Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1918 — WESTERN CANADA'S CROPS [ARTICLE]

WESTERN CANADA'S CROPS

Got an Excellent Start. Big Yields New Assured, Never in the history of Western Canada did the seed enter the ground under more favorable conditions. The weather during the month of April was perfect for seeding operations, and from early morning until late at night the seeders were at work, and every acre that £ould be profitat-X sown was placed under requisition. Farmers entered heart and soul into the campaign of greater production. There was the time and the opportunity for careful preparation, and as a consequence with favorable weather from now on there will be a vastly increased yield. They realized it was a , duty they owed to humanity to produce a'l that they could on. the land, not only this year but next as well. In -addition to the patriotic aspect, they are aware that the more they produce greater will be their own return fn dollars and cents. Tn many districts wheat seeding was completed by the Ist of May. after v hi ch date oats and barley on larger acreages than usual were planted. As has been said, favorable weather conditions made possible excellent seed-bed preparation, and the seed has gone into the ground in unusually good shape. The available moisture in the soil has been added to by rains, which have not been so heavy, however, as to interfere long with the work in the fields. The grain is germinating readily, and on many fields the young green blades of the cereal are already showing. An optimistic feeling prevails among farmers that Western Canada will reap a record harvest. If the season from now on is as favorable as it has begun, these hopes should be realized. Mr. J. D. McGregor of the Federal Food Board, who is also an old and successful farmer in Western Canada, asserted a few days ago at Calgary that crop conditions throughout the Prairie Provinces were excellent. “Speaking generally,”- he said, “the crops have never gone into the ground in better shape than this year, and with an even break of luck as far as the weatb er Is concerned, there should be an enormous crop.” His present duties in connection with the Food Control Board, taking him in all parts of the West, Mr. McGregor has exceptional opportunities of observing conditions all over the country. —Advertisement.