The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-28

a considerable source OF revenue Il
the winter time. The Edmonton Goa
fields under and around the city hav'
an estimated content of sixty Thousand
million tons. Farmers sell the Goa
at "a a ton for domestic use.
The pioneer of Western Canad,
knew little of the enjoyments Of life
compared with the farmer In thai
country todaya The continual exten
sion of railway lines affords facilities
undreamed of few years ago. closing
up the gaps of communications Great
ing immense business for the East IN
the West and the West In the East,
and drawing the farmer all he time
nearer to the zones of commerce. n
creating wider markets the ral2voyo
are doing more than any other oBoncy
can do for Western Canada ed the
the farms. which are now readily mar
keted. and the vast train q e1np1Oy-
ment that follows the enlargeDoot q
the farming industry. is creating new
agricultural centers and causing 1n1Dns
and cities Of Importance to groS ~
along its lines.
An admirable system of aUE1cul)nr-
oil instruction has been 6CveooDed
through the efforts of the Doufnlon
government and the various pr0sin-
dal Departments of Agriculture. Ihls
forms part of the educational system
of Western Canada and is doing much
for all branches Of agriculture. IA.
perimental farms have been estab-
lished at various points In the prov
inces. which have done wonders n DE-
veloping improved methods Il 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 10
realize that to get what they ere en-
titled to out of the land. they must
adopt scientific methods, and - Z ~
suit. careful seed selection. proper 70
tation and summer fallow is the order
Of the day. Under the favoroo1e. con
ditions generally anticipated. proGDects
point to an all round increaso n pro
duction that will leave a great Zeal
of money in the hands of the wo1kern
farmer this year. and prosporll3 Cox
Western Canada as whole. j ~ -
years before Europe will maoo - ar-
rears In agricultural pco1Uceboa.
caused by the enforced idluocD ed
wholesale destruction. and vcntsrn
Canada will play big part = 0liag
the void.
The result Of the continued GAoetaeo
In cattle. the future price Of 49, Ard
the solution of the perplexing peA1om
Of feeding the world are vital Co.,
lions uppermost In the mipds q many
people today.
There is no doubt that the w10o
ncres OF western Canada can. and v1l.
be made TO play an Importers part -
bringing about proper bQlapce =
supply and demand. In tho ~ ~
parts OF Manitoba and Sasl @an
and In Alberta are many - :
y acFeG q - rochest par
wosi4 ~ &oooro1 and tr
Dunn1cCe g <I|ur1os. r.
psug1ed - c.l.:cden shy Y n
One of the causes assign.to q. W..
iecllne In stock-raIsins is tlar Mu{
Ion In the areas available for grazing
IN account of so many big ranches he
ng converted into farms. Expert
nents conducted at vermilion. Al
'erta. would rather 90 to show that
he old grazing grounds were too large.
md that the feeding Is really better |
When the animal is confined to COM |
'aratively limited area, providing rhe
,asturage is OF the right kind and |
here is plenty OF water.-AdvertiGU /