| Show It iII SOUTH ALBERTA it WATERED PLATEAU l Groat Fertility F Produced by Irrigation IrrIgation tion in a District of Little Rain TO aJIE MORMONS NS of Wh rT T j 4 Q lill to tu 0 Say tin sn an Oil 01 Ih III ih I a Q p I I 1 An account of ot crop conditions In this t district Is practically an nn account ot oC tho tim I work of ot the illi Canadian Northwest at al Irrl Irrigation t z gation stIon company th appear appearance I I ance at of the Irrigation company thaw were crops nor crop t tand t I 1 i k and In nil all probability nol without the com oom company wn pany thir th t nevor vor would have been f fj t l The Te Her er of ot visions Is 1 not reckoned t nt Pt account III In this tiIs world but tl 11 9 snail man whoever hoesr It was that 1 l 1 drea tir a B dr m anti and saw uV this relent i with lIh homesteads und and i 2 lf I Ii J dotted f I checkered with waving wheat fields it was wall u 11 dreamer a n man of ot faith I j faith lias ba 1 t If U you ou will but R ii been more mor than Justified by his works I 1 Not without honor onor Is II tho the seer the thu man anti and antiI who sees saYe In his hili hi own country lI l 1 the believe In tiu that t I dr dream a u bit and ho wild o 0 Uail i 1 it V Sire wire Ire U iii t a 11 to the lie lie deh of oC the l rM border Of O cattle but Uw th barbed i wire 11 has h II como conto tb b stay and tuni the rancher Is IsIl s f Lg preparing to fold told his ii tents tenth like tho the Il 1111 Arab and anti silently steal away aWI I bridge Itself ItoU M huls no great Brent faith In tho hO hOc i id Some Ioe trust In m cattle a enterprise onto c 13 t BOmo I mo in ditches sold said they the but we truet lI that a ml rol at nt the mines to II I the pay ft Some SOllie o ot of the old i good enough tar tUr UK u I tI timers said they th Hi y hind had been bean In the coun country th i twenty years and had bad going on try I raised and that set settled led 1 nover not nil that way Y for tor fo foI It They were vere 1 B Ird and there WitS was enough public r I In ha tho the town to put up a Q good bonus for tor tho the flake of at having J the water hi Irl tho tim streets but nevertheless there thero Is III t 2 still a n typo of ot townsman who 5 things thin anti nd sits l s terrible T iM to unwise o enough tho the newcomer ic I to seek sek advice around the barroom A that Is ti groat root on whisky ky hns line nat no Place for tor water either elthor Inside 1 these s II st 1 or out Under Ii 1 to the company tho the only course coarse open t U to o demonstrate the practical y of Ir Irrigation I 1 Induce practical was to rl nunn Ii I to take lake up land henri and give tho the I I fair trial ui i thing n a people Bight to the tho south of ot us tie tho lie it of f had hati made success n a d eal called led Mormons I cero ceroo of Irrigating Certain of ot them p also will willing willIng They were willing to comO o LI Terms construct the tho canals j i t ing to agreed agreed upon and two to 1 w were vere ro 1 were started d Magrath and Stirling It Ills Is 15 quitO quite customarY tY 11 and lid In n Now ov cUl m bail bad ardor to decry these people POl as aa I yens sens and no rio forth and I 1 am om not ro re rota defense but there thore are ta tamed led In their IrU about them thom that are two things I one or In itt noteworthy First it Is I refreshing 1 i u these thc e days to find a body of mon men who will vIli v I stand for tor principles and 1111 surfer suffer for them thorn It If need be bo even oven If It they ate aro erron Second they are neither t nIt d OUN afraid to raise mIse and nud rear a 1 fa Cam n I cd ed nor lIy hi Th rd brotherhood U Is apparently tt among omon than lhnn n P name haute more something sOIl 3 t t them them At The tM the beginning of ot the year I Mr Peterson of ot lost los h his l wire and took the thc body routh to j bo be burled When he ho re returned he ho found 40 o acres I A AI seeded anti nd of ot his land plowed r I similar thing was done llone n at