Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-12-26
CANADA week
IN CHICAGO.
CANADIAN EXHIBITS AT LIVE
STOCK AND LAND SHOWS CEN
TER OF ATTRACTION.

| The hats were dotted to Canada
during the two weeks of the Land
Show and the week of the Live Stock
Show at Chicago. Willing to display
its goods. anxious to let the people OF
the central states know what could
be produced on Canadian farm lands,
and the quality of the article, Hon.
DIR Roche, minister of the interior
OF Canada, directed that sufficient
space be secured at the United
States Land Show recently held to
! give some adequate idea of the field
resources of western Canada. Those
in charge had splendid location, and
installed one of the most attractive
grain and grass exhibits ever seen
anywhere. Thousands, anxious to get
back to the land,' saw the exhibit,
saw wheat that weighed GS pounds to
the measured bushcl. oats that went
As and barley that tipped the scales
at 30 pounds. The clover. the alfalfa,
the wild pea vine and vetch the rye
grass, the red-tcp and many other sue
culent and nutritious varieties of wild
crosses demanded and deserved from
then prominence and quality the at
tention they received. The grain i'm
the straw, bright in color. and carry
ing heads that gave evidence of the
truth of the statel-ents of Mr. W. j.
White of Ottawa. and his attendants,
that the wheat would average rs to
IS bushels and over per acre, the oats
50 to % bushels, the fax . to IS
bushels We're strongly in evidence,
and arranged with artistic taste or
the walls. The vegetable exhibit was
surprise to the visitors. Potatoes,
turnips-- cabbage, in fact all of it
proved that not only in grains was
western Canada prominent. but in
vegetables it could successfully com
pete with the world
One of the unique and successful
features of the exhibit was the sue
cessfui and systematic daily distribu-
ton of bread made from Canadian
flour. 1t was a treat to those who got
it, Canadian butter, Canadian cheese
and Canadian honey helped to com
plete an exhibit that re.ealed i'm
splendid way the great resources of
a country in which SO many Amer
leans have made their home.
A feature of the exhibit was tho
placards, announcing the several re-
cent successes of Canadian farm
produce and live stock i'm strong COM
petition with exhibits from other
countries. There was posted the
Leager Wheeler championship prize
for Marquis wheat grown at Rosthern
in 1911 beating the world. Then j.
Holmes of Cardston entered the com
pettive field at l.ethbridge Dry Farm
ing Congress-, and won the wheat
championship OF 1912 beating Mr..
Wheeler with the same variety Of
wheat Hill & Sous OF l1loydminster
Saskatchewan, in 1917 won the Colo
RADIO silver trophy for best oats grown.
competed for in big competition at
Columbus. Ohio, in 19ll The produce
of British Columbia at the New York
Land Show in 1911 carried off the
worlds championship for potatoes,
and incidentally won Il $1,000 silver
trophy, and then, but a few years ago,
the same province carried OIL the
worlds prize for apples at the Horti-
cultural Show in London, England.
But that was not all These Cana
dians. who had the temerity to state
that corn was not the only feed tor
finishing high-grade beef cattle, en-
tered for the fat steer championship
at the Live Stock Show in Chicago a
polled Angus -"Glencarnock Victor"
Nearly 500 entries We're in the field
"Glencarnock Victor" didn't know
kernel OF corn from Brazilian wal
nut. There We're Iowa, Illinois. Ne
braska, Kansas, Minnesota. Wiscon
sin and their corn-fed article. deter
mined to win, bound to beat this black
al:a3.sl from the north, and his moth
ing btl. prairie grass. oats and barley
feed" as his owner proudly stated, but
they didn't Canada and McGregor &
Sons. with their "Glencarnock Victor"
Won and today the swelldom of Amer
ica is eating of -; steaks and roasts
the champion steer OF the world
But once more the herd of cattle
that won the Sweepstakes at the
same show was bred and owned by
the owners OF "GlencarnoclS Victor"
fed only ON prairie grass, oats and
barley. near Brandon. Manitoba. The
royal reception given to Mr.. Nc
Gregor OH his return to his home
town was we'll deserved.
Omission must not be made of the
wonderful and beautiful display OF
apples made by British Columbia, oc-
cupyng Il full half section of the
great Land Show This was in per-
sonal charge OF Mr.. w T. Scott, dep
uty minister of agriculture for that
province, who was not only host to
those who visited the exhibit but
was also an encyclopedia of informa-
ton regarding the resources of that
country. With 100000 Americans go
ing to western Canada this year, it is
pleasing to know that SO many from
this side OF the line can participate in
the honors coming to that new coun-
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