Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-11-20

Manitoba" said traveller frorn ~
East, lis that all the horses and too
and all the threshing machines ~
gagged make no impression on hi
crops. and that 1t will take six north
to thresh the grain out; bur t1
weeks ago the Canadian Pacific rowE
way were having a daily shipmen, .,
100 cars OF wheat from the -
provinces, and q week ago thew he
got up to 2,l00 cars q day. And ~
sides this there is the Canadian Nor+h
ern railway and the Grand Trunk D.
ciic. so an enormous quantity mus,2
be being shipped out Of the provinces
The Weather farmers are buildiD I
large granaries on their farms. wills
there is a great improvement in tba
storage facilities provided by the gov
eminent"
1t is therefore no wonder that thu
greatest interest was shown bv thosa
who attended the Soil Products ~
position held at Denver a short tima
ago, when it was demonstrated that h
was not only in quantity that Western
Canada still occupied the primary no.
sition 1t was there that Western
Canada again proved it's supremacy.
In wheat, it was early conceded that
Canada would be a winner, and this,
was easily the case. not only did II wtn
the big prize, but it carried of tia
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 beauti.
full and pronounced by old alfalfa
growers to be the best they had ever
seen. First, second and third cuttings
of this years growth were shown.
AT this same exposition. there wers
shown some excellent samples of fod-
der corn, grown in the Swift Current
district
Topping the range cattle market in
Chicago a short time ago is another OF
the feats accomplished by Western
Canada this year.
On Wednesday. October 10, CLAY.
Robinson and company sold at Chi
cago for E. H. Maunsell, Macleod, All
berta, consignment of cattle, II head
of which, averaging 1920 pounds,
brought $500 per hundredweight, top.
ping the range cattle market for the
week to date The same firm also
sold for Mr.. Maunsell 206 head. aver
aging 1,240 pounds, at $3.50, without
throwout. These we're all grass cat
tie. They were purchased by Armour
and company. Clay, Robinson and
company describe the cattle as oil
very nice quality, in excellent condt.
ton, and a great credit to Mr.. Maun.
sell. 1t speaks well for our Canadian
cattle raisers that they can produce
stock good enough to top the Chicago
market against strong competition.
there being over 1000 range cattle on
sale that day.
1t is one thing to produce crops
such as are referred to, and another
to get them to market. The facilities
of Western Canada are excellent. The
railway companies, of which there are
three, the Canadian Pacific. the Cana
dian Northern and the Grand Trunk
Pacific, have the mark of efficiency
stamped upon all their work. Besides
the main trunk lines of these systems. /
which extend from ocean to ocean,
there are branch lines and laterals, /
feeders which enter into remote parts
Of the farming districts, and give to
the farmer immediate access to the
worlds grain markets. The elevator
capacity of the country is something
enormous, and II the figures can be
digested, the full extent of the grain
producing powers of Western Canada
may be realized. The total elevator
capacity is about 1700O0.0OO bushels.
or nearly one-half of the entire wheat
production of the Dominion in 1918
OF this large storage facilities the
country elevators number $500. with
a capa city of 100000 bushels-Ad-
vertisement.