Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-24

tory above all others most admirably
adapted to this particular industry.
The buffalo, bunch and other grasses
that grow in profusion in this district
and retain their nutritive properties the
year round, and the moderate climate of
mid-winter rendered such by the
Chinook winds preventing any consid-
cradle depth of snow at any time, espe-
cially fit the district for the peculiar
methods of the Misunderstanding his
herds the year round in the open coun-
try.
While there are no large lakes or
rivers in this whole country there are
numerous fast-running streams fed the
year round by melting SHOWS in the
mountains furnishing an abundance of
the coolest and purest water the best
for beast as well as man. The country
has at once an abundance of the best
of food and drink the year round, q clear
sky but little wet or stormy weather and
favorable climate the year through.
Englishmen and Americans in the
western territories are bringing in their
herds as fast as they can and leasing or
purchasing land in lots from 1 900 to 90
600 acres from the Dominion govern
ment. An idea of the growth of the
industry will be gathered from the fact
that in 1899 there were but Al, All head
Of cattle shipped and sold from the
ranches, these figures ran to 55,129 in
1900, and to 5000 in 1903, averaging
$40 per head for the owners But It
takes great many ranchers and large
rn1rY hnr of to "a
200 ,000, 900 acres, the area available for
ranching in the Canadian northwest
1t is not at all necessary that large in
vestments should be made at the outset.
Many men commenced with small cap
ital and small herds, and have worked
themselves into large herds and great
wealth. There is still in the country
plenty of room for those who desire to
go and do likewise
Second Part.
The second part of the Canadian
prairies embraces the great wheat grow
ing belt of the country which is easily
half larger than any other in the world
It includes about 150, 00O, 900 acres AS
it is comparatively free of broken land,
large lakes and rivers, about 125, 600, 900
acres of it can be brought under the
pillow. Placing farmer on every half
section (330 aeres), it can comfortably
locate 800 900 farmers or 1900, 900 of an
agricultural community. A glance now
at what the farmers of the territories
are doing will give a better idea of what
can be done in this great wheat-growing
zone. The territorial government re-
ports show that in 1908 there were raised
IL, 629.149 bushels of spring wheat off
of 837 .234 acres, an average of 1904
bushels per acre; on 440, 662 acres of
oats there were grown IL, us, 705 BUSH
els, an average of 32.17 bushels per acre:
So ,667 acres produced 1,741 ,2O9 bushels
of barley-24.65 to the acre, and 80, 431
acres produced 1855 bushels of fax
seed, SOB to the acre. AS but 1 ,383, 434
acres or little better than one per cent.
of the entire wheat-growing area of the
territories was under crop, little fig
uring shows IL per cent of the entire
country under wheat will raise the 200,-
100000 that Great Britain annually re-
quires from outside countries.
II must not be supposed for moment
that while this part of the country is
outlined as the especially favorable dis