Williams news., 1922-08-18
CROPS ALL GOOD
Western Canada Farmers Jubi-
 Iant Over Prospects.
Harvest In Southwestern Manitoba Expected to Come Close to
 Bumper Yield of 1915.

Those who have friends in Western Canada will be anxious to learn of | the conditions there, and will be in- | terested in knowing that generally the crop prospect is very favorable. Cut l ting and harvesting have become gen.
 eral. and it Is anticipated that the re-
 suits which will appear when thrash Ing Is completed will be highly satiS- factory.
 With the widely varying weather conditions that have prevailed in the
 different sections of the prairie prov
 inces 1t would be impossible to fore
 cast with any degree of accuracy as to
 how the crop is made. The Manitoba
 crop has held It's own, and the outlook
 for the province as a whole is decided
 ly good.
 With the exception of an area south and west Of Brandon, grain crops in Manitoba continue to give promises of good harvest, the best in fact for a number of seasons, reports the Cana dian National Railways for the week ended July 22. Recent rains and favor able temperatures have improved con- dft1ons wonderfully.
 Southwestern Manitoba will reap 8 harvest which will nearly equal the bumper harvest of 1915. Farmers in the district are very optimistic. The rye crop is exceptionally good; many fields will yield upwards of 80 bushels per acre. The fields are remarkably free of weeds, and the grasshopper menace, which has been evident in the southwestern portion of the province for the past three years, has been almost entirely ob1iterated. No dam age has been done to the wheat crop R,xy 1r@ n6 kho Is vryil1 age more than 60 bushels ito the acre.
 In Saskatchewan there are large areas where the crops are excellent. In places where the prospects some few weeks ago were not encouraging, material change for the better is ap- parent. In these places unusually dry weather during a portion of the grow ing season kept the crops back, but what was most remarkable was the effect that the spring moisture had. While light in some places, this mois- ture kept sufficient strength in the crops to ensure a fair yield of a good quality of grain This con- dition arises in the mid-central dis tricts of the province.
 The southern portions of the prov nce have been exceptionally favored, reports showing that the yield of all
 
 The crops of all Saskatchewan are l week or ten days later than those of Manitoba.
 Conditions in Alberta are said to be good, especially in southern Alberta, where copious and plentiful showers ,ame in time to give assurance of ,ood paying yields. This applies to nearly all sections of that district.
 Northern Alberta, or at least that portion of 1t lying within thirty miles if Edmonton, has suffered from lack of moisture, very unusual thing for hat district, where there Is generally n abundance. AS result, the heavy fields of wheat, oats and barley for which the district is noted will show considerable falling off over past years. he grain, though, is of excellent uality and the yield will be fair.
 Pasturage is poor, and the hay crop yill fall short of that of any previous ear for quite an extended period.
 On the whole, the prairie provinces Western Canada will have a crop nat will warrant the statement that it ill prove satisfactory and remuner- tive.
 A number of farmers put in corn lis year, and from present appear nces there is likelihood of an oundant yield for fodder and ensi- ge, while good deal of it will fully ature. A number of silos were .ected this season. While grain grow g is losing none of it's interest, 1t
 highly pleasing to note the number
 farmers who are adding dairying to Sement.