The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-03-28
LAND OF WEALTH
Western Canada Has Unbounded
Possibilities.
Glorious Opportunities for the Stock
Raiser, the Wheat Grower. and the
Mixed Fsrmer-lts Fields to
Feed the WorId.

Before there were any cattle In
Alberta. or IL was known that Il was
possible 20 feed them outside all the
year round. the Indian hunters could
always find the buffalo during the
winter months pasturlng in the foot
hills In the summer the herds wan
dere'i 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 - q natural feeding
ground for live stock. In the southern
part OF Alberta the altitude i greater
than In the more nOrtherly districts,
but while the herds 10 the south have
wider tracts Of treeless pasturage. in
the north from Red Deer on into the
Peace river country there are more
trees. richer vegetation and more
natural shelter
Those who have been advocating
stock raising and mixed farming for
the past few years point 10 the number
~ hO-S marketed a. 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. bur perhaps not
"a marked as what has been accom-
pIiShed in hog raising For the first
six months alone last year about half
s million hogs were shipped from
Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
A very conservative estimate value ~
those animals 10 the farmer would be
S2Jop a head.
The Canadian West is fast forging "a
the front Of the wheat-producing coun-
tries II the world. and NO. l hard
Is without doubt the best wheat in the
market today. When il Is considered
that the three hundred and forty-three
million four hundred and Seventy-three
thousand bu>hel crop Of 1915 was from
only eleven million acres Of her hun
dreds ~ millions Of acres. IL gives an
idea Of what her future will be-.
II i felt. however. rhat on account
81 the great money there will I'M
d0ubbtedly BE- In growing wheat during
The next few years there j. a posslbil-
ity that farmers may BE- tempted 70
drop the growing Of coarser grains.
which might result in less stock being
raised Every effort is being made by
The Agricultural Departments OF the
various Provinces 10 impress on the
farmers that forage crops and coarse
feed in abundance mean production Of
flesh and milk. and that in the long
run the great future Of the Western
Provinces lies In mixed farming which
will found her prosperity on more
enduring basis.
Mixed farming has always been the
rule in the Eastern Provinces where the
formation 0f the land invites variety
II crop. but il 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 10 getting every
possible. hushel II grain ont ~ every
foot ~ his land. and he has paid prices
Tor bis supplies that have made a big
dent In his profits. II has now davned
nn him that he can raise vegetables:
ami poultry. and supply hiS own table (:
that with very little effort he can raise
d iot II garden produce and in very
simple manner solve his own problem
af the Gust OF living Further. that
There j. an increasing market for DO
nestle necessities such a. poultry.
e--s butter milk and cheese. which
command very high prices. and that
there are other roads 20 prosperity
besides that through the wheat field
In 1916 Canada imported 1883. 269
pounds ~ butter. most Of IL from as
far away a. New Zealand. and for the
first time in 60 years failed % ship
butter 60 England. a condition due 10
the home consumption. which is eSti-
mated 20 be- Increasing at the rate Of
S3epopo worth a year. being great
Is in excess ~ the Increased supply
hi, condition has brought about
change ia farming methods that j. far
reaching. and will result ia greatly in-
creased production al round Of the
neca~-iflcs demanded By the home
market
Natural Resources.
one II the most important consider
afirns t. the farmer j. fuel. In north.
ern Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Al
IBERIA. where portions Of the country
are well wooded. the settler has little
difficulty in getting all the wood he
requires. and thousands Of men find
employment IN the winter cutting
wood. which l. shipped all over the
prairie portions OF the provinces.
There j. an abundance OF coal
throughout the country. II is estimat-
&C that the coal deposits I'm Alberta
cover over $1,000 square miles and
represent an available tonnage Of over
ten hundred thousand million tons.
while those In Saskatchewan cover On
AREA ~ 1900 miles. containing over
5o,sooo tons. In Manitoba the coal
reserve j. not as large. but even there
lC00o,op0 tons is considered a conser-