Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-11-19

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JOHN 4. SALzER SEED CO., Box TIT, La Crosse, Wis.,

that the harvest returns are u per
cent greater than the average for the
past five years.
The same satisfactory and highly
important success has been attained
in other grain crops. The aggregate
yield of oats is 481, 035,500 bushels
from the 11,365,000 acres under crop,
OF this yield 305, $4,000 bushels are
from the three Prairie Provinces,
These provinces also contribute 304A
100000 bushels of wheat The barr
ley harvest is 50,S6S,000 bushels from
1877 bushels per acre."
"The impression one gets in going
through Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba" said a traveller from the
East "is that all the horses and teamG
and all the threshing machines enc
crops and that 1t will take six montha
to thresh the grain out: but two
weeks ago the Canadian Pacific rails
way were having daily shipment Of
LOO cars of wheat from the three
provinces, and week ago they had
got up to 2,100 cars day. And bea
sides this there is the Canadian Northa
ern railway and the Grand Trunk Pa
cific, so an enormous quantity must
be being shipped out of the provinces.
The weather. farmers are building
large granaries on their farms, while
Go iY,1n in hn
storage facilities provided by the gov4
eminent"
It is therefore no wonder that the
greatest interest was shown by those
who attended the Soil Products Exc
position held at Denver a short tins
ago, when it was demonstrated that is
was not only in quantity that Western
Canada still occupied the primary po'
sition. It was there that Western
Canada again proved it's supremacy.
In wheat. it was early conceded that
Canada would be winner, and this
was easily the case, not only did it win
the big prize, but it carried off the
sweepstakes. What, however, to those
who were representing Canada at this
exposition, was of greater value probaA
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 evex
seen. First, second and third cuttings
Of this years growth were shown.
At this same exposition, there were
shown some excellent samples Of fods
der corn, grown in the Swift Current
district
Topping the range cattle market in
Chicago short time ago Is another OF
the feats accomplished by Western
Canada this year.
On Wednesday, October IS, Clay
Robinson and company sold at Chs
cago for E. H. Maunsell, Macleod, Al
berta, consignment of cattle, II head
of which, averaging 1920 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 206 head, aver
aging 1910 pounds, at $8.55. without
throwout. These were all grass cats
tie. They were purchased by Armour
and company. Clay, Robinson and
company describe the cattle as OF
very nice quality, in excellent condt
ton, and great credit to Mr.. Maun+
sell. It speaks we'll for our Canadian
cattle raisers that they can produces
stock good enough to top the Chicago
market against strong competition.
there being over 1000 range cattle on
sale that day.
It 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 if 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 170,OOo.000 bushels,
or nearly one-half of the entire wheat
production of the Dominion in 1915.
Of this large storage facilities the
country elevators number $500, with
a capacity of 95,000,000 bushels.-Adt
vertisement.