The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-28
LAND OF WEALTH
Western Canada Has Unbounded
Possibilities.
Glorious Opportunities for the Stock
Raiser, the Wheat Grower, and the
Mixed Farmer-Its Fields to
Feed the World.

Before there were any cattle IL
Alberta, or II was known that Ii wa,
possible to feed them outside all tbs
year round, the Indian hunters could
always find the buffalo during ths
winter months pasturing In the foot
hills. In the summer the herds wan
dered on the plains and fed on the
prairie grasses. The plains have since
become grain fields, but the foothill
district extending north from the In
ternational boundary for a thousand
miles will always be natural feeding
ground for live stock. In the southern
part Of Alberta the altitude Is greater
than In the more northerly districts,
but while the herds in the south have
wider tracts of treeless pasturage. In
the north from Red Deer on into the
Peace river country there are more
trees. a richer vegetation and more
natural shelter.
Those who have been advocating
stock raising and mixed farming for
the past few years point to the number
of hogs marketed as an evidence of the
Increased production Of the Western
Provinces. They may also take credit
for the increase In cattle and sheep,
! which is very great. but perhaps not
so marked as what has been accom-
plished In hog raising. For the first
six months alone last year about half
a million hogs were shipped from
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
A very conservative estimate value OF
these animals to the farmer would be
$500 a head.
The Canadian West is fast forging to
the front Of the wheat-producing coun-
tries of the world, and mo. hard"
Is without doubt the best wheat In the
market today. When II is considered
that the three hundred and forty-three
million four hundred and seventy-three
thousand bushel crop Of 1915 was from
only eleven million acres of her hun
dreds of millions OF acres. II gives an
idea of what her future will be.
II is felt, however. that on account
of the great money there will I'M
doubtedly be In growing wheat during
u
ity that farmers may be tempted to
drop the growing of coarser grains.
which might result In less stock being
raised. Every effort is being made by
fhe Agricultural Departments Of the
various Provinces to impress on the
farmers that forage crops and coarse
feed In abundance mean production of
nesh and milk. and that IN the long
run TIE great future a the Western
Provinces He u mined Turning which
No fDu.1 ~ pqosussily = . nners
sndurlhg basls.
Mixed farming has always been the
rule in the Eastern Provinces where the
formation of the land invites variety
Of crop, but II has not been as common
In the Western Provinces. though the
practice has grown in recent years.
Hitherto the man mining wheat from
the rich soil has purchased most of his
household food and necessities. his
energies being devoted TO getting every
possible bushel of grain out Of every
foot Of his land, and he has paid prices
for his supplies that have made big |
dent I'm his profits. II has now dawned |
on him that he can raise vegetables |
and poultry, and supply his own table;
that with very little effort he can raise |
a lot of garden produce and in very |
simple manner solve his own problem |
Of the cost Of living. Further. that |
there Is an increasing market for do |
nestle necessities such as poultry. |
eggs. butter, milk and cheese. which |
very high prices. and Tint
there are other roads 20 property |
besides that through the wheat field
In 1916 Canada imported 1850 200 |
pounds Of butter, most of II from as
FAR away as New Zealand. and for the
FIRST time I'm 90 years failed TO ship |
butter 10 England. n condition due to
The home consumption. which Is esti-
mated TO be increasing ut the rate OF
100000 worth n year, being great
" I'm excess OF the increased supply. |
This condition has brought about a
change In farming methods that Is far
and will result In greatly in
'reased production all round OF the
secessitIes demanded by the home
market
Natural Resources.
One OF the most important consider
atoms TO the farmer is fuel. In north
I'm Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Al
,erta. where portions OF the country
ire well wooded. the settler has little
In getting all the wood he
equires. and thousands Of men find
In the winter cutting
wood. which is shipped all over the
,ralrie portions Of the provinces.
There Is an abundance Of coal
throughout the country. IL Is estlmat-
d that the coal deposits In Alberta
over over $1,000 square miles and
epresent an available tonnage Of over
en- hundred thousand million tons.
While those in Saskatchewan cover an
Irea Of 1900 miles containing over
n 600 600 tons. In sianitoba the coal
eserve is not as large. but even there
100000 tons Is considered cOnser-
ative estimate. At the present time
hese deposits are only worked 60
mall extent. bot there is no doubt that
hey will be great feature In upbuild-
ne the country and will exercise a