. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Jl'NE, 1907 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER '9 Because the possible yield of wheat in the West will he slightly lower this year than might have been, had more favorable weather prevailed, is no reason for anticipating finan- cial embarrassment for the West, nor yet a wheat famine for the world at large Canada is not the only country raising wheat. Argen- tina has already sown a greater erop than in 1906, as has Australia also. India promises to have a crop at least as
. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Jl'NE, 1907 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER '9 Because the possible yield of wheat in the West will he slightly lower this year than might have been, had more favorable weather prevailed, is no reason for anticipating finan- cial embarrassment for the West, nor yet a wheat famine for the world at large Canada is not the only country raising wheat. Argen- tina has already sown a greater erop than in 1906, as has Australia also. India promises to have a crop at least as great as that of last year. In Europe there may be a slight short- age below last season's yield, but not neces- sarily a serious one. Russia w ill be watched with particular interest, owing to last year's failure, and because of the fact that she is a big exporter of wheat. Canada and the United States will, it is estimated, raise less wheat this year than last by 10 per cent., but it is still unsafe to predict in this regard. The 1906 crop was the greatest ever grown, and even effort will certainly be made to show no deficiency in the present year. Just here the question may be asked: "Is a big crop desirable?" Heretofore the pros- perity of the West has been, judged by the crop prospects. A large wheat yield is regarded as synonymous with prosperity; credits are extended and representatives of Eastern manufacturers and jobbers overrun the grain fields in a feverish endeavor to share in the farmer's good fortune. A crop failure or partial failure, for more than a partial failure can never occur in the West, has been in the past a signal for a shrugging of the shoulders, a restriction of credits and the im- pression that new enterprises must for the moment be held in abeyance. The time is past, however, when prosperity and bis? crops mfist be considered synonymous. Western Canada no longer depends solely upon wheat. Even the fear of crop failure is vanishing rapidly
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