The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-29
EXPERTS TRIBUTE TO
WESTERN CANADA SOIL

That there is good reason for the
wonderful crops of grain grown Ia
Western Canada. which have made
thousands of former residents Of the
United States wealthy, is not always
given the thought that 1t deserves is
quite apparent But that there must
be a reason is quite evident. prOba-
bly, more than One--but the one that
requires emphasis--is that the soil 10
Of the nature that will produce coed
crops. It was not long since thar the
farmer selected his land in the most
haphazard war. He need not do so
today. He will select it on the soil
analysis plan. Soil from Western
Canada was submitted to Prof. Slew
ems, soil physicist OF the State College
Of Washington, at Pullman, Wash. His
report should no doubt further eneour-
age settlement in Western Canads. 1t
reads as follows:
I'VE have Analysed this sample and
find that it runs high in lime, very
high in potash, phosphorus and in nj
trogen; that it has a splendid supply
Of organic matter and is in the best
Of physical condition. There is moth
ing wrong with this soil from the
standpoint Of crop production, and /
am satisfied that it will give splendid
results wherever put under cultiya-
ton"
1t is soil like this properly worked,
and on scientific lines, as is the
rule today, that gives the opportunity
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:
II have threshed altogether 1000
bushels of No. / Northern wheat from
200 acres, which went from "a to SO
per acre-sod breaking "a, spring
blowing &c, back setting 56 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 Harbor
men, he was worth $4,000. Two years
ago he came here with $500 and few
horses"
1t 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 iates--indicate that the
present influx of farmers is in, such
volume as. has not been witnessed for
many years. From Vancouver. Brit,
lsh Columbia, people are going to the
prairles for summer farm work, many
with the intention of taking up land
themselves at the end of the summer
The influence of this tide Of farmer
settlers on greater food production will
| be more readily appreciated when /;
| Is considered chat the average settler
| takes up at least twice as much land
as he has hitherto been farming--and
land which, acre for acre, produces bet
ter and larger Advertisement
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A married man says that the best
| alarm clock Ia his wIfe's elhov