The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-04

creameries with government assistance,
and where they expect to raise butter
and cheese for British Columbia and
the orient,
The Great Canadian Range.
- These .stnckpen. claim TO have more
grazing lands than we have. ] have
travelled for hundreds of miles east and
north of Calgary through a rich prairie
country covered with grass. and I am
told such lands run south to the United
States line. The Canadians say that
their possible ranching area Is bigger
than Texas, and some describe it as
equal to six states as large as Pennsyl-
vania.
The most of this country Is now let
out on government leases. The annual
rent Is four cents an acre. but the grass
Is so thin that 1t :akes twenty acres to
feed one head OF stock, and the govern
ment will not permit more than that
average number to be grazed on any of
the ranches
Our own cattle country has been great
ly overstocked. The grasses have been
SO cut off that they will not come up and
our Agricultural Department is encourage
ing reseeding the plains. Here In Can
ada, everything Is under rigid govern
ment supervision. The mounted police
patrol the ranches. They enforce the
protection.of the cattle against diseases,
and have dipping stations where all the
stock THAT comes into the country Is ex-
aIn!ned and treated to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of Texas fever and other
plaques. These police have veterinary
surgeons with them and thoy watch care
fully all cattle from the United States.
A Land of Fine Stock.
Most OF the stock raised here is we'll
bred. Ono thousand dollars is by no
means q high price for @ bull, and there
are cattle sales at Calgary every year
which compare favorably with any in
tn United States. The favorite animal
is the Shorthorn, hut there are many
Poled Angus and Galloways. The best
breeding stock comes from England, and
there are some ranchmen who make
Fpsrall, OF raising choice bnsf eor The
English market. The Canada Cattle Com
pany, which has forty thousand head on
Its different ranches, ships its stock on
tho hoof to England. The animals are
all grass fed, and the sanitary regula-
lions are such that they must be killed
within eight days after landing in Great
Britain.
Cir William Van Horne has big
farm in western Canada which Is noted
for Its fine cattle, and there are many
rich farmers in Manitoba Right In the
heart of the wheat belt Thomas Green
way. n former premier of that province,
has q farm OF two thousand acres, but
he plants only one-hah OF this In grain
and devotes the balance TO raising high
ly-Ned Shorthorns. He has now two
hundred, and says they are the most
profitable part OF his farming operations.
The Armour of Canada.
One Of the best known ranching men
OF the west Is Patrick G. Burns OF CAL
gary, He Is the Armour OF this part
OF the world, and Is sometimes called
the cattle king OF tie British northwest.
He shipped $500 car loads OF becves last
YEAR and he has now about 1900 head
In his yards, He has q big trade with
Manitoba, British Columbia and Alaska
Al tlae beginning OF tho ISlondlke gold
discovery no got $1,000 apiece at Dawson
for steers, and as much as a dollar q
pound for beef on the hoof.
Pat Burns came TO Calgary about TWEEN.
ty-tiye years ago, and began life by
plowing up Tie prairie at so much pei
acre. He turned his savings into cattle
and let them Craze on government lands
AS ne made more money he bought more
cattle. and, 10 make along story short
hc Is nov millionaire and Is growing
richer and richer. 1t was In his oftics
in Calgary that j chatted with this mar
on cattle raising. Said he.
There has never been such u country
FOR money making as this All We have
had to do has been to turn the cattle
ont on tho prairie and let them grow
into gold. The climate is such that thcs
cnn feed out Of doors all tho year round
and tho grass fattens them almost az
we'll as grain. q am now shipping to
Liverpool, stock, which have mover tast.
cd corn. They are grass fed and thei