Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-06-15
EXPERTS TRIBUTE N
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WESTERN CANADA SOIL

That there is good roaso, g.
wonderful crops Of grain or wi me
Western Canada, which bar' 9"n ID
thousands of former reejdo~t, mads
United States wealthy is not ~ NE
gwen the thought that it desc, .'','
quite apparent. But that tbnra % "
be reason is quite evident mus uilS'
oiy more than one-but the one 'g ths.
requires emphasis that tbo IN! u'a'
OF the nature that will prodr.o ~"
crops. II was not long sine. t',. sV'u
farmer selected his Land I'm t.[ 'e
haphazard way. He need nat d. r'OS'
today. He will select it on f,o o.. ~
analysis plan. Soil from Wo..n."
Canada was submitted to Prof o u
ens, soil physicist Of the State CoI,o,,
Of Washington. at Pullman. Wash Is ~
report should no doubt further oncan.
age settlement in Western Canada :.
reads as follows: II
I'VE have analysed this samnlo 49,,
find that it runs high in lime r ~au
high in potash, phosphorus and in nj
trogen; that it has a splendid srnnl,
OF organic matter and is in tba hos.
OF physical condition. There is notS
ing wrong with this soil from fl.
standpoint of crop production. and
am satisfied that it will give snIen5is
results wherever put under cuItiva.
ton"
1t is soil like this properly worked
and on scientific lines. as is tba
rule today. that gives the onportnpitv
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:
Il have threshed altogether 1000
bushels Of No. Northern whea. from
200 acres which Went from q to "a
per acre-sod breaking -, spring
blowing SO, back setting sc bushels
the average being 80 bushels per acre.
The newspaper giving an account Of
this mans experience says: 'N'hen he
disposed of his 900 acres from north
of Brooks. Alta, to four Oak Harbor
men. he was worth $4,000 Two years
ago he came here with $500 and few
horses"
Tt 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 he
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 mp 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 we'll blessed with the
worlds goods.
Reports from North Portal Sas-
katchewan; Coutts, Alberta, and Kings
gate, British C0lumbia-the principal
Eateways into Western Canada froA
the United States-indicate that the
present influx of farmers is in such
volume as has not been witnessed FOR
many years. From Vancouver Brit
ish Columbia, people are going to the
prairies for summer farm worl& many
with the intention of taking up land
themselves at the end of the sumner
The influence of this tide Of farmer
settlers on greater food production VIII
be more readily appreciated when II
is considered that the average settler
takes up at least twice as much lanu
as he has hitherto been farmng-anu
land which, acre for acre, produces bet'
ter and larger crOps.-AdvertlseInehI