Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-02-21
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.

EHatoOi IltC bNHSdG NlOEtCly anu
Mixed Farmer-Its Fields to
Feed the World.
Before there were any cattle In
Alberta, or it was known that it was
possible to feed them outside all the
year round, the Indian hunters could
always find the buffalo durlngs the
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 a 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 hall
a million hogs were shipped from
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
A very conservative estimate value Of
these animals, to the farmer would bt
$500 head.
The Canadian West is fast forging tt
the front of the wheat-producing coun
tries of the world, and 'sNo. 1 hard
is without doubt the best wheat in tn,
market today. When it is considered
that the three hundred and forty-thre
million four hundred and seventy-thre
thousand bushel, crop of 1915 was iron
only eleven million acres of her hun
dreds of millions of acres. it gives al
idea of what her future will be.
1t is felt, however. that on accoun
of the great money there will un
doubtedly be in growing wheat durin
the next few years there is possibil
ity that farmers may be tempted t
drop the growing of coarser grains
which might result in less stock bein
raised. Every effort is being made b
/ the Agricultural Departments of tn
various Provinces to impress on tn
farmers that forage crops and coars
feed in abundance mean production
flesh and milk, and that in the Ion
run the great future of the Wester
Provinces lies in mixed farming whic
will found her prosperity on NOR
enduring basis.
Mixed farming has always been tn
rule in the Eastern Provinces where tn
formation of the land invites variet
of crop, but it has not been as commo
in the Western Provinces, though tn
practice has grown in recent year
Hitherto the man mining wheat frol
the rich soil has purchased most Of hi
household food and necessities, hi
energies being devoted to getting ever
possible bushel of grain out of ever
4 foot of his land, and he has paid price
for his supplies that have made bi
dent in his profits. 1t has now dawne
on him that he can raise vegetable
and poultry, and supply his own table
that with very little effort he can raj:
a lot of garden produce and in a vel
simple manner solve his own probe
of the cost of living. Further, TIL
there is an increasing market for d
mestic necessities such as poultr
eggs, butter, milk and cheese, whit
command very high prices, and TIL
there are other roads to prosperi
besides that through the wheat fiel
In 1916 Canada imported 7,9S9,2t
pounds of butter, most Of it from
far away as New Zealand, and for Il
first time in 60 years failed to sh
butter to England. a condition due
the home consumption, which is es
mated to be increasing at the rate
S3,0OO,000 worth a year, being grea
ly in excess of the increased suppl
This condition has brought about
change in farming methods that is fa
J reaching, and will result in greatly
creased production all round of II
necessities demanded by the hor
market.
Natural Resources.
One of the most important considC
ations to the farmer is fuel. In mort