Taiban Valley news., 1917-09-07
BIG CROPS IN
WESTERN CANADA
Good Yields of Wheat, Splendid
Production of Pork, Beef,
Mutton and Wool. nese

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 50 per bushel, 1t 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 paw
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 NAV
be said of this district will apply to
almost any other in Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan or Alberta. Many farmers
nave 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.
Ihey have made the money ont of
their crops during the past couple. of
years, and If they are as successful in
the future as in the past they will
nave put themselves and their families
beyond all possibility of lack of
money for the rest of their lives. II
is mot only in wheat that the farmers
OF Western Canada are making money.
Their hogs have brought them wealth.
ana nogs 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
nkely to remain so for a long time.
rev days since a farmer from
Daysland, Alberta, shipped a carload
N hogs to the st. Paul market, and
got higher price than was ever be-
ore paid on that market. Two mil
ION three hundred and seventy-seven
housand two hundred and fifty dol
ars was received at Winnipeg for
Western hogs during the first six |,
months of this year. 1855 hogs
we're sold at an average price of SIS
'er cwt., and had an average weight ,
Il zOO pounds each. The raising of ,
ogs is a profitable and continually ,
rowing industry of Western Canada.
nd this class of stock is raised as
economically here as anywhere on the !,
Iorth American continent. There Is
ractically no hog disease, and i'm
lense quantities of food can be pro-
uced cheaply.
1t has been told for years that the
asses OF Western Canada supply to y
Dun peer and milk producers the nu- .
tive properties that go to the devel- u
'ment of both branches. The stories
at are now being published by u
lirymen and beef cattle men verify
the predictions that haye ever been II
ade regarding the cOuntry's inn 81
rtance In the raising of both beef D.
ID dairy cattle. The sheep industry es
developing rapidly. At a sale at 81
Ilgary 151,453 pounds of wool were
sposed of at sixty cents a pound. ty
a sale at Edmonton 10000 pounds tr
IRE sold at even better prices than de
Ose paid at Calgary. The total clip Ii
IS season will probably approximate th
70 million pounds. Many reports gu
to hand showing from six to eight
unds per fleece. 35 carloads were Ro
ut to the Toronto market alone in