The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-17

that figure, now as the average yield is
20 bushels, and the average price 90
cents-S12 per acre-the difference be-
tween the result and cost. S6.1o, Is the
profit of grain growing year in and year
out in the great wheat belt of the Cana
dian prairie country. IL Il man has
half section of land and puts half Of it,
160 acres, under wheat, which is a very
common occurrence. he makes S1,OSO on
wheat alone. and should make, il he Is
a capable farmer enough. out of other
crops. sale of cattle. dairy and other pro-
duets, to keep himself and family the
year round besides.
The Third Division.
The third division OF this great coun-
try lies to the north of the wheat belt,
between it and what is known as the for
est country. AS wheat growing implies
the raising of all cereals, that can profit
ably be raised in the country. the remain
ing branches OF mixed farming are dairy
ing and the raising OF farm stock. It
must not be supposed that dividing the
prairies in this way is saying that any
one portion Of the country possesses bet
ter soil than another, for such is not the
case-all districts are equally fertile, but
the topography and climatic influences,
ETC., differ, as well as the conditions for
production. Ranching and grain growing
are carried on quite successfully in this
northern zone; but it is found more profit
able to combine all the features Of the
industry. On account of the land being
more broken than in the southern district,
though the soil is equally fertile tbere
sive operations; and while cattle RAISING
is rs profitable here rs elsewhere differ,
ent methods have to be adopted for their
protection. especially in the winter sea-
son.
An authority on the subject has stated
that agriculture in any country never
reaches the minimum OF development un-
til the farmers engage at least propor-
tionately in dairying. though the sur
roundings must always determine the ex-
tent to which any feature of the industry
may be prosecuted. 1t is certainty then
that of the agricultural possibilities of
this portion of the prairie country be es-
timated by, its adaptability to dairy farm
ing, even the most skeptical must ac-
knowledge they are unsurpassed in anv
country in the world. As intimated above
even dairying may be successfully carried
on in any corner OF the territories but
this zone has everything to recommend
it as the ideal spot for this branch of the
business.
In the territories creameries and cheese
factories are to large extent under gov
ernment control, and as such are working
well. In Manitoba they are largely a
matter of private enterprise. and from
the reports from that province they must
be giving absolute satisfaction to the pat
rons and promoters. If a settlers farm
is not especially adapted to extensive
cropping, or if seasons or other condi-
tions are against the proper development
of large crops, he has always plenty Of
pasture and an abundance of native hay
for winter feed A small sum of money
buys couple of cows. and he can soon
be in possession of fine herd of dairy
cattle, and the same may be said of
swine and poultry.
The mining districts of British Co.
lumbia, which consume an immense lot
Of dairy products. are close at hand and
always afford good market for butter.
cheese, pork. poultry and eggs When
in the future that country is overstocked
Great Britain offers as now a ready mar
ket for whatever may be produced, taken
for all in all, the Canadian Northwest
is the country for the man acquainted
with, or willing to learn any branch Of
farming. In the Industry with a few
years of care and enterprise he can soon
consider himself and his family in easy
ard comfortable circumstances.