The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-03-20

ry coal 70 the city market and find II
II considerable source of event In
the winter time. The Edmonton coal
fields under and around the city have
an estimated content Of sixty thousand
million tons. Farmers sell the conl
ut 81 II ton for domestic use.
The pioneer Of Western Canada
knew little of the enjoyments OF life,
compared with the farmer In that
country today. The continual extern
sion Of railway lines affords facilities
undrcamed of n few years ago, closing
MP the gaps Of communication. Great
ing immense business for the East In
the West and the West In the East,
and drawing the farmer all the time
nearer TO the of commerce.. In
creating wider markets the railways
are doing more than any other agency
can do for Western Canada and the
country as II whole. The products Of
the farms, which are now readily mar
ketcd, and the vast train NJ employ
ment that follows the enlargement Of
The farming Industry, Is creating new
agricultural centers and causing towns
and cities Of Importance % grow all
along It's lines.
An admirable system OF ne. ,cultur-
nj instruction has been developed
through the efforts OF the Donation
government and the various prov In
cinl Departments Of Agriculture. This
forms part of the educational system
Of Western Canada and Is doing much
for Nil branches Of agriculture. FIX
pcrlmcntal farms have been estab-
llshcd nj various points in the prov
inccs. which have done wonders IL de-
veloping improved methods Of farm
ing.
The result has been n great awaken.
Ing To the necessity OF better methods
of tlllage, scientific stock raising and
dalrylng. Farmers are beginning 10
realize that to get what they are en-
titled to out Of the land, they must
adopt scientific methods, and rs a re-
suit, careful seed selection, proper re.
tntion and summer fallow Is the order
Of the day. Under the favorable con.
ditions generally anticipated, prospects
point to an nil round Increase In pro.
ductIon that will leave n great deal
Of money In the hands Of the western
farmer this year, and prosperity for
Western Canada as a whole. Ii will be
years before Europe will make up ar
rears In agricultural production.
caused by the enforced idleness and
| ,sInlngn1A dnatrtattAa and lVAanrn
Canada will play n big part In filling
the void.
The result Of the continued shortage
in cattle, the future price Of beef and
the solution Of he p%erplexing problem
of feeding the world are vital Ques-
tions uppermost In the minds of many
thinking people today.
There Is no doubt that the wide
acres of Western Canada can and will,
be made to play an important part In
bringing about n 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 watcrcd and treated by the
%sunnlest of climates. These rolling
hills for the grcntcr part are still un.
pcoplcd and untrodden by the hoofs
Of domestic animals.
one Of the causes assigned for the
decline In stock-raising Is the educ
tiOn In the areas available for grazing
on account OF so many big ranches he.
ing converted into farms. Expert
ments, conducted nj Vermllion, Al
hertn. 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 10 n COM
pgraiively limited nren, providing the
pasturage is Of the right kind and
there Is plenty OF wnter.-Advertise.
mcnt.