Iron County register., 1918-06-20
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WESTERN CANADA s0r

TnAt there Is good reason for ~.
wonderful crops Of grain grown ~
Western Canada, which have m.s.
thousands of former residents of IN.
United States wealthy. is not slwavs
given the thought that II deserves 4,
quite apparent. But that there INNS,
ne . reason is quite evident. Pr,h.
Oily more than One-but the one ,h.,
requires emphasis--is that the soil I.
OF the nature that will produce %,
crops. 1t was not long since thar ~
farmer selected his land In the mo-
haphazard way. He need not do
today. He will select it on the M
analysis plan. Soil from Wes,cE 4
Canada was submitted to Prof 81.
ems, soil physicist of the State Co,leu
OF Washington. at Pullman, Wash I'll
report should no doubt further cncmuyt.
age settlement In Western Canada. IN
reads as follows:
I'VE have analysed this sample aId
nnd that 1t runs high in lime, ver,
high in potash, phosphorus and In nL
trogcn; that.it has a splendid snrrlv
Of organic matter and is in the bnss
Of physical condition. There is no,h
Ing wrong with this soil from tAA
standpoint Of crop production ana(l
am satisfied that 1t will give splcndkt
results wherever put under cultiy4 4.
ton"
1t is soil like this properly work h.
and on scientific lines as is h.
rule today. that gives the opportunI y
to quote the experiences Of farmerA
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 wheat from
200 acres, which went from "a to Sc
per acre-sod breaking ~, spring
plowing SO, back setting SC bushels
the average being IS 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 lIarbor-
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 WeStprn Can.
ada Is spreading all over the continent.
This enthusiasm Is the recognition Of
the fact that sufficient food couiA be-
produced on these prairie lands to
feed the world. From the South, east
and west, hundreds of men. too o.d 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
ut such central points as Calgary, Ed
monton, and Lethbridge. Alberta, and
at Regina, Moose Jaw, and Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan. Judging fronl 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 Columbin--thc principal
gnteways into Western Canada from
the United States---tndicate that the
present influx of farmers Is in such
volume as has not been witnessed for
many years. From Vancouver, Ert.
ish Columbia, people are going to tho
prairies for summer farm work, many
with the intention Of taking up land
themselves at the end Of the su,umsf.
The influence of this tide of farmer
settlers on greater food production will
be more readily appreciated when it
Is considered that the average settler
takes up at least twice as much lind
as he has hitherto been farming-and
land which, acre for acre, produces bet
ter and larger crops.--Advertisement"
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