■FARM CROPS OF C'AXADA /V 1901 27 



Q. As a matter of fact the crops grown this year were grown without irrigation ? 



A. Yes. When I said the yield was from 30 to 40 bushels of fall wheat per acre, 

 I did not include the land about Stirling and Magrath, but that about Cardston and 

 Pincher Creek where the land has been well worked. 



Q. The settlements along the foothills are in a better position in regard to mois- 

 ture ? 



A. They usually are. This year they have been able to raise good crops without 

 irrigation. 



Q. As a matter of fact, that has been done in previous years ? 



A. Yes, it has. 

 , Q. The idea seems to prevail that as a matter of fact the crops in that part of tlie 

 country are all dependent on irrigation, whereas the fact is, that whatever may be the 

 case in future, so far the crops in that country have been raised almost entirely 

 without irrigation ? 



A. Not altogether this year. I met with farms occasionally along the line of the 

 irrigation canal where the settlers had used water quite freely. The water was avail- 

 able fairly early this spring, but in bringing water over a farm a good deal of work 

 is required in making small channels with arrangements for supplying and cutting off 

 the water, and as they have been busy building their houses and getting other pre- 

 paratory work done, they have not had time to complete their arrangements for irri- 

 gating and the necessity did not force itself on them this year because the season was 

 not as dry as visual. 