Stirling Ing for tor luring during his hla sickness lI Mr Sykes v mentioned Other Instances might bo hO but bul enough said Fourth they hey are arc 1 taking stops to have prohibition on en In their district and IC If It be bt a adIL q wilderness wW worthy worthy thing to make the tho dIL blossom as t the tho rose ose that also must i be 10 scored to their credit A system 2 i be bei that hat produces such h results may IOn compounded of ot truth and error as asi most i I human sy systems toms are but It cannot bo be Jo I z dismissed ns na foolishness or orI mixture of ot both buth Min Ministers Mm In knavery or a n I daughters who have school schoolteacher schoolteachers teachers teacher among them thom tell me mo they thy havo have havon n ft singular way of ot meeting people In inI I I tho tire spirit In which they are arc approached i and they bear benr them witness that they kindhearted and hospitable I are of or ortho Mr Ir T 1 M Evans superintendent tho the Irrigation company compan drove a 1 ma limn small party of oC us out to on the 1 of this month Tho first house in this tt settlement was put up In June Juki over two years oars ago ngo Today then thenIs i Is lea n population of or over oer COO and purely agricultural nf nl that Two years ago ngo of ot Ilmi prairie 1 there thore wa was a 11 beautiful expanse Ye Tie rie today loda there are aro some 1615 acres Ic inder under cultivation The Tho large communal nat nal fields of ot various kinds of or grain L i und nad roots root surround the lie town on nil all allo i t sides and the tho crops era lIS are without ex ox exception o excellent Ono One or two patches iv I of ot sown late Inte In Juno on soil sod will willI hardly make mako more than fodder mil but butI 4 I for tor the roil rol I sympathize with Mr I 1 who In Is credited c In town at any rate with drawing the long bow when 1 describing d things at nt and Stir In Ing IngI Undoubtedly It pays to break In fall I tot for sowing anti and yet et oats aRts on the eod lOtI od this spring are strong anti ami antiI I well colored nail promise an nn excellent I Tho Tire spring wheat wn was out and In splendid condition We saw aw w wI and Markers Harker I and It was wall hard ha to 10 tell which was the best The finest results result In grain how however however I ever over hav hn been iteen b n obtained In tall fall wheat 14 Mr Dudley Dudl y has a plot of oC 00 acres nore no noI I mere sample The Th sod Od was os turned In InJune InJune inI I June and aud tbs life th wheat hoot 40 bushels bu to the 1 acre nen sown In September Mr I of or the tho experimental farm and Mr Ir both of whom are good J judges accompanied l us II and antI It II WM was ott iI conceded that litter liner wheat 1 l was not grown In the old country countr Man Ian Manitoba Manitoba or the tho It U stood by nc ac act measurement at nt that time four tour fourd d t feat t t six Ix Inches not here ht and there ilteN tl re a ahead ahead head but bu the tho whole field It I was wai AI heavy heay dark and Mild running S 2 ii 5 heads beads and nUI more nere mor to a root rt Mr Head fed hns hn i a n patch thAt Is In part equal eual to this but the area ar Is smaller or Bishop hacker Harker was wa busy 1111 BO so 10 that thal 1 t I could not obtain All ni the Information 1 I desired desIred There Thoro was vas os one ont patch of ot sugar r beet that demonstrates Its It It possibility I as aa a 0 crop crp but bt whose It Is IR I do not nt notI I know and Marker Harke himself has IMS bA hasi an on excellent stand of alfalfa Nearly I i every house linn has bl something of ot A n gard garden gar r en beside It and the th variety of the produce from cum cern to squash luah forbid forbids enumeration In one garden en In th the coulee well cul wel berries and currants were doing It I must not be Iso considered that so 10 new U tho the town ton Is badly housed ho Shacks ats nr In a very or small minority i t most ot of the dwellings are ar cottages cottage ott but but