Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-11-11
IS FAVORED Land
Western Canada Country 81
Great Possibilities.
Coil. cItmats, ana Weather Conditions
All Factors IN the Production OF
Onrlvalsd Fruit Vegetables
and Flowers q Welt :.
~ Grain.

As recently as last month-t0 be cor.
rect, Il was the 18th of October, time
OF year when one naturally looks for
the frost upon the punkin," and ID
Inclined to wander through the woods
In search Of the ripened nuts. and ad.
mtre the beautiful colorings TINT the
autumn atmosphere has bestowed upon
the leaves; when one goes to his closet.
or maybe his pawnbroker, to find his
heavy clothing-it was that I found
myself the guest Of a Western Canada
housewife in her beautiful home on
the outskirts of the pretty little town
OF Moosomin. Saskatchewan. The din
ner! That's what Mrs. Wilde called
1t. should have termed It a banquet.
There were mallarc duck, cooked to a
turn. baked potatoes-and such big,
mealy fellows they were, too-cauli-
f1ower-and say, did you ever taste
one OF those Western Canada cauli-
flower -then dessert. What was the
dessert7 ] can see It now. Straw
berries. strawberries that had been
picked that morning. Help yourself
to the cream-and It was cream that
is cream. But what I wanted to write
about was the strawberries picked on
the 18th Of October. As I ate. and
turned my back while second help
Ing was placed In front Of me. / could
not but think how this goes to refute
the once accepted idea that the eli
mate Of Western Canada IL such that
the ripening Of strawberries at any
season il one Of the things that might
be looked upon as next to impossible
Fortunately 1t is rapidly giving place
to one which acknowledges that our
sister nation to the north possesses .
climate that makes 1t quite possible to
develop and ripen Strawberries even
in October.
But there Is more to add. On Oc-
tober IA, just few days previous, Mr..
A. B. Smith, near the same town,
plucked splendid mess of green corn
from his garden. Near Rocauville,
Saskatchewan. wild raspberries were
picked during the same week. The
fact Of ripening fruit at this date may
seem of little moment, but when you
are told that corn did not suffer from
any vagaries Of weather, more atten-
ton may be paid to it. The question
Of Western Canada's climate Is no
longer the bugaboo 1t once was, and
not so very long ago. either, when It
caused thinking people to think. ano
unquestionably prevented many from
going to Canada WHO under other con.
ditions would have gone.
In various parts} of this country at
different state and county fairs, the
government Of the Dominion Of Can
ada, during the bast few weeks, in.
stalled exhibits 1of the grains and
grasses grown In Western Canada, and
at the same time showed fruits and
vegetables that were grown. there.
None Of these was placed in competi.
ton with the homegrown article. But
to judges and Others there came the
full understanding Of what 1t would
mean to the local Exhibitor II they
were. The Western Canadian-and
many OF the fexhibi,s were grown BY
former Amerte ans-does not lay claim
to any special dispensation Of tntelli.
gence in the matter of the culture Of
the articles placed on exhibition, but
willingly (gfvds credit to the soil, the
climate. hnd such other indigenous
conditions as the country as whole
possesses, as being factors that bring
about the largest. yieldS Of the best Of
wheats oats, barley, fax and rye, as
we'll as vegetables. As is pointed out
by fheggentlemen in charge Of these
exhibits, and quite evident to all, the
possibilities Of growing vegetables and
grain such as are shown can only exist
wBeIf conditions such as have been
m1fanlt ti exist.
IN speaking Of eating fresh straw.
berries and green corn in the middle
Of October ! should not fail to refer
to the beautiful bouquets that adorned
the table, the sideboard, the window
eills, and almost every other available
vacant place in the room. Flowers!-
there were asters. phlox, gladioli, PEG.
MES, peoples, and ! can't remember
the names of them all, but they were
there. Taken right from the garden,
having q fragrance that gave the room
tropical colors. and filled It with mar
velously delightful perfumes. 1t was
a very pretty sight. Then went ont
into the garden AMI took photo OF It.
It was simply wonderful. i asked the
good lady how she managed II. Rha