Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-20
land OF WEALTH
Western Canada Has unbounded
Possibilities.


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ground for live stock. In the southern
part OF Alberta the altitude Is greater
than In the am0re northerly districts.
bat while the herds In the south have
winder 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.
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"a I .a"n.ns alone Iast yea. ABOUT nan
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{ = !. very conservative esumate value OF
t1ese animals 70 the farmer would De
VOW . neao. Y
The Canadian West Is fast forging to
tne Hont OF the wneat-producing coun n.
.yrls OF tne word, ana mo. I naru
u without douct the best wheat in tne
.aarKet today, When It Is consAereu
mat the three hundred anu forty-tnEee
million Tour hundred and ty-tnree
thousand bashel crop OF 1910 was from
only eleven million acres OF her num-
dreds OF millions OF acres, tt gives an
idea Of what her future Will be.
It Is felt, however, that "a account
OF the great money there will I'M
9oubtedly be in growing wheat during
the xfext few years there - possible
) lty that farmers may be tempted to
drop the growing of coarser grains.
which might RESULT In Tess stock being
ratsed. Every effort Is being made BY
the Agricultural Departments Of the
!; various Provinces TO impress On the
farmers tilt forage. crops and coarse
deeds In abundance mean production Of
Alesh and milk, 'and that in the long
run the great future Of the Western
Provinces lies In mixed farming which
win toAhd her prosperity on more
enduring basis - .. s. ..S5
Mixed farming has salyays been the
rule "a the Eastern PROVINCES where the
formatio of the land invites variety
OF tf0p. Bit st'has not been as common
n HE Weasxrn Provinces. though the
p nv,rattice hrs grown In recent years
HltAgrto The man mining wheat from,
f1he,fieh ssh has purchased most. Of his
household food and necessities, hls
energies being devoted to getting ever,
possible bushel Of grain out Of eyers
foot of HIS land. and he has paid nrfces
FOR Ills supplies that have made q bt1
dent IN his profits. It has now dawue{
.on him that he can raise vegetable.
and poultry, and supply his own table:
that With, very little effort he can rails,
LOT. Of garden produce and in a ver.
simple manner solve his own problem
4 Of the cost Of living. Further, tha'
there is AN increasing market for Dc
nestic necessities such as poetry
eggs, butter, milk and cheese, which
command very high prices, and ina
there are other roads to prosperity
besides. that through the wheat Aef9.
Z In 1919 Canada imported 7909.2es
pounds Of butter, most Of It from q.
Tar aWay.as New Zealand; and for tn,