. As his firm have
a turnover Of millions, and deals ex-
tensively with farm implements, this
man took deep interest in crop con-
ditions in Canada, and on his return
he embodied his findings in an article
for the Hardware Reporter. This ar
ticle should be Of special interest to
farmers.
The writer speaks Of the importance
of the spring wheat crop Of Western
Canada. He might also have spoken
of the importance OF the oat crop and
also Of the winter wheat,crop, as well
as barley. Winter wheat during the
past few years has been a great sue
cess, and experiments have shown
that It can be grown with success in
almost any portion Of the three prov
inces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta. But apart from this, the
spring wheat crop is the one generally
grown, and all who know anything of
grain, anyone who has had anything
to do with markets, knows or has
heard Of the high character Of this
cereal and the splendid yields that are
annually produced. Reproducing from
this article:--
I'm a land Of such great sweep, and
of such difference in soil and climate,
there are many resources, but none
are at present of the same overwhelm-
ing Importance as the spring wheat
crop. In the interminable prairie
stretches, of the northwest provinces
it is the one absorbing topic of inter
est and Of conversation during its
growing and it's harvesting, for upon
it's success or failure hangs the weal
or woe Of large part of the Domin
ion. Its influence extends far down
into the United States, drawing thou
sands Of farmers northwards with the
lure Of cheap lands, but likewise be
yond the great lakes, even to the easy
going maritime provinces, calling the
flower of their young men to its op
portunities. Development in these
prairie provinces goes on at high pres
sure for everything hangs on the out
come Of spring wheat. Success ha:
emboldened the raisers Of this one all
/, important crop, and each year there
/, is further incursion into those north
ern fields that only short time age
were regarded as Arctic wastes. Th'
Canadian Northwest seems to be ONT
| of those modern agricultural examples
| set forth to drive the final nail in The
coffin of that ancient Malthusian de
fusion that population tends to outrui
the means of subsistence, since thu
| only fear now among Canadian econ
| omists Is as to the danger Of over
| stocking the wheat market. Onl!
| about two and one-half per cent o
| possible arabic lands in the northwes
provinces is now under cultivation
and this year the crop promises Il
be close to 200,O00,O00 bushels, 81
that your imagination and your arith
metic can easily supply the answer al
to the possible or even probable out
! come"
During the months Of July and Au
| gust the weather was unfavourabl'
and the production Of 200 million
yield of wheat will not likely be real
lied, but even with this, the threshint
| reports coming to hand show that thu
crop will be a splendidly paying one