The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-05-16
FINE CROPS SURE
Outlook in Western Canada Never
More Favorable.
Perfect Weather Conditions Enabled
Early Seeding and Wheat Has Long
Been Above Ground in the
Land of Opportunity.

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throughout every district in Western
Canada. From the eastern boundary
of Manitoba to the slopes of the Rocky
Mountains the farmers have been busy
for three weeks in seeding operations
Last fall, even for Western Canada
was an exceptional one. Threshing
was completed at an early date and
the amount of fall blowing made ready
for crop from fifteen to twenty-five per
cent more acreage than in any year in
the brief history of the country. There
fore there was ready for seeding this
spring an acreage away beyond any
thing ever before experienced in that
country.
On April 20 Calgary (Alta.) report
ed that in south country points there
was notable spirit Of optimism
amongst the farmers there. Moisture
and weather conditions were good,
while land in most places was in the
best possible condition. More tractors
we're being put into operation than in
any previous year. In some parts of the
south country, however, there was
marked shortage of labor, but in the
consideration of the country as q
whole the labor outlook was bright.
Seeding operations were well under
way in every part of Western Canada
by the fifteenth of April. The practice
of the farmers In that country is to
commence as soon as the frost is out
of the ground enough to allow the few
inch seed bed to be worked up we'll.
Beneath this the ground may still be
frozen, but from this frost the young
and tender wheat roots get the mois-
ture at first so necessary to its exist
ence. The warm days of spring and
the long hours of sunlight that are
ushered in with it thaw the frost out
day by day and pay to the growing
plant the moisture as 1t is needed.
Natures way of producing moisture to
the young wheat plant is one of the,
chief reasons why Western Canada has |
become world famous as wheat-pro- |
ducing country. What may be said
of wheat can as truly be said of
oats and barley, and yes, In fact, corn,
too. Rapid and strong growth is slim
ulated in this manner. Heavy spring
rains usually occur after seeding Is
over and the grain well above ground.
Already report has been received,
dated April 20, that farmer near Ca
Dri, Saskatchewan, had $50 acres of
wheat showing above the ground.
A good, strong and sturdy wheat
plant Is necessary when it is ex-
Dec1ed that there will be produced a
'orty- Observation-Disclosures crop of wheat
If quality that will weigh out its
,ushel.
These spring wheat conditions rep
esent but one of the reasons why
Western Canada has been able to
'roduce, with so little effort, worlds
ecord grain crops, wheat and oats ,
hat have carried off all champion
hip awards at Americas largest ex- 8
ositions.
Western Canada has this spring ;
hipped ten thousand bushels of Mar ,
uis wheat, the variety that holds
lost of the worlds championships, to !
ustralia, where it is to be tried out.
twenty-five thousand bushels of the =
ame variety has been sent to France
, be used for seed.
The wheat lands of Western Canada r
re probably the most undervaiued Of
ny on the continent. =.
A comparatively small acreage of
1estern Canada's lands has been sold ;.
J high as $50 an acre. The greater =
,rtion of the best farming land ia =
) unimproved state may be purchased
$25 an acre. The comparison be-
7een these prices and an annual rev. -
Tue derived from grain-growing alone,
It'll big yields and present prices, can ~ ~
It more firmly impress one with the as
rtainty of a rapid increase within It It
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