The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-02-28

~ In excess 81 the increased supply
This condition has brought about
change In farming methods that is fur
reaching and win result In greatly In
creased production all round II the
necessities demanded by tie home
market.
Natural Resources.
One OF the most important consider
ations To the farmer n fuel. In north
ern Manitoba. Saskatchewan aud Al
berta, where portions of the country
are well wooded. the settler has little
difficulty In getting all the wood he
requires and thousands of men find
employment In the winter cutting
wood. which Is shipped all over the
prairie portions of the provinces.
There Is an abundance OF coal
| throughout the country. II IL esfimat-
ed that the coal deposits In Alberta
| cover over $1,000 square miles and
represent an available tonnage OF over
ten hundred thousand million tons.
while those I'm Saskatchewan cover an
area of 1900 miles. containing over
ha000.oo0 tons. In Manitoba the coal
reserve is not as large. but even there
| 100 600, 900 tons Is considered conser-
vative estimate. AT the present time
these deposits are only worked 10 n
small extent. but there is no doubt TINT
| they will be great feature In upbuiid-
ing the country aud will exercise a
powerful influence on Its commerce.
II In a common thing In the coal dis
tricts for farmers 10 get their coal
supply off their own farm. Near Ed
monitor. for example. the farmers not
only supply themselves hut they ear
ry coal TO the city market and find II
a considerable source Of revenue 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 coal
at "a a 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
undreamed OF few years ago, closing
! up 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 zones of commerce. la
creating wider markets the railways
are doing more than any other agency
can do for Western Canada and the
country as whole. The products Of
the farms, which are now 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 ali
along Its lines.
An admirable system OF agricultur.
al instruction has been developed
through the efforts of the Dominion
government and the various provin.
cial Departments Of Agriculture. This
forms part OF the educational system
Of Western Canada and IL doing much
for all branches OF agriculture. Ex.
perimental farms have been estab.
|
inces. which have done wonders In de.
veloplng improved methods OF farm
ing.
The result has been n great awaken.
Ing TO the necessity of better methods
Of tillnge, scientific stock raising and
dairying. Farmers are beginning "a
realize that TO get what they ARE en-.
titled to out Of the land | they must
adopt scientific methods. JAnd as n re.
suit careful seed selection. proper ro-
tntion and summer fallow Is the order
of the dry. Under the favorable con.
ditions generally anticipated. prospects
point TO an all round increase in pro
duction that will leave 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 mr..
renrs In agricultural production
caused by the enforced ldieness and
Wholesale destruction. and Western
Canndn will play a big part Ia filling
the void
The result of the continued shortage
In cattle. the future price Of beef and
the solution of the perpiexinR problem
OF feeding the world are vital ones
tons uppermost Ia 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 nm important part IN
bringing about proper balance In