Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-09-10
WEALTH IN WEST
canadian Farmers Confident Of
Record Grain Crop.
s.s.on Banker, Returning From Trip
Tbrouqh the Country. Tells of Rich
Yields of Great Northwestern
Wheat FIELDS.

BOSTON banker. desiring to re-
,nnerate from a season of strenuous
ort did what most bankers do. or
d sbonld do. took a holiday, away from
no confines of the city life. Canada
,r,s in his mind. He would make the
,rin. learn something of the country.
breafhe of its ozone and return ex-
biorated both in mind and body. On
bis return, few days ago, he told the
ranorter of the Wan Street Journal of
4 the richness of the vast fields of gold
on grain that he saw on his trip
through the Canadian West. Doubt
less he broke his journey into the
canadian Rockies long enough to make
an inspection of them. Who could
help it, as from the car window were
70 be seen miles and miles of golden
stocks. ranged row upon row away
hack to the lines of the horizon? He
must have done SO. for when he got
hack TO the Hub. he was filed with
enthusiasm over his trip and what he
saw in Canada. and he had to get 1t
off his mind 1t was revealed in this
way:
Canada is getting strong, recover
Ing by leaps and bounds from the de-
preston caused by war. While unrest
and lack of cooperation seem to be
holding things back on this side of
,he border the Dominion to the north
faces an era of unprecedented activity
and prosperity. One of the basic
reasons for this brilliant comeback is
the rich yield Of the great northwest
ern wheat fields"
That the crops in Canada, both east
and west, are meeting the expectations
of the farmers is satisfying fact,
which gives a positive assurance of a
yield that viii mean millions of dol
lars to the wealth of the country.
There will probably be as much as two
hundred million bushels of wheat TO
export. giving an added wealth to the
country of nearly half a billion dol
lars In all parts the crop yield
promises to be abundant, and with
favorable weather from now on there
may tE CAbGNtCh iiul NCiol mat VIII
equal if not surpass that of 1915. II
will doubtless be pleasing to the many
readers of this paper to know that
the friends they have developing their
farms in this region of big crops and
good prices wall participate in this
wealth, and what will be more pleas
Ing, is the knowledge of the fact that
B the wealth in which they will partici-
+ pate comes from big prices for a
Product produced from land purchased
at cheap price
Western Canada has never known
failure in crops. There are districts
where partial failures have been, but
consideration should be given to the
fact that the country, that portion of
Il in which the present grain growing
lies, is from seven to eight hundred
miles in length by half that distance
In BREADTH.
Because one speaks of the wonder
full success of grain growing there,
there should not be lost sight Of the
fact that this is only one item in tie
wealth-producing possibilities. There
Is cattle raising, with all the advan-
tages in every way that it possesses
anywhere; the dairying industry is as
Stunning remarkable proportions, and a
great deal of attention is given to the
development of this industry. which is
so adaptable to the country. by both
federal and provincial governments
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