The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18

THE impression one gets in going
through Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba" said a traveller from the
East, is that all the horses and teams
and all the tilreshing machines en-
gagged make no impression on the
crops, and that it viii take six months
60 thresh the grain out; but twol
weeks g the Canadian Pacific rail.
way were having a daily shipment of,
ZOO carr of wheat from the three,
PROVINCES, and a week ago they had.
got up Co Zoo cars a day. And be-,
sides this there is the Canadian North
ere railway and the Grand Trunk Pa
clfic, so an enormous quantity must,
be being shipped out Of the provinces.
The Weather farmers are building
large E~ranarlcs on their farms, while
there Is n great Improvement in the
storage facilities provided by the gov
eminent"
IL IL therefore no wonder that the
greatest interest was shown by those
who attended tho Soil Products Ex-t
position held at Denver a short time
ago, when it was demonstrated that it
was not only in quantity that Westerni
Canada still occupied the primary po-'
sition. IL was there that WESTERN
Canada again proved its supremacy
In wheat, 1t was early conceded that
Canada would be u winner, and this
was easily the case, not only did it win,
tho big prize, but 1t carried off tho
sweepstakes. What, however to those
who were representing Canada at this
exposition, was OF greater value proba-
bly,, was winning first and second prize
for alfalfa, The exhibits were beautiI
full and pronounced by old alfalfal
growers to be the best they had ever
seen. First, second and third cuttings
of this years growth were shown.
Al this same exposition, there were
shown some excellent samples OF fod-
dor corn. grown i'll the Swift Current
district.
Topping the range cattle market in
Chicago q short time ago is another of
the feats accomplished by Western
Canada this year.
On Wednesday, October 13, Clay,
Robinson and company sold at Chi!
cago for Il. Fl. Maunsell, Macleod, All
berta, a consignment of cattle, IT head
OF which. averaging 1,420 pounds,
brought $3.50 per hundredweight, top
ping the range cattle market for the
week to date. The same firm also
sold for Mr.. Maunsell EOS head, aver
aging LAO pounds, at $3.50, without az
throwout. These we're all grass catj
tie, They were purchased by Armour
ana company. Clay, Robinson and
company describe the cattle as of
very nice quality, in excellent condi4
ton, IL a great credit to Mr.. Maun-
1t speaks well for our Canadian
cattle raisers that they can produce
stock good enough to top the Chicago
market against strong competition,
being over 1000 range cattle on
that day.
1T is n thing to produce crops
such as are referred to and another
to get them to market. The facilities
Western Canada are excellent. The
companies, of which there are,
.hree. the Canadian Pacific, the Canal
liam Northern and the Grand Trunk
Pacific, nave the mark of efficiency
stamped upon all their work. Besides
he main trunk lines of these systems,
which extend from ocean to ocean.
here arc branch lines and l~aterals,
which enter into remote parts,
the farming districts, and give to
farmer immediate access to the
worlds grain markets. The elevator
capacity of the country is something
enormous, and If the figures can be
iigested, the full extent Of the grain
producing powers of Western Canada
nay be realized. The total elevator
capacity is about ITO, 00G, 900 bushels,
'r nearly one-lialf of the entire wheat
of the Dominion in 1915.
u this large storage facilities the
country elevators number $500, with.
. capacity of 95, 0 900 bushels.-Ad-
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