Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-10-02
LAND OF PLENTY"
Western Canada a Country OF
Marvellous Fertility.
literally Hundreds Of Miles % wcn,
derful Grain Fields Delight the Eye
Yields viii Run We'll Over a
Billion Dollars.

A trip through the wheat fields Of
Western Canada may lack. the inspira-
| ton such as one may find working IN.
sidiously through his being as he
traverses the mountain areas Of
| Canada, rich in the variety of colof
and depth Of shades that they cast,
wonderful in their magnitude, their
| grandeur. restful. even although the
| streams that flow from their sides
| come down With swish amt swaSh
creating noise that makes ones ear
| drums beat their last heat Then as
We rest heSitie the lakes in the clouds
| and see The calm and peace which
| they enjoy in the midst Of nesting
| hills, We wonder If there's un0rbpr
world. Care has vanished an we
want is IL dweil upon the Scene bur
II was NOT the intention 70 speak Of
mountaiu scenery, roaring torrents,
placid lakes. and reStful haunts
Rather, We were about 50 speak Of tte
other kind of inspiration }hHt s
aroused as one trnverScS Western
Canada'S immense plains. gridiraned
win railroads auu ~plendid highways.
! along whose borders and away back
are IA he seen tie most wonderful
grain fields. The crops of wheat oats.
barley. flax and 'oru-~yes curu--haye
lust been harvested The threShn2 ma
chitea are busy the elevators are
readv--the thirty and forty thousand,
huSnei elevators. with thiee four. and
tive ana more 8t nearly every station
along the Thousand mites nf railway
that serve this Immense new area Of
agricultural land There is not more
| inspiring sight than these grain fields
They lead one 20 pause and reflect,
gel one into Is mentai arithmetic
strain, and the mind Wanders as il
| gathers the great length Of figures that
| represents the Western canada grain
creq Of 1920 a pencil und piper
| are needed, for the value will run into
and over billion dollars Al least
| thar is what those who profess TO keep
| themselves posted rs To values
| believe
The wheat crop uioue will RIM over
2a0.01md 00 bushels, ami if YOU figure
this at $3.50 per hpSheI the price il is
| selling at as We write there Nou have
| S7u0W0t 600 alone Then there il The
| oHt crop. with a Yield OF one hesilatps
| 70 say the quantities in bushels for
| The threShers are reporting yields of
| 10 aud 40 bushels per acre where
! bur 80 and 30 bushels were expected,
IA 80 81
| barley and rye and fax. will carry
! US over tie billion dollar marx
or course atl TINS means--hut we
had almost forgotten 10 speak If The
cattle aud horses The sheep and The
| pigs The dairy and many other farm
! products. The increase and production
| Of which This year viii bring ia many
more million doliarS-al Ibis means
thar there will be q rush Of buyers TO
Western Canada this fall during the
winter and next spring.
certain amount Of satisfaction ia
derived by those hack home here"
| whose friends are writing them in
| dnrsiug the statements that are ap-
| peamng il the press of wheat yields Of
| thirty, forty. and fifty bushels Ia the
acre; Of oats yielding anywhere from
sixty 10 120 bushels per acre Dis
fr,cts have not been specially favored
| Travel anywhere eight hundred miles
east and west four hundred miles
north and south. ana IL is The same
story. splendid yields good acreage.
| excellent prices easy marketing hut
lhbot little srarce.-Advertsem