Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-09
FARMERS GREAT
OPPORTUNITY
Demand for Canadian cat,,.
After the War.

4 ne opportunities that Western n.
ada Offers to the farmer have time an
again been placed before tba n Saa
through these columns Thu osN
price at which the very best land
be purchased, and the advantage ~
is to be had in securing one of tho
homesteads of 100 acres has annoa,',
to a great many, and they have aS
braced them. Many, in fact mo.. :,
those who have done so are today ~. "
ing testimony to the good fortune 81,
the timely forethought that led tba~
to go to Western Canada, and ernbo.,.
IN an era of farming that has nIoooS
them away beyond the pinch Of wan.
and given them reason to look into ~
future with a hopefulness that tho
had not had the courage i'll the mast ~
forecast.
Not only have they been able IN Ga
cure good lands at low prices and ~
easy terms but If they desire tboI
have been able to add to this ,6n ac,o.
of land free, on conditions that ara
easy. A resident in tie Lloydminsts,
district in Saskatchewan who had
aeen farming in the States for soma
| time, took I'D a homestead in 1910 and
commenced breaking with oven
| Two years ago he bought an admin.
ing quarter section and now has ova,
100 acres under cultivation. He says
As my circumstances improved I sold
the oxen and now have six head Of
horses. twelve head of cattle, and bays
always bunch Of hogs on hand,
"On an average have had Yields
25 bushels of wheat, IS bushels of oats
and 40 bushels of barley to the acre
and last season from a field Of gL
acres, l threshed 1,040 bushels Of
wheat. | have made a success 4
mixed farming and would have no hess
| tation in advising all who contempav
making new home to come to ln
district. l sell cream to the Govern
ment Creamery here, and find aal
times a good market for live stocksnd
other produce"
This is but a modest statement Of
what modest man can do in Western
Canada. and could be repeated Of nun
dreds of others.
Scores of cases could be recitA
where much more has been accom-.
| plished, and it 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 Sst
katchewan, in a recent address, ven
tIred the prediction that the sas
katchewan farmer who developed bis
land along the lines of general stock
breeding would make much more mon
ey and find far bigger return for bis
efforts in ten years time than the
man who devoted mis- energies purely
and primarily to grain raising. This
was the coming golden age of oppOr.
tunity for the stockman and it was up
to the Saskatchewan man to get in
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 stock
in Europe and it was only reasenable
to suppose that this demand would
have to be filled almost wholly by
/ American stockmen, both in Canada
and the United States Europe was
slowly draining it's rural districts not
only of its beef and dairy animals but
was also using the finer breeding ami
mails and the end of the war would
see condition of affairs which would
render necessary almost the repdpuls'
ton of the domestic animal kingdom
| in that continent.
The opportunity of Western Cana
dian stockmen, therefore, lay in being
prepared for this demand when II
arose. In view of these facts which
must be patent to every student Oh
economic conditions as related TO inc
stock industry, he hoped to see WITHIN
the next three years the stock raising
industry in Saskatchewan given an 'nf
| mense impetus forward, which Wouiu
| put it in the forefront of the producing
provinces of the Dominion.-AdverLisv
| ment