The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
EXPERTS TRIBUTE TO
WESTERN CANADA SOIL

That there Is good reason for the
yOnderful crops Of grain grown In
Western Canada, which have made
thousands Of former residents Of the
United States wealthy, is not always
eyen the thought that 1t deserves is
butte apparent. But that there must
De O reason is quite evident. Proba-
Div more than one-but the one that
requires emphasis-is that the soil is
b the nature that will produce good
crops. II was not long since that the
FARMER selected his land in the most
haphazard way. He need not do so
Today. He will select it on the soil
analysis plan. Soil from Western
Canada was submitted to Prof. Siev-
ems, soil physicist Of the State College
N Washington, at Pullman, Wash. His
Report should no doubt further encour-
sge settlement in Western Canada. 1t
reads as follows:
I'VE have analyzed this sample and
f1d that ii runs high in lime, very
bgh in potash, phosphorus and in nj
tOgen; that it has splendid supply
cf organic matter and is in the best
of physical condition. There is moth
ihg wrong with this soil from the
Standpoint Of crop production, and l
pm satisfied that II will give splendid
results wherever put under cultiva-
tOn"
II Is soil like this properly worked,
ind on scientific lines, as is the
fule today, that gives the opportunity
|lo quote the experiences Of farmers
pho have increased their incomes
Prom $500 to $4,000 in two seasons,
snd whose story would read as fol-
lows:
u have threshed altogether 1000
bushels Of No. l Northern wheat from
zVO acres, which went from "a to SO
Per acre-sod breaking "a, spring
pOwing &c. back setting SO bushels
ue average being 35 bushels per acre.
The newspaper giving an account of
'ns mans experience says: "When he
disposed of his 1000 acres from north
~ Brooks, Alta, to four Oak Harbor
nen, he was worth $4,000. Two years
ego he came here with $500 and few
hOrses."
II is the soil of Western Canada,
rnu the knowledge of what 1t will do
tnal brings to Canada the hundreds Of
se'uers that are daily arriving at the
pVruer' A growing enthusiasm for the
terule prairie lands of Western Can
sua is spreading all over the continent.
ms enthusiasm is the recognition of
'ne iact that sufficient food could be
produced on these prairie lands to
~ the world. From the south. east
slu m west, hundreds of men, too old for
,.n'ary service, are pouring into
'eS'erh Canada to take up land or
y work on the farms. A great many
y ue incoming settlers have arrived
I Such central points as Calgary, Ed
',onton, and Lethbridge, Alberta, and
Regina, Moose Jaw, and Saskatoon,
'ssSEatchewan. Judging from the bulk
Welr household effects, the number
1 ulelr horses and cattle, and the
Sl""'lty OF implements they are bring
H. win them, most of the new ar
',uls also seem well blessed with the
worlds goods.
NsportS from North Portal, Sas-
r".Vhewan; Coutts, Alberta, and Kings
s",e' British Columbia--the principal
s"'eways into Western Canada from
ae united States-indicate that the
,eseht so, influx of farmers is in such
Y'u''e as has not been witnessed for
5sr years. From Vancouver Brit
ora, Colulnbia, people are going to the
esn n''es Tor summer farm work, many
,bo. oie intention of taking up land
n'se.Ves M, at the end of the summer
sot.i ne influence of this tide of farmer
ha ',,erS , on greater food production will
Il aa Vre readily appreciated when II
to,' .onsiuered 'o that the average settler
ps ss up at least twice as much land
|lonn "a , mas hitherto been farming-and
|ter ' Wv, wnlch' acre for acre, produces bet
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