Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-06-14
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WESTERN CANADA SDI

That there is good reason for .
wonderful crops Of grain grown
Western Canada, which have M
thousands of former residents of y
United States wealthy, is NOT alras
given the thought that it deserves
qrite apparent. But that there m,.
be a reason is quite evident. prob
bly, more than one-but the one the.
requires emphasis that the son
of the nature that Will produce ooas
crops. It was not long since that 4.
farmer selected his land in the mo-.
haphazard way. lie need not do II
today. He win select it on The N
analysis plan. Soil from Wastar
Canada. was submitted TO Prof sia,
ems, soil physicist of the State COLES.
of Washington. at Pullman. Wash M,
report should no doubt further sncon,
age settlement in Western Canada ii
reads as follows:
"We have analysed this san1nlo ma
fnl that it r,Ins high in lime yer
high in potash Phosphorus and in nj
trogen; that it has a splendid sunni,
of organic matter and is in the best
of physical condition. There is moth.
| ing wrong with this soil from n.
standpoint of crop production, and Il
am satisfied that it will give splendid
results wherever put under cultivs.
tion."
It is soil like this properly worked
and on scientific lines, as is tba
rule today, that gives the opportunityI
to quote the experiences of farmers
who have increased their incomes
| from $500 to $4,000 in two season.
and whose story would read as FOL
lows:
II have threshed altogether 700
bushels of No. / Northern wheat from
/ 200 acres. which went from q to Is
per acre-sod breaking "a, spring
nlowfng Sc, back setting 56 bushels
the average being 50 bushels per acre.
The newspaper giving an account Of
this mans experience says: "When he
disposed of his 1000 acres from north
of Brooks, Alta, to four Oak Rarbm
men, he was worth $4,000. Two years
ago he came here with $500 and a few
horses"
1t is fhe soil of Western Canada,
and the knowledge of what it will do
that brings to Canada the hundreds Of
settlers that are daily arriving at ire
border. A growing enthusiasm for the
fertile prairie lands of Western Can
ada is spreading all over the continent
This enthusiasm is the recognition Of
the fact that sufficient food could he
| produced on these prairie lands ia
feed the world. From the south. east
and west, hundreds of men. too old fol
military service. are pouring int
Western Canada to take up land Of
to work on the farms. A great many
of the incoming settlers have arrived
at such central points as Calgary, Ed
monitor, and Lethbridge, Alberta ant
at Regina, Moose Jaw, and Saskatoon
saskatchewan. Judging from the bull
Of their household effects, the number
of their horses and cattle, and tht
quantity of implements they are bring
ing with them. most of the new ar
rivals also seem well blessed with tht
worlds goods.
/ Reports from North Portal. Sas
katchewan; Coutts, Alberta, and Kings
gate. British Columbia-the princpa
gateways into Western Canada iron
the United States-indicate that th'
preseut influx of farmers is in sucl
volume as has not been witnessed fol
many years. From Vancouver, Brit
ish Columbia, people :-e going to tn
] prairies for summer farm work, manl
with the intention of taking up lant
themselves at the end of the summer
The influence of this tide of iaTIdei
settlers on greater food production vii
be more readily appreciated when /
is considered that the average settlei
takes up at least twice as much lant
as he has hitherto been farming-an(
land which, acre for acre, produces bet
ter and larger crops.-Advertisem