Williams news., 1921-08-05
SEE RECORD CROP
Western Canada Farmers Re- ioice Over BountifuI H arveSt.
Favorable Weather and Fertile Lana Combine to Pour Riches Into the
 Hands of AgricuIturists-

Hands of AgricuIturists.
 l There are those in nearly every state l in the Union who have relatives or 1 friends, or someone they have known,
 who are residents of some of the | provinces of Western Canada. They | have gone there to carry on the pro- | fession and occupation of farming | Their progress has been carefully
 watched and such news as may come from them or the country that they have taken partial possession of will be read with interest. Important news Just now is the condition of the crops. Newspaper correspondents and govern
 ment representatives are now in posi-
 tion, after making a careful survey Of
 conditions, to announce that the crop
 conditions in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
 and Alberta xcarry the promise of an
 early and bountifu1 harvest and farm
 CTS view the outlook with utmost
 pleasure. Good growing weather has
 prevailed since seeding and all cereal
 crops are well advanced. Wheat
 headed out has long, heavy heads, and
 big yields are indicated; predictions
 are being made that the record pro
 duction per acre In 1915 will be ex-
 ceeded. Harvesting began In some
 sections in the early part of August
 An interesting feature of the situation
 Is the fact that there are no bad re-
 ports from any part of the country
 from the Red river to the Rocky moun-
 tatns and from the International
 boundary to Peace river. There will also be good fruit, vegetable and root crops.
 Most remarkable has been the gerni- nation Of most of the grain. Marquis wheat sown on May II was fully headed out on June 30.
 Considerable advancement has taken place in the last few years in the growing of corn. Sunflowers are also being grown quite extensively. Both these do wonderfully well. On July 4 the writer was shown a twenty-acre
 field of corn that had reached a height of upwards of five feet, while a five acre field of sunhowerS close by, was entering for a keen race skyward. Both will doubtless be used for enSilage, to which will be added a splendid crop of alfalfa or sweet clover, which also have proved very successful. Now that corn, sunfowers, sweet clover and alfalfa have taken liking to the coun- try, it will mean a period of recon structfon in many farming districts, and mixed farming will Supersede the period of grain mining" that, no mat ter how fertile the soil, no matter how generous 1t may be in giving forth from its great storehouse of all the l Aat have given to Western Canada its well-earned name of the wheat granary of the world, too much | may be asked of it; the departure from | this into the sphere of more intensive | covering many generalitieS | not before indulged in, will add dol l ars per acre to the value of this pro- iuctive land. Those who have | the progress of Western Can ada, have been looking for the day | when corn and such like can be grown It has now arrived.
 The cattle and dairy industry will ,e given an impulse that will attract hose who have been welded to this Iind of farm life, while none of the interest that may be taken by the grain grower will be lessened. Already there S an influence following the fact that corn and sunf1owers can be grown, hat Is leading to the erection of silos n many parts of the country, all in- Heating a growing satisfaction as to he great future that lies before 1t.
 Due chiefly to the drop in costs of materials and wages, farmers through ut the prairie provinces are erecting many buildings this year, says the edi- or and manager of the Prairie Lum- who was a visitor to Van Ouver a few days ago. campaign B under way among the retail lumber nen and farmers, urging the erection # 2,OOO silos this year, and this is meeting with success, more plans and having been prepared nd more structures being under way roblably than at any other time in he history of the West--Advertise- 1ent.