The Ordway new era., 1917-09-07
|B|6 CRGPS n
western CAIl
Good Yields Of Wheat. ST..
Production Y Of Pork, e,s
Mutton and Wool

Ane ,atest reports give an -,
ance Of good grain crops th,o.
most of Western Canada wh.. !.
wheat, oats and barley are nov . ~ e
harvested. about ten days ear,,., MI. '
last year. Manitoba, so,k.,e..a a
and Alberta are all doing ~ ths,. ".
In a noble way towards fu,n,,sa W
food for the allies.
While the total yield Of vbe,. :.
not be as heavy as in 1a1s a WI
are Indications that It will be an s .s
age crop in most of the dI,,..
A letter received at the St. pauI oa.A
Of the Canadian Government ~
farmer near Della, Alberta, sav, ~
vest In that district is one mo,a
earlier than last year. His whoa, =.
is estimated at 81 bushels per ,.,.
while some of his neighbors will h.,.
more. The average In the district ,,s .
be about 30 bushels per acre NJ
with the price of wheat In the co,,
borhood Of 50 per bushel, II Is s,f. !.
say that there will be very few fam.
ers but will be able to bank from n,
ty to fifty dollars per acre after m,.
ing all expenses of seeding, har,s.
ing and threshing, as well as t,,s
The price Of land in this district /,
from $25 to $50 per acre. What M,
be said of this district will apply 4.
almost any other in Manitoba, "a.
katchewan or Alberta. Many farmer
have gone to Western Canada from
the United States In the past three
four years. who having purchssA
lands, had the pleasure Of comple,in
the payments before they were ds
They have made the money out d
their crops during the past couple q
years, and II they are as successful b
the future as In the past they vin
have put themselves aud their famllia
beyond all possibility Of lack I
money for the rest of their lives 4
Is not only in wheat that the farms,
Of Western Canada are making moog.
Their hogs have brought ther, weslA
and hogs are easy to raise there bsr
ley is plentiful and grass abundalt
and the climate just the kind thii
hogs glory in. The price Is good ad
likely to remain so for long time
A few days since farmer fva
Daysland, Alberta, shipped caroad
of hogs to the st. Paul market al
got a higher price than was ever h
fore paid on that market. Two MD
lion three hundred and seventy.sevn
thousand two hundred and fifty dol.
lars was received at Winnipeg 10
Western hogs during the first sI
months of this year. 1880 hogs
were sold at an average price Of 10
per cwt., and had an average welgnt
of 200 pounds each. The raising q
hogs Is n profitable and continua4
growing Industry Of Western Canaa
md this class of stock Is raised :
economically here as anywhere on ue
North American continent Thefe
practically no hog disease, and I'D
mense quantities of food can be fs
duced cheaply. =.
1t has been told for years ina! 'l'
grasses of Western Canada supply "
both beef and milk producers tne W.
tritive properties that go to the ae'e ,
opment Of both branches. The son'' y
that are now being published Y y
dairymen and beef cattle men 'sn'
all the predictions that have ever o.s' y
made regarding the countrys =
portance In the raising of DON u
and dairy cattle. The sheep inou'u
is developing rapidly. AT saie .
Calgary 151, ,453 pounds OF wool Na
disposed of at sixty cents pou., s
At a sale at Edmonton 6O,OW pouu.
were sold at even better prices ~ I,
those paid at Calgary. The to'a. y, y
| this season will probably approAlu,,
two million pounds. Many 1ep~ T.,
are to hand showing from SIX 70 es. ~
pounds per fleece. 35 CARLOAD, ,.. ~.
sent to the Toronto market si0u'
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