Williams news., 1921-07-01
MEANS BIG CROP
Wheat in Western Canada Has
 Excellent Start.
Examination, in the Rich Soil of That Country, Is Speedy-Farmers
 on Road to Wealth.

It was on the 18th of May that the
 writer received a letter from a friend | in Western Canada dated the 18th of the same month. Information was conveyed in the letter that its author had travelled over a considerable DOT ton of Western Canada. He had cov- cred most of the settled portions, and from those he had not covered he had secured information that amplified his own observations of conditions throughout all the vast area of that country. He found seeding of wheat practically completed, and placed in bed of earth that was in a condition
 that warranted speedy and healthy germ1naton- This was borne out by
 evidence that he was a witness of
 wheat that had been in the ground
 four days that was already breaking
 through, and that which had been
 seeded for week was well above the
 ground. the field being as green as
 a new pasture plot. Everywhere this
 condition existed. It will be pleasing
 information for those who have
 friends in Western Canada-in any
 part of it, no matter where they may
 be-to learn that conditions have
 opened up in such a splendid way, and
 to be advised that the prospects were
 never brighter than now. When it
 becomes known that conditions are so
 satisfactory, many who were waiting,
 uncertain what to do in the matter Of
 moving, will doubtless now come to
 decision. With the opening of thou
 sands of homesteads, which took place
 on the 1st of May, there was rush
 to take advantage of the opportunity
 to secure 16O acres of excellent land
 free. within SnPaEinO a
 railroad. The low railway rates
 granted by means of a certificate is
 sued by Canadian government agents,
 located at different points in the
 States, make it possible to make
 trip of inspection at small cost.
 Oat and barley farming are branches that add considerable to the wealth of the farmer who desires to make money quickly. That these grains can be grown so successfully, and easily. makes it possible to go into other branches of farming industry, that give stability to it, wherever they are carried on- They are dairying and cattle-raising. There is an excellent market for the product, and the eli mate aids materially in assisting it, while the native grasses as well as cultivated varieties, bring the cost of production to much lower figure than l is possible on lands that are much | higher in price, with no better yield | ing qualities. Then, again, it is amply | shown that fodder corn can be grown | with great success, and that Sunf1ow- ers,- which it has been fully proven | are little behind, if any, in food quail | ty, thrive wonderfully, In fact, these two folders, in addition to which may | be added that of alfalfa and sweet E clover. in which Western : iCanada | farmers are well apace with growers elsewhere, have brought about a.. pe.. -iod ofAsilo-building which promises 0 eclipse any effort in thiss ltg e.Inade d anywhere on the continent. In Mani ,oba alone. .one firm |. is building two. hundred tfffs year: In Saskatchewan, q many orders have been placed; in one small district in Alberta, where fiftys were erected last year, anafher fftysI will be built this summer. That there will be. a thousand esilos erected in the: E hree provinces this year seems to be
 conservative estimate. To the farm r in the States, who knows the ad- antage of the, silos. who is interested n the fodder to be grown to fill them, That does this mean n?-AdvertiSement. |
 Cheerfulness is a song whose echoes