The Keota news., 1919-02-21
Western Canada Has Unhounded
Possibilities.
Glorious Opportunities for the Stock
Raiser. the Wheat Grower. and the
Mixed Farmer-Its Fields to
Feed the World.

possible 10 feed them outside all the
!car round. the Indian hunters coul'!
always find the buffalo during the
winter months pasturlns In the foot
Hills. In the summer the herds wan
Tered OH the plains and fed on the
rrairie grasses. The plains have since
'ccome grain fields. but the foo,hill
district extending north from the In.
'erna,lonal boundary for II thousand
niles will always be Il natural feeding
round for live stock. In the southern
rart OF Alberta the altitude Is greater
han in the more northcrly districts,
rnt while III. herds In the south have
Hindcr tracts Of 'rcclcss pastura.c. In
The north from Red Deer on into the
Peace river country there nrc more
Trees, richer vegetation and more
la'urnl shelter.
Those who have been advocating
stock rnisin. nni mixed farming for
the past few years point to the number
Of hogs marketed rs mn evidence OF the
increased production OF III. Western
NV ALSO hiN'
for The increase In cattle and sheep
which Is very great. but perhaps no,
=" marked n what has been accom-
flishcl In hog raising. For III. hrs,
>ix months alone ius, year nbou, hall
million hogs were shipped from
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
\ very conservative estimate value o!
ines" animals TO the nirmcr would h.
$3.50 head.
The Canadian IVES; Is fast forging Il.
Ill. front Of the whcat.prosiucin. c",,n
tries Of the world. and NO. l hard
Is wl,hou, doubt the hes, wheat In III.
market today. When II Is consi,l.rc,
'hn, the three hundred and for;y.thrc.
million four hundred and scvcnty.ihrc.
thousand hnshci crop "f 1918 wns fron
"uly eleven million ncrcs ~ her hun
arrds Of millions Of acres. II gives NJ
ij"n OF what her future will be.
II Is felt. however. thnt OH accom-
nf the great money there will I'M
doubleday he In CROWN. wheat turin:
the next Few years there Is n posa1iil
lily that farmers may be icmrtci I,
drop The CROWN. of cnarscr grains
which nigh, result In less stock helm:
rniscl. Every effort Is bcin: mad. b,
ia" Agricultural Departments Of til,
various Provinces {" Impress on III.
farmers that forage crops mud cours.
feed In abundance mean production ol
h"sh and milk. and that in til. Icus
ruin the great future Of tho Western
Provinces lies In mixed farming whicl
VIII found her prosperity un ,nrr.
"nlurin. basis.
Mixed farming has always been IN.
rule In the Eastern Provinces where IN.
formation OF the land invites yar1.t,
"i crop. but II has not been as comn,c,
in the Western Provinces. though IN,
practice has grown IN recent years
hitherto til" man mining wheat from
The rich soil has purchased most of hi.
household food and necessities. bi.
energies being devoted to getting cvcr,
possible bushcl Of grain out Of ever,
foot Of his land. and he has paid rricc.
Tor his supplies that have made n his
dent In his profits. II has now dawnc,l
on him that he can raise vegetable.
and poultry. and supply his own ,abl.
that with very little effort he can rcise
lot or garden produce and in v.ry
simple manner solve his own problem
"f the cost of living. Further ina,
there Is an Increasing market for do.
nestle necessities such ms poultry
eggs, butter. milk and cheese. which
command very high prices. and tina,
mere are other roads to prosperity
besides that through the wheat field.
III 1916 Canada imported 1850 eco