Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1906 — FALL WHEAT RAISING IN ALBERTA. [ARTICLE]

FALL WHEAT RAISING IN ALBERTA.

The Spring: Wheat Areas Rapidly Increasing:. It Is only a few short years since the Impression prevailed that a large portion of the Canadian West was unfitted for agriculture. To such an extent did this impression prevail that districts larger than European principalities were devoted solely to ranching purposes, nnd flocks and herds roamed the ranges. But the agriculturist was doing some hard thinking, and gradully experiments were made, slowly at first but surely later on. As a result, to-day in "Southern Alberta, which was looked upon as the "arid belt,” large quantities of the finest wheat in the world are now grown, and so satisfied are the farmers and buyers that the industry has passed the experimental stage that elevators by the score have been erected in the past two years and others are in course of erection, to satisfy the demands that will be made upon them In the near future. Manitoba "No. 1 Hard” spring wheat has*achieved a world wide reputation, and there can be no question that ere -long "No. 1 Hard” winter wheat from Alberta will attain similar repute. The great market for this production will undoubtedly be the Orient, nnd, with Increased railway facilities and the erection of additional elevators and flouring mills, a largely increased acreage will be broken to waiter wheat. The Increase of population in Southern Alberta In the past year has been largely due to settlers from the United States, who have brought In cnpital, and enterprise, and who hav«< been uniformly successful In their undertakings. A few more such years of growth and "Turkey Red” winter wheat will wave from Moose Jaw Vo the foothills. Information' regarding lands of the Fall and Spring wheat belts can be obtained of any Canadian Government agent