there ther are It several excellent fran frame houses Mr Ir Markers Mr Mr lr Carters Cartr just Junt com completed m and Mr t mu tn Just be begun b beAt gun n At nAt Stirling much trw the th name Mn rne conditions condition prevail Though nothing quite i Ke equals fUI Mr Ir Dudleys DudleYs wheat yet t I think that the th general Is I quite quIl equal euAl to In nb ab fb fbI abI I 11 II meet tt I efficiently AH 11 a guide e and host liOt hOlt Mere Jen Jento I too to was a nothing but bt prairie tW yearn ati ago ngo Now here Is la a n town of ot COO tO Oo In ln inhabitants ag habitants habitant with wih 1000 acres In grain grin Mr Is Just completing a n 30 f feat leot ot square framo house houw hous and nood houses houle havo recently been bean by MeHr Priest Spongier Davis avis and Balk linn has 45 5 acres of ot first class spring wheat promising JO 30 0 bushels to the tho th aero itero Mr Grants and Mr MI spring wheat whet are Ir quite as al good Mr homer has hn tall fall lal wheat that will viii wil yield well wail wol and his hil whole place Is a picture HI 11 His gordon garden fren tho the work vork of ot a 1 master hand Small fruit Is doing well wol here hero umi the tho sugar beet bet IH hi II flourishing Mr Fawcett has hasH ha 4 H 47 acres under tinder wheat and anti oats doing well wel but tho ie u use UBO o of ot specifying I 1 did dIU not ace a U crop In II the Ilia lilac Perhaps there Is II 1 nothing more note noteworthy noteworthy the worthy ns ne demonstrating Use tits of ot tho the country than Councillor garden ten Hu lie 10 has raspberries making Ono floe cane thriving Well Wel and nd strawberries 1 yielding a fine crop this thin year oar and promising nit nil ex excellent 0 c lent ono mm next Pose 11 are a 1 splendid crop r and nUl healthy tomatoes matoes t a that lil 1111 high h and well wel od dId t and parsnips and Ind sugar beet In excellent shape hope He lie Je s also growing trees Iris both beth from seed aird In slip for tor wind breaks breau two or thre three varieties of ot otwa willow wa the Manitoba maple and a n rum peti which I 1 take to IH be a Q specie of pu scads AcacIa all al doing loin excellently Not till ti this year Ia did any Iny settlement commence near Th There re are ore now lW over twenty lw settlers etter with 6 6 acres und under r cultivation not no on one of ot which was vas broken In March Marh last The farm Carl three hire out of ot town It Is completely fenced Coned anti and nn an ex ox excellent OJ house hOu built buit on It About the thc hit first of ot lost lut March Mardi the Irrigation cum corn ian mule tade arrangements melts wih with IV W I 1 Fairfield 1 who tho was then lien superintendent of ot the Wyoming Agricultural Ex station tam in m to Uke a half of ot land laud near hear on which to entry carry Cry on an ni experimental or 01 model farm The fhe Idea tan Is la to 10 operate a n farm along all the lines linen InO In vogue In tho the best belt Irrigated districts of lt the tM states It I will wi merely I h be an nn object lo o nn n to newcomers unacquainted with agriculture tore ture tur under Irrigation By fly going over tho the fI they can see seo se how hots the tho ditches arc m lado made do anti and whore located the th method motho of ot distributing tho the water over ovel the land and so 80 forth Corth An attempt will wl also be tJ made to have havo nil all ni field fohl crops which are ar likely to roach rench a n high degree of oC success uc grown crown upon ulon the tho farm Arm lr each year so 10 that a I comparison can Cn be made by tho the visitor at nt any anytime anytime time during the growing season Reason The Tho results aimed nt at In the establishment of ot the farm are demonstrative rather than purely purl experimental All AH crops toe arc or to be grown for tor their commercial value only No time will wi b bi be spent In Inlaying Inlaying inlaying laying out drives or In tankIng making fancy lettered strikes stakes with wIh ith which to mark murk