Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-01-26
THE BASIS OF
CANADAS RICHES
A Theme Discussed by the Wall
Street Journal.

IN speaking OF CnIiiun q snort ulhc
ago the Wall Street Journal made the
statement that "1he basis Of Cnnnda's
riches Is the fertility OF the soil, and
no freak of warfare cnn lnJure that,
while her grain will Increase In de.
mnnd MS the population Of the world
grows. As IN Investment field Canada
IL worthy of consideration" These
words are well worthy OF attention. es-
peclnlly coming from such n source ms
this eminent financial journal. With
a land area exceeding that OF the
United States and with tlllnble areas
coming under cultivation. the wealth
OF Cnnndn's future can scarcely be estl-
mated, while the wealth today In such
as to bring her most prominently be-
fore the world.
During the past year thousands Of
farmers In Western Cnnndn sold their
crops for more than the total cost Of
their land. Lands at from SIS to $50
an acre produced crops worth $40 TO
$40 an mere. Stock raising and dairy
Ing were equally profitable.
The year 1915 saw most wonderful
crops and magnificent Yields over the
entire country, and many farmers
wiped out lndebtednesscs that had
hung over them long before they came
10 the country. and the year 1916 put
them In n condition Of absolute indie
pendence. A report to hand verified
by n high official might seem marvel
Gus, were the particulars not well
known, and whore are not other cnses
that would seem almost MS phenom-
ennl. This Is n southern Alberta story
A farmer wished TO rent an adjoining
farm on which n loan company held II
mortgage. The applicant said he want
ed the first ten bushels Of wheat, after
which he would divide, giving the loan
company one-thlrd. After threshlng
he paid into the bank at Calgary SIG
per acre for every mere cultivated, TO
the credit Of the loan company, ms
their share or their third OF the crop,
Sixteen dollars per acre rent. His
two-thlrds was $50 and In addition the
first ten bushels OF whcnt. Land on
this same security can be purchased
for from $40 to $50 per mere. Won
derful yields nre reported from all
parts of this district. Recently 4.G4G
acres of n ranch were sold To an I'LL
nols farmer; 200 acres OF wheat In
1916 produceu II yield that averaged
42h bushels OF wheat per mere. George
Richard, formerly OF Providence, n. l.,
on Il southern Albertn farm got 2.052
bushels Of wheat from n 5O.ncrc field,
mr. Akf.a An lttgl.a1g Vnp uapn mud Tp,t,.
a 50-acrc field of oats got n return Of
20 bushels per acre ana still had some
shenves left over for feeding.
A report just issued by the Alberta
government gives the yield Of wheat I'm
the showing Of 1915 as 2S bushels per
acre a. bushels OF oats and 80 bushels
Of barley.
Travellers through Albertn's wheat
belt have had revealed to them scenes
Of agricultural productlveness unnp.
preached IN any other part Of the
world.
Alberta firms, selected with even
moderate discretion, have raised mer
10 independence and %ullluence with rec
ords of wonderful development unsur
passed amongst the phenomenal indus
trial success of which Cnnadn well may
boast.
: Many almost incredible Yields have
been reported by reliable authorities
wheat exceeding 40 bushels per acr,
and oats 1i5 bushels.
Numerous records show that the cos
OF farms has been more than rcpnld by
this years crop. In one instance, Lane
purchased for $1,000 produced when
which vas sold for II little over $4,000
During the year 1917 there will b.
mn immense nmoun of labor require,
10 take care Of the crop In Manitoba
Saskatchewan and Alberta.
One OF the problems which Western
Canada has 20 fnce every year IL IN.
securing Of an adequate supply o
labor TO handle the harvesting AM
threshlng Of lis big crops. This prob
lem, indeed, Is always present In an.
country that has Il big agricultural pro
d%uction; In the case of Western Can
ndn II Is enhanced by the compnratly
spnrslty Of population and the long dis
lance from Industrial districts, whic
can be expected to offer Il surplus q
inbor.
In Western Canada the present dln
cultles are Increased by the war. A yer
large number Of Western Canada
small population have enlisted for ser'
Ice with the Canadian forces In EUROPE
and al the present time there II ger