The Elbert County tribune., 1919-02-21

Considerable source % revenue In
the winter time. The Edmonton coal
fields under and around the city have
an estimated content of sixty thousand
million TINS. Fnrners sell the coal
at' 81 ton for domestic use.
The pioneer of Western Canada
knew little of the enjoyments of life,
compared with the farmer In thar
country today. The continual exten-
sion of railway lines affords facilities
undrcanied of a few years ago. closing
up the gaps of communication. Great
in. immense business for the East in
the West and the West in the East
and drawing the farmer all the time
nearer to the zones Of commerce. In
crenting wider markets. the railways
are doing more than any other agency
can do for Western Canada and the
country as Il Whole. The products of
the farms, which are Row readily mar
keted, and the vast train Of employ
ment that follows the enlargement of
the farming industry. is creating new
agricultural centers and causing towns
and cities of importance TO grow all
along its lines.
An admirable, system of agricuItur.
nj instruction has been developed
through the efforts of the Dominion
government and the various provip-
cial Departments of Agriculture. This
forms part (of the educational system
of Western Cnnada and is doing much
IN all branches. Of nj
perimental farms have been estab-
lisbed 1T various points in the prov
inces. which have done wonders in de-
veoplng improved methods of farm
ing.
The result has been great awaken
Ing TO the necessity of better methods
of tillage. scientific stock raising and
dairying. Farmers are beginning to
realize that to get what they arc en-
titled to out of the land. they must
adopt scientific methods. and as n re-
suit, careful seed selection, proper ro-
tation and summer fnllow is the order
of the day. Under the favorable CON
ditions generally anticipated, prospects
point TO an all round increase in pro-
duction that wilr leave a great deal
of money in the hands of the western
farmer this year. and prosperity for
Western Canada as whole. 1t viii be
years before Europe will make up ar
rears in agricultural production.
caused by the enforced idleness and
wholesale destruction, and Western
canadn will play big part in filling
the void.
The result of the continued shortag.s
in cattle. the future price of beef and
the solution of the perplexipg problem
of feeding the woyld are vital ques-
tlons uppermost in the minds of many
thinking people today.
There is no doubt that the wide
acres of Western Cauada can, and Will,
be made to play an important part in
bringing about proper balance in
supply and demand. In the northern
parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
and in Alberta are many thousands
of acres of the richest pasture in the
world well watered aud treated by the
sunniest of climates These rolling
hills for the greater part are still un-
pcopled and Aintrodden by the hoofs
of domestic animals.
One of. the causes assigned for the
decline in stock-raising is the reduc-
tion in the areas available for grazing
on account of so many big ranches be
ing converted into farms. Expert
ments conducted at Vermilion, Al.
berta, would rather go to show that
the old grazing grounds were too large.
and that the feeding is really better
when the animal Is confined to n com
paratively limited area. providing the
pasturage is of the right kind and
there l. plenty of water.-AdNertise
ment. n