The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1914-12-25
MAnITOBA'S AGRICULTURAL
INDUSTRY
REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT IN
THAT PROVINCE DURING THE
PAST FEW YEARS.

Tho past year has shown that the
Province Of Manitoba. the Premier
Province of Western Canada, stands
out prominently In point of wealth in
her agricultural productions. Mani
toba had an excellent yield of wheat
In 1914, the oat crop was not SO good,
and with the highsprice received, every
farmer was placed in good financial
position.
For some years, as is probably the
case In all new countries, Manitoba
went largely into the growing OF
grain, and while this paid well for
time, 1t was found that having to pur-
chase his meat, his milk and a num-
Der Of other daily requisites, the farm
did not pay as 1t should Now. there
is another side to 1t. Fodder crops
are grown, cattle are being raised,
cheese factories and creameries are
established. and the result is that the
financial position Of the farmers of
Manitoba is as strong as that of those
In any other portion of the continent
Scarcely farmer today but has real
lied that the growing of grains alone
has a precarious side, and that posi-
tive security can only be assured 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 meets the efforts of the farm
ers in the cultivation of these grasses,
and the yields compare favorably
with those of many older countries,
while in many cases they exceed them. |
1t is worth while recording the acre
age of these crops this season as COM !
pared with last, because the figures re-
fleet the remarkable progress that is
being made in dairying and In the |
beef and pork industry. In 1913 bronze |
grass was sown on 24,912 acres, rye |
grass on 21,917 acres, timothy on |
118,712 acres, clover on 5,32S acres, al |
falfa on 400 acres and fodder corn on
20,223 acres. In 1914 the respective
acreage under those crops were 25,444
acres, 27,100 acres, 1885, 800 acres, 1912
acres and 10,250 acres and 3O,430 acres.
Alfalfa particularly is coming into its
own, the acreage having been more
than doubled last year.
1t is simply the natural process of
evolution from the purely grain farm
ing which Manitoba knew as the only
method twenty years ago to the more
diversified forms .of agriculture that
s responsible for the development
along these other lines in this Prov
nee. Alberta is coming to it at an
earlier stage than did Manitoba. Sas-
too, is following rapidly
n. the same direction
Then, as her fodder crop and root
rop acreage indicate, there have been
Increases in the holdings of all kinds :
f live stock during the past twelve :
months, according to the correspond
MT for the Toronto Globe. Beef cattle 8
lumber $4,000 head this year, as {
gainst' 81 900 last year; milcn cows :
re 160,474 head, as against 1898 Z
cad; pigs number $4,000, as against :
$4,000; sheep number $4,000, as
gainst $4,000; and there are $4,000
orses las compared with 100000 at
his time last year. These are the
test Provincial figures, and they
how that despite the great efflux of :
We stock to the United States since
lie opening of that market to Can
Ia, the capital amount of live ami Y
ais has increased instead of hav- y
e decreased through the extra de-
and. z
Dalrying the Principal Industry. =
Dairying is the industry. however, :
hich is making dollars for the Mani