The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-03-20
LAND OF WEALTH
Western Canada Has Unbounded
Possibilities.
Glorious Opportunities for the Stock
Raiser, the Wheat Grower, and the
Mixed Farmer-lts Fields to
Feed the World.

Before there were any cattle in
Alberta. or II was known that II was
possible TO feed them outside all the
year round. the Indian hunters could
always find the buffalo during the
winter months %pasturing In the foot
hills. In the summer the herds
dcrcd 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
tcrnntlonnl boundary for n 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
wider tracts of t~reclcss pasturage, in
the north from Red Deer on into the
Pence river country there are more
trees, n richer vegetation and more
natural shelter.
Those who have been advocating
stock raising and mixed farming for
the past few years point to the lumber
Of hogs marketed ns an evidence of the
Increased production of the Western
Provinces. They may also take credit
for the increase In cattle nnd sheep,
which Is very great. but perhaps not
So marked as what has been accom-.
pllshcd In hog raising. For the first
six months alone last year about half
II million hogs were shipped from
Manitoba. saskatchewan and Alberta.
A very conservative estimate value OF
these animals to the farmer would be
$500 II head.
The Canadian West Is fast forging &c
the front of the wheat.producing coun-
tries Of the world. and "No. / hard"
IL without doubt the best wheat In the
market today. When II Is considered
that the three hundred and forty-three
Lhllion four hundred and seventy-three
thousand bushel crop of 1918 was from
only eleven million acres of her hun
dreds Of millions OF acres, II gives an
idea of what her future will be.
1t Is felt, however, that on account
of the great money there will m
doubtedly be In growing wheat during
, the next few years there Is n POSSIBLE
Q ity that farmers may be tempted TO
l drop the growing of coarser grairs.
: which might result In less stock being
raised. 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
1 flesh and milk, and that In the long
4 run the great future of the Western
B Provinces lies in mixed farming which
1 will found her prosperity On II more
/ enduring basis.
B Mixed farming has always been the
1 rule in the Eastern Provinces where the
{ formation Of the land invites variety
} Of crop, but 1t has not been as common
( In the Western Provinces, though the
! practice has grown in recent years.
B Hitherto the maj, mining wheat from
1 the rich soil has purchased most of his
1 household food and necessities, his
} energies being devoted Ia getting every
1 possible buShcl of grain out of every
I foot of his land, and he has paid prices
} for his supplies that have made II big
I dent in his profits. II has now dnwned
{ on him that he can raise vegetables
and poultry. and supply his own table
that with very little effort he can raise
n lu: 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 us poultry,
eggs. butter, milk and cheese, which
command very high prices. and that
I. ttnra urn nthnr rnp,lS fn nrnSnnrit 4
besides that through the wheat field.
In 1916 Canada imported 7,9S9,2G9
pounds Of butter, most of II from rs
far away ms New Zealand. and for the
first time in 60 years failed 10 ship
butter to England. II condition due tn
the home consumption, which Is esti
mated to he increasing M the rate of
S3.WO0,OuO worth II year, being great
~ in excess of the increased supply,
This condition has brought about II
change IN farming methods that Is far,
reaching, and will result in greatly IN.
creased production all round of the
necessities demanded 10y the home
market.
Natural Resources.
one Of the most important consider
atl0ns Ia the farmer is fuel. In north
rrn Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al
1 berta, where portions Of the country
ARE well wooded, the settler has 1T
tie difficulty in getting all the wood h.
] requires. and thousands of men Ind
I employment In the winter cutting
wood, which Is shipped all over the
1 prairie portions of the provinces,
1 There Is I'M abundance Of coal
throughout the country, II Is estlmat'
ed that the coal deposits In Alberta
cover over = 1000 square miles and
represent an available Tonnage Of over
4 ten hundred thousand million tons
4 while those In Saskatchewan cover an
area of 1900 miles. containing over
59.0OO,0OO tons. In Manitoba the coal
reserve IL moi rs large. hut even there