Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 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 Flelds 10
Feed the World.

Feed the World.
Before there were any cattle In
Alberta. or II was known that Il was
possible to feed them outside all the
year round, the Indian hunters could
always find the buffalo during the
winter months pnsturing 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
winder tracts Of treeless pa~sturage, In
the north from Red Deer on into the
Pence 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 VT 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-
pllshed in hog raising. For the FIRST
six months alone last year about half
n million hogs were shipped from
Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta.
A very conservative estimate value Of
these animals to the farmer would be
$500 n head.
The Canadian West ia fast forging to
the front OF the wheat-produclng c0un.
tries OF the world, and mo. 1 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 sevepty-three
thousand bushel crop OF 1915 was from
only eleven million acres Of her hun
dreds Of millions of acres, 4 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
he next few years there is a POSSIBLE
~ that farmers may be tempted e.
drop the growing of conrser grains,
which might result in less stock being
rnlsed. Every effort Is being made by
The Agricultural Departments of the
various Provinces to 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 a more
enduring basis.
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 commop
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 20 getting every
possible bushel OF grain out OF every
foot Of his land, and he has paid prices
for his supplies that have made n big
dent IN 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 n 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
command very high prices, and that
there are other roads to prosperity
besides that through the wheat field.
In 1915 Canada imported 7,0S0.269
pounds OF butter. most OF II from az
far away as New Zealand, and for the
FIRST time IN 90 years failed TO ship
butter to England, q condition due 10
the home consumption, which IN esti-
mated 10 be increasing at the rate OF
100000 worth a year, being great
ly In excess OF the increased supply.
This condition has brought about n
change In farming methods that IL far
reaching, and will result In greatly In
creased production all round Of the
necessities demanded by the home
market.
Natural Resources.
One Of the most important C slider
ntions to the farmer IA fuel. Ii. north-
ern Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al
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