Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-19
EXPERTS TRIBUTE N
WESTERN CANADA SDI

That there is good reaso, E.
wonderful crops of grain ororr, 'ne
western Canada, which have M, ~
thousands of former residents 90 1aue
United States wealthy, is not a., 'ne
given the thought that it desarr ,"a! :,
quite apparent. But that there us,.I -
be a reason is quite evident dust lust
| bly, more than one-but the ooa 'U'd'
requires emphasis-is that tbo -. ,''"'
OF the nature that will prodnco 'y ran y
crops. 1t was not long since thot et tSa
farmer selected his land in tbo INC '"e
haphazard way. He need mot DO ' ~
today. He will select it on tba so YU
analysis plan. Soil from Wo,+o.n
Canada was submitted to Prof cinI
ems, soil physicist of the State Call.
OF Washington, at Pullman, Wosb nv ~
report should no doubt further oncon ,,s
age settlement in Western Canodo =.
reads as follows: II
eve have analysed this samn,o 49,,
find that it runs high in lime voru u
high in potash, phosphorus and in nj
trogen; that it has a splendid pnnnI,
OF organic matter and is in tbo No..
of physical condition. There &c NAN,
Ing wrong with this soil from +bo
standpoint of crop production and
am satisfied that it will give snIond;d
results wherever put under cuItivo.
ton"
1t is soil like this properly worked
and on scientific lines, as is tbo
rule today, that gives the opportunitv
to quote the experiences of farmers
who have increased their incomes
from $500 to $4,000 in two seasons
and whose story would read as fol.
lows:
81 have threshed altogether 70M
bushels of No. 1 Northern wheat from
200 acres, which went from "a 70 56
per acre-sod breaking "a, snring
blowing SO, back setting Sc bushels
the average being 80 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 Rar6or
men, he was worth $4,000. Two yearg
ago he came here with $500 and few
horses"
It is the 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 the
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 be
produced on these prairie lands to
feed the world. From the south, east
and west, hundreds Of men, too old for
military service, are pouring into
Western Canada to take UP land or
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, and
at Regina, Moose Jaw, and Saskatoon
Saskatchewan. Judging from the bulk
Of their household effects, the number
of their horses and cattle, and the
quantity of implements they are bring
ing with them, most of the new ar
rivals also seem well blessed with the
worlds goods.
Reports from North Portal, SaS'
katchewan; Coutts, Alberta, and Kings
gate, British Columbia-the principal
gateways into Western Canada from
the United States-indicate that the
present influx of farmers is in Such
volume as has not been witnessed tOr
many years. From Vancouver, Brit
fish Columbia, people are going to the
prairies for summer farm work, many
with the intention of taking up Iahu
themselves at the end of the summer
The influence of this tide OF FARMER
settlers on greater food production VIII
be more readily appreciated when II
is considered that the average setIleI
takes up at least twice as much iahu
as he has hitherto been farmlng-ano
land which, acre for acre, produces Det
ter and larger OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES