Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-09
FARMERS GREAT
OPPORTUNITY
Demand for Canadian Cattle
After the War.

The opportunities that Western Can
ada offers to the farmer have time and
again been placed before the public
through these columns. The cheap
price at which the very best lands car
be purchased, and the advantage that
is TO be had in securing n OF the free
homesteads Of 100 acres has appealed
to a great many. and they have en-
braced them. Many. In fact most OF
those who nave done so are today Civ
ing testimony to the good fortune and
the timely f%orethought that led them
to go to Western Canada, and embark
in an era OF farming that has placed
them away beyond the pinch Of want
and given them eason to look into the
future with a hOpefulness that they
had not had the courage In the past 10
forecast.
Not only nave they been able to Sc
cure good lands at low prices and on
easy terms but II they desire they
have been able to add TO this 100 acres
of land free, on conditions that are
easy. A resident in the Lloydminster
district in Saskatchewan who had
been farming in the States for some
time, took up a homestead In 1910, and
commenced breaking with 4 oxen.
Two years ago he bought an adjoin-
ing quarter section and nov has over
100 acres under cultivation. He says,
"As my circumstances improved, l sold
the oxen and now have six head OF
horses, twelve head Of cattle, and have
always a bunch of hogs ON hand.
"On an average I have had yields Of
25 bushels of wheat, 65 bushels of oats,
and 40 bushels of barley to the acre,
and last season from a field Of 2Sh
acres. l threshed 1,040 bushels of
wheat. l have made a success of
mixed farming and would have no hest
tation In advising all who contemplate
making a new home to come to this
district. l sell cream to the Govern.
ment Creamery here, and find at all
times a good market for live stock and
other produce"
This Is but a modest statement Of
what a modest man can do in Western
Canada, and could be repeated OF hun
dreds of others.
Scores of cases could be recited
where much more has been accom-
plished, and II is believed that WITH
moderate investment at the present
time, the cattle industry of Western
Canada will pay large interest.
} The Minister of Agriculture of Sas
katchewan, in a recent address, ven
/, tured the prediction that the Sas
, katchewan farmer who developed his
land along the lines of general stool
breeding would make much more mon
, ey and find a far bigger return for hi'
efforts in ten years time than thu
man who devoted his energies purel!
7 and primarily to grain raising. Thil
was the coming golden age of oppor
tunity for the stockman and It was NJ
: to the Saskatchewan man to get IL
on the ground floor and prepare him
self for the coming demand.
The close of the war would undoubt
= eddy see a great demand for live stool
4 in Europe and 1t was only reasonable
to suppose that this demand would
+ have to be filled almost wholly b.
3 American stockmen. both in Canadi
ard the United States. Europe wal
4 slowly draining its rural districts no
Y only of its beef and dairy animals blu
D was also using the finer breeding ami
mails and the end Of the war woult
see q condition Of affairs which woult
e render necessary almost the repopuIa
tion of the domestic animal kingdom
[ in that continent.
The opportunity of Western Cana
dian stockmen. therefore, lay in beini
prepared for this demand when I
arose. In view OF these facts whicl
must be patent to every student o
economic conditions as related to tn
stock industry, he hoped to see within
: the next three years the stock raising
industry in Saskatchewan given al in
mense impetus forward, which woul,
put It in the forefront of the producinI
provinces of the Dominion.-Advertise
q ment.
n David may have been right when h
.,gJ L., b,,kn That oil MON ryoro Ifors