The Arvada enterprise., 1917-09-06
BIG CROPS IN
WESTERN CANADA
Good yleIds Of Wheat, Spiendd
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 noble way towards furnishing
food for the allies.
While the total yield Of wheat viii,
not he a. heavy MS In 1915, there
are indications that 1t will be an aver.
age crop In most Of tho districts.
A letter received ut the st. Paul office
of the Canadian Government, from Q
farmer near Della, Alberta, says har-
vest In that district ~ ono month
earlier than last year. His wheat crop
IN estimated at IS bushels per acre,
while some OF bic ncighbors will have
more. The average In the district will
be about 30 bushels per acre. Now,
with the price Of wheat In the neiRh.
borhood Of 81 per bushel, 1t is safe to
say that there will b very few farm
ers out will be able to bank from for.
~ to nifty 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 10
from $25 to $50 per ncre. What may
be said Of this district will apply to
almost any other In Manitoba. Sss.
katchewan or Alberta. Many farmers
have gone to Western Canada from
the United States In the past thrsa' a.
four years. who having purchased
lands. had the pleasure Of completing
the payments before they were Cue.
They have made the money out Of
their crops during the past couple OF
years. and II they are m successful 10
the future ~ In IT, pnst they will
have put themselves ID their families
beyond all possibility Of lack Of
money for the rest Of their lives. n
10 not only In wheat that the farmers
Of Western Canada are making money.
Their hogs have brought thev, wealth,
and hogs are easy to raise there baf.
ley 10 plentiful and grass abundant.
and the climate Just the kind that
hogs glory In. The price IL good and
likely to remain no for long time.
A few days since a farmer from
Daysiand. Alberta. shipped q carload
Of hogs to the 81. Paul market. anA
got higher price than was ever b.
fore paid ON that market. Two mil.
lion three hundred and seventy.sevsa
thousand two hundred and nifty dol.
lars was received at Winnipeg fos
Western hogs during the FIRST six
months Of this year. 1855 hogs
were sold at an average price Of elo
per cwt.. and Ind nm average weight
Of 200 pounds each. The raising Of
hogs Il a profitable and continually
growing industry Of Western Canada,
and this class Of stock IL raised o.
economically here a. anywhere on the
North American continent. There ID
practically no hog disease. and I'm.
mense quantities u food can be pro-
duced cheaply.
II has been told for years that the
grasses Of Western Canada supply to
both beef and milk producers the No.
titive properties that go to the dsvel.
opment Of both branches. Tho stories
that are now being published BY
dairymen and beef cattle men verify
all the predictions that have ever bssa
made regarding the cOuntry's In
portance In the raising Of both bssl
and dairy cattle. Tho sheep industry
IN developing rapidly. At sale ut
Calgary l5l .453 pounds Of wool were
disposed Of Mt sixty cents . pound.
At . sale at Edmonton 10000 pounds
were sold at even better prices thaa
those paid at Calgary. The total clip
this season will probably approximate
two million pounds. Many repoet1
are to hand showing from six to slgA(
pounds per fleece. 50 carloads wesa
sent IN the Toronto market alsoac