Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-17
MlHlTODA'S lcRlCUl TURAl.
INDUSTRY
REMARKABLE DEvEL oPMENT I'M.
THAT PROVINCE DURING THE
PAST rev YEARS.

The past year las shown that the
proyince of Manitoba. the Premier
Province III Western Canada. stands
OUT prominently In point oe wealth In
her agricultural productions. Mani.
tohA had an excellent yield Ut wheat
IL 1914, the Dat crop Was not 50 good.
and with the hish price received. every
farmer vas placed III . good financial
position.
For soma years. as Il probably the
case lii all new countries, MAnitoha
went largely late the growing Of
grain. and while this paid ven for II
time. II was found tAat having 20 pur
chase his ineas. his milk and i pnsa~
bar Of other daily requisites. tho farm
did not pay rs II should Nuw. there
II another side "a IL. rndder crops
are grown, cattle are being raised.
cheese factories and rreaYnoFlaa are
established, ard the result Ii TINT the
financial position of thn farmers of
Manitoba II as strong As that Of those
Ii any other portion of the continent
Scarcely s farmer today bat has real.
tsed that che growing Of grains alone
has praearions side. and that POSI-
tive security can only be- nSAured by
diversified farming, and securing the
latest modern and most economic
methods Therefore timothy. clover.
alfalfa. rye grass and fodder corn are
universally grown Most wonderful
success uaeets the efforts 81 the farag
err tn the cultivation Of these gfAaanh.
and the Yields compare fsyoFahly
with those og many older countries
while ID many casea they exceed them,
II Ii worth whiie recording the aere.
age Of these crops this season al COM
pared with last. because thn lnnres gss
fleet the remarkable progress that ii
being made iii slairsing and III the
beef and pork industry. n 1919 bronze
grass was sown on aa,n1a acres. rye
grass on 21.et7 acres, timothy On
ifS.7f2 acres, clover On 6.szS acres. ri.
faifA on a,7,a acres and fodder corn on
s0,223 acres Ill 1914 the respective
acreage under thoaN crops wera 26.As4
acres, 27,IO0 acrns. 10000 acres. T.afa
acres, and IL, $50 acres and 80, $50 acres.
Alfalfa particularly Ii coming into ils
own. the acreage having been more
than doubled last year
II ID simply tbe natural process 0g
evolution from the purely grain farm
ing which Manitoba knew RA the only
method twenty years ego to the more
diversified forms cf agriculture that
Is responsible for the development
along these other fines III this prog.
ince Alberta IL coming To It az an
earlier stage than aid Manitoba. Sass
katehewan, too. II following rapidly
in the same direction.
Then, an her fodder crop and root
crop acreage Indicate there have been
| increaaas III the holdings 0f All kinds
or live stock during the past twelve
months. according 10 the corraapcnds
emit for the Toroato Globe. Beef cattle
number $4,000 head this year, aR
against $4,000 last year: mIlolI COWS
arc 1G0,aT4 haud. Rs against 1871 a63
head; pigs number $4,000 as against
24s,00D: sheep nunber $4,000. as
against $4,000: and there are $4,000
horses, d compared with 100000 ai
thia time last year. These are the
latest Provincial figures, and they
show that despite tho great eiIsux Cs
live stock 10 the United States since
the opening of that market 10 Can
ada, the capital amount OF live ami
mails has Increased instead of hay-
Ing decreased through the extra do
mand.
palrying thu Principal Industry.
Dairying liz the Industry, however,
which Ii making doIIare for the Mani.
tcba farmer. II In developing at Il rap
I'd rate Ia this Province for that par
ticnIar reason. The output of cream
cry butter last year vas 1000, 900
pounds. Ill an average price of 27.B
cents per pound, which was an In
crease over the previous year or i
million pounds. The output Of dairy
butter was recorded last year ne 4.28s..
ZIG pounds The Government depart.
ment says that again this year b sub
stantiai increase In the dairy output
will be shown from this provinces.
From this same source OF Information
one finds that through the splendid
growth In winter dairying, Winnipeg
now, for the first time In years. ID
able to obtain b sufficient supply of
milk and sweet cream from its city
dairies to satisfy its demand through
out the year without having 10 import
large quantities Of these products
from the United States as was done
not longer than two years o.-Ad-
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