The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
LAND Of WEALTH
Western Canada Has unbounded
Possibilities.
Glorious Opportunities Tor the Stock
Raiser, the Wheat Grower; and the
Mixed Farmer-Its Fields sto
Feed the World.

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Before there were any cattle IN
Alberta, or it was known that Il was
possible to feed them outside all the
year round, the Indian hunters could
always fnd the buffalo during the
winter months p~asturing In the foot
hills. In the mime the herds van
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 4 thousand
miles will always be q natural feeding
ground for live stock. In the southern
part Of Alberta the altitude Is greater
than ii the more northerly districts,
but 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 + more
trees, q 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 al 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
80 marked as what has been accom-
plished In hog raising. For the first
six months alone last year about
Z million hogs were shipped from
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
"A very conservative estimate value OF
these animals to the farmer would be
$500 q head.
The Canadian West is fast forging to
the front Of the wheat-productng coun-
tries Of the world, and mo. ! hard
ID without doubt the best wheat In the
market today. When 1t Ii considered
that the three hundred and forty-three
million four hundred and s~eventy-three
thousand bushel crop Of 1915 was from
only eleven million acres Of her hun
dreds Of millions Of acres, 1t gives an
ideaaof what her future will be.
Il Is felt, however. that on account
Of the great money there will I'M
doubtedly be IN growing wheat during
the next few years there Is d POSSIBLE
ity that farmers may be tempted to
drop the growing Of coarser grains,
which might result in less stock being
raised. Every effort IL being made BY
the Agricultural Departments OF the
various Provinces to impress on the
farmers that forage crops and coarse
feed In abundance production o.
flesh and milk, and that In the Ions
run the great future Of the Weste<n
Provinces lies In mixed farming which
viii found her prosperity "A . more
enduring basis.
Mixed farming has always been the
rule In the Eastern Provinces where thu
formation Of the land invites variety
Of crop, but It has not been as common
IN the Western Provinces, though thu
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 ever5
foot Of his land, and he has paid prices
FOR his supplies that have made q BIZ
dent Ia his profits. Il has now dawnet
ON him that he car raise vegetables
ana poultry, and supply his own table
that with very little effort he a raisl
4 lot OF garden produce and In q very
0imple manner solve his own problen
Of the cost OF living. Further, thai
there Is an Increasing market for DO
mestic necessities such O. poultry
ezra butter, milk and cheese, which
command very high prices. and thai
there are other roads to prosperit,
besides that through the wheat neld.
IN 1915 Canada imported 7,969,2o(
pounds Of butter, most Of II from u
Tar away as New Zealand, and Tor TIL
nrst time III 60 years failed to shiI
butter to England. 4 condition due Y
tho home consumption, which II esti
mated to be increasing at the rate o.
93y000yOQ0 worth q year, being great
aysin excess Of the increased supply
Thfs condition has brought about
change "a farming methods that "A far
reaching, and will result In greatly II
czeased production MI round Of TIL
n~ecessittes demanded by The homo
market
NATURAL Resouresa.
One DC the most Important consider
ations to the farmer b incl. IA, north
ern Manitoba, Saskatchewan ana al
berta. where portions Of the country
r,o11s upondod fha settler has Hill