each Will trop but tho lie farm furm will wi be oper oler operated o er atod ns ni any good farmer would do If It ItIn In an ni Irrigated district In considering tho tim work done dono anti tho the results result re ul obtained up to tho the present time It will wl bo be of at Interest to keep lP In mind mimi the tue fact that It was wu the tho of at ft April Apri before Mr Ir reached Up to that nothing had lind been heen done except to select tho tim lo 10 location locton cation and to 10 have hae about ten ton acres broken during tho the week or ton days Just JUHt Thus It I will Wi be VC scott Been that a n settler can come rome here In II the tle tie spring as al several Iveral have done this year put In itt a Q fair sized shell crop and get good gol returns more moro than hail for Cor seed let antI and Ind horse hONO feed for or the following year There Thore are 85 sa 8 aorta acres In crop About 11 1 acres neros In wheat W acres In lit oats lu IV acres ras In flax lu 56 acres G in potatoes bo be besides sides a 1 small smal area In beans and fodder corn cor and V 4 an acre set let In fruit Tho Thu grain Is dark green In color clor and anit Is 10 II very vory thrifty One would not nt Judge from Us its Is appearance thru that It was wal grow growing growing ing In on newly broken eod otI but rather ono one wel tle land of the last East l The ilax U is I looking exceptionally welt well Al Although Although 1 though It was Wil not sown son till tl the second day tiny of at June It Is front from C G to 10 Inches and more high bight on July This Thlu hlo Is a crop which Is la likely to be bo a n grid hd wild MIl to tho the settler here for tor several reasons It I thrives thrle on 01 newly broken sod cod od It can eRn be lc put pu In late lato after the season for Cor sowing sw ne grain anti and last but not least It U iii I u IL good money crop which Is an nn Important Imp tant Item to the tho ho new now settler Mr tr 1 does not lot recommend roco mend the th practice of or growing flax con continuously continuously but hut merely the use Ule of ot It I un until til iii tion 1 the tho farm Carat la lit brought brugh under ulder cultivation cultivation On five 0 and a n half halt acres acro of ot tho he oat ont ground alfalfa or lucern lueen was 1 sown and nn Rn excellent stand has hn been heen obtained U It I will wi bo ho a I great boon to Southern Alberta It If title this plant noes nD well lohl el as 88 there thore 1 Jd is much mitch likelihood that It will wi In fact It I will wIl give he this lii district a n handicap over the rest rt of ot Canada Where U Lt I Iro well el alfalfa produces more hay hl to the acre arre than any other forage pl plant nt now In cultivation In n quality tile tl hay hy Is 18 very tr nutritious This plant thrives only In an arid or semi semiarid semiarId arid climate and reaches Its Is highest development under Irrigation Irrl atun Southern Alberta will wil probably be bo the theon only on district In Canada where It can con bo be grown It 1 Is ii I prophesied bv by some seine that this Is l destined to become ome the greatest feeding ground of Canada anada It I can n be readily really seen se n that the Iho farmer who raises alfalfa successfully on his Irrigated farm may me enjoy advantages which no other farmer In Canada does dOI for he be heran becan can ran have an abundance of or very ory nutritious oUR ous and ant cheap hay hn to fatten stock that has hAi been hn raised at nt small cost on the adjacent range ranle It I has h been tho the uni universal un I versal l experience In the states that lint alfalfa Is l grown farm fam lands Increase rapidly In price It I Is II sincere ly Iy to be hoped hOled that alfalfa will wil prove rte a success here anti It I gratifies ono one to know that 1 0 far tar Indications could not be better batter grass was as sown with wih three n a f half bAIt ners nots of ot the cats This caine ele well 11 and a 1 nice stand ha has ten been obtained Five Fhe and |
