The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-05-08
I CROPS sure
|ook In Western Canada Never
More Favorable.
bet Weather Conditions Enabled
by Seeding and Wheat Has Long
Been Above Ground In the
Land OF Opportunity.

ne greatest optimism prevails
hghout every district in Western.
hda. From the eastern boundary
{anitoba to the slopes of the Rocky
<ntaIns the farmers have been busy
three weeks in seeding operations
fall, eve for Western Canada,
a. exceptional one. Threshing
completed at an early date and
am0unt Of fall blowing made ready
crop from fifteen to twenty-five per
more acreage than In any year In
brief history of the country. There
there was ready for seeding this
pg an acreage away beyond any
B ever before experienced In that
ntry.
b April 20 Calgary (AIta.) report
hat In south country points there
a notable spirit Of optimism
|pgst the farmers there. Moisture
weather conditions were good,
h land In most places was In the
possible condition. More tractors
b being put into operation than In
previous year. In some parts Of the
b country, however, there was a
ked shortage Of labor, but In the
liberation Of the country as a
lie the labor outlook was bright.
operations we're well under
in every part of Western Canada
be fifteenth Of April The practice
he farmers In that country Is to
anence as soon as the frost Is out
be ground enough to allow the few
seed bed to be worked up well.
bath this the ground may still be
en, but from this frost the young
tender wheat roots get the mols.
at first SO necessary to Its exist.
J. The warn days Of spring and
long hours of sunlight that are
RED In with II thaw the frost out
by day and pay to the growing
It the moisture as 1t Is needed.
ure's way Of producing moisture to
young wheat plant is one of the
I reasons why Western Canada has
world famous as a wheat-pro-
ing country. What may be said
can as truly be said Of
and barley, and yes, In fact, corn,
Rapid and strong growth Is slim
ed In this manner. Heavy spring
5 usually occur after seeding Is
and the grain we'll above ground.
a report has been received.
April 20, that a farmer near Ca.
Saskatchewan, had $50 acres Of
BIT showing above the ground.
good, strong and sturdy wheat
1 Is necessary when 1t is ex-
that there will be produced a
Observation-Disclosures crop Of wheat
! quality that will weigh out Its
Five pounds to the measured
lei. q Is
hese spring wheat conditions rep
ut but one of the reasons why
stern Canada has been able to
luce, with so little effort, worlds
'rd grain crops, wheat and oats
have carried off all champion
awards ut Americas largest ex-
Canada has this spring
ped ten thousand bushels Of Mar
wheat, the variety that holds
I Of the worlds championships, to
where Il Is to be tried out.
enty-fiye thousand bushels of the
e variety has been sent to Franco
used for seed. rv,
he wheat lands of Western Canada
probably the most, u~ndervalued of
on the continent. ..t , =,
comparatively small acreage Of
tern Canada's lands has been sold
high as $50 an acre. The greater
ion of the best farming land In
lnimproved state may be purchased
rs an acre. The comparison be;
en- these prices and an annual rev.
2 derived from grain-growing alone.
big yields and present prices, can
more firmly impress n with the
alaty of a rapid increase within
next few OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.