The Benson signal., 1917-09-08
BIG CROPS IN
WESTERN CANADA
Good Yields of Wheat, Splendid
Production of Pork, Beef,
Mutton and Wool.

The latest reports give an assur-
ance' Of good grain crops throughout
most of Western Canada, where the
wheat, oats and barley are now being
harvested, about ten days earlier than
last year. Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta are all "doing their bit"
in a noble way towards furnishing
food for the allies.
While the total yield Of wheat will
not be as heavy as in 1915, there
are indications that it will be an aver
age crop in most of the districts.
A letter received at the st. Paul office
of the Canadian Government, from a
farmer near Della, Alberta, says har-
vest in that district is one month
earlier than last year. His wheat crop
is estimated at 35 bushels per acre,
while some Of his neighbors will have
more. The average in the district will
be about 80 bushels per acre. Now,
with the price of wheat in the neigh
borhood Of So per bushel, it is safe to
say that there will be very few farm
ers but will be able to bank from for
ty to fifty dollars per acre after pay
ing all expenses Of seeding, harvest
ing and threshing, as well as taxes.
The price of land in this district is
from $25 to $50 per acre. What may
be said Of this district will apply to
almost any other in Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan or Alberta. Many farmers
have gone to Western Canada from
the United States in the past three or
four years, who having purchased
lands, had the pleasure Of completing
the payments before they were due.
They have made the money out Of
their crops during the past couple OF
years, and If they are as successful in
the future as in the past they will
have put themselves and their families
beyond all possibility of lack Of
money for the rest of their lives. 1t
is not only in wheat that the farmers
Their hogs have, brought them wealth,
and hogs are easy to raise there-bar-
ley is plentiful and grass abundant,
and the climate just the kind that
hogs glory in. The price is good and
likely to remain so for a long time.
A few days since a farmer from
Daysland, Alberta, shipped a carload
of hogs to the st. Paul market, and
got higher price than was ever be-
fore paid on that market Two mil
lion three hundred and seventy-seven
thousand two hundred and fifty dol
lars was received at Winnipeg for
Western hogs during the first six
months of this year. 1855 hogs
were sold. at an average price Of SIS
per cwt., and had an average weight
of 200 pounds each. The raising Of
hogs is profitable and continually
growing industry Of Western Canada,
and this class Of stock is raised as
North American continent. There is
practically no hog disease, and i'm
mense quantities of food can be pro-
duced cheaply.
It has been told for years that the
grasses of Western Canada supply to
both beef and milk producers the nu-
tritive properties that go to the devel-
opment of both branches. The stories
that are now. being published by
dairymen and beef cattle men verify
all the predictions that have ever been
made regarding the country's i'm
portance in the raising of both beef
and dairy cattle. The sheep industry
is developing rapidly. At a sale at
Calgary 151, ,453 pounds Of wool were
disposed of at sixty cents a pound.
At a sale at Edmonton 10000 pounds
were sold at even better prices than
those paid at Calgary. The total clip
this season will probably approximate
two million pounds. Many reports
are to hand showing from six to eight
pounds per fleece. 35 carloads were
sent to the Toronto market alone
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