The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-13
BIG CROPS IN
WESTERN CANADA
Good Yields Of Wheat, sOIoo,> !
Production Of Pork, ei,''' Beef
Mutton and Wool,

ance OF good grain crops tbrornS" "S'uN,
most Of Western Canada wbo. bSHOa'
wheat, oats and barley are now bo,l ,aS
harvested, about ten days earle, Ov g
last year. Manitoba, SaslotoL.uao 'uao
and Alberta are all "dolng tbslr w.
In noble way towards furnI,1,N
food for the allies. 'H'a
While the total yie1d Or whoa,
not be as heavy as In 10I5 Wv
are Indications that It will be an o on
age crop In most OF the dIs,",'
A letter received at the ST. Pan, o@
of the Canadian Government f,oa Y~
farmer near Della, Alberta saw, h,
vest In that district is ono mo-" ~
earlier than last year. His wboot ~.
is estimated at 30 bushels nor %.
while some Of his neighborg will ha
more. The average in the dlstrlct
be about 30 bushels per acre W.
with the price Of wheat in tbo moi,
borhood of 50 pei bushel, II Is sote
say that there will be very few fo,I
ers but will be able to bank from q
ty to fifty dollars per acre after na
Ing all expenses of Seeding bo,ro
Ing and threshing, as well ne tovI
The price Of land in this district
from S25 to $50 per acre. What mI
be said Of this district will opnlv
almost any other in Manitoba Sd
katchewan or Alberta. MANY forms
have gone to Western Canada M
the United States In the past three
four years, who having purchaS
lands, had the pleasure Of comnlen.
the payments before they were dd
They have made the money ONT
their crops during the past couDle
years, and If they are as successful
the future as in the past they NJ
have put themselves and their familI
beyond all possibility of lack
money for the rest Of their lives.
Is not only in wheat that the farms
Of Western Canada are making mOn
Their hogs have brought them veal
and hogs are easy to raise there-b
ley Is plentiful and grass abunda
and the climate just the kind h
hogs glory In. The price is good d
likely to remain so for a long time.
A few days since a farmer ii
Daysland, Alberta, shipped a card
of hogs to the st. Paul market, ID
got a higher price than was ever
fore paid on that market Two d
lion three hundred and seventy.Ses1
thousand two hundred and fifty d.
lars was received at Winnipeg Il
Western hogs during the first
months of this year. 1850 I'd
were sold at an average price Of
per cwt., and had an average vel
Of 200 pounds each. The raising
hogs is a profitable and continue
growing industry Of Western Cana
and this class Of stock is raised
economically here as anywhere on
North American continent, There
practically no hog disease, and
mense quantities Of food can be y
duced cheaply.
It has been told for years that
grasses of Western Canada supply
both beef and milk producers the
tritlve properties that 60 to the dev
opment of both branches, The StO1
that are now being published
dalrymen and beef cattle men ye1
all the predictions that have eyero
made regarding the countryS
portance in the raising Of both
and dairy cattle. The sheep lndui
is developing rapidly. At a sag
Calgary 151 ,453 pounds Of wool
disposed Of at sixty cents pou
At q sale at Edmonton 6OOOO pOl
were sold at even better prices
those paid at Calgary. The total
this season will probably appFozn
two million pounds. Many rep
are to hand showing from six to g
pounds per fleece. 80 carloads
sent to the Toronto market aIOn
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