The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-11-11
is FAVORED LAND
Western Canada Country OF
Great Possibilities.
Soil, Climate, and Weather Conditions
All Factors in the Production OF
unrivaled Fruit. Vegetables
and Flowers as Well
as Grain.

As recently as last moath--to he cor
rect IL was the 18th Of October. time
Of rear when one naturally looks for
| the frost upon the punkin. and Is
inclined To wander through the WOODS
In search OF the ripened nuts. ana ad-
mire the beautiful cOlOrings that the
autumn atmosphere has bestowed up0s
| the leaves; when one goes TO his closet.
or maybe his pawnbroker, to find his
heavy clothing--it was that l found
myself the guest of Western Canada
housewife In her beautiful home On
the outskirts OF the pretty little t0wa
Of Moosomin, Saskatchewan. The dfa-
ner! That's what Mrs. Wilde called
| II. should have termed II banquet
There were mallard duck. cooked to
turn. baked potatOes-and such big,
mealy fellows they were, to0-cauii-
nower-and say. did You ever taste
one OF those Western Canada cauii-
| n0wer?-then dessert What was the
dessert? | can see IL now. Straw
berries, strawberries that had been
to the Greenland Ii was cream that
Is cream. But what wanted to write
about was the strawberries picked on
the 18th OF October AS / ate. ard
| turned my back while Il second help
! ing was placed in front Of me- could
not but think how this goes to refute
the once accepted idea that the ell
/ t. H.
the ripening of Strawberries at any
season is one OF the things that might
he looked upon rs next to impossible.
Fortunately it is rapidly giving place
to one which acknowledges that our
sister nation to the north possesses a
climate that makes IL quite possible to
develop and ripen Strawberries even
! In October.
But there il more to add On Oc-
tober IA. Just few days previous, Mr..
A. Il. Smith. near the same town.
plucked n splendid mess Of green corn
from his garden. Near Rocauvil,e.
Saskatchewan. wild raspberries were
picked during the same week. The
| fact Of ripening fruit at this date may
seem Of little moment, hut when you
are told that corn did not suffer from
any vagaries " weather. more atten-
ton NAV he paid to II. The question
Of Western Canada's climate Is no
longer The huGaboo it once was, and
not so very long ago. either when IL
caused thinking people to think. and
unquestiorahly prevented many from
going 70 Canada who under other con
ditions would have gone.
Tn various parts of this country, at
different state md county fairs. the
government OF the Dominion Of Can
ada. during the past few weeks. in
stalled exhibits of the grains and
grasses grown i'm Western Canada. and
Mt 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
fun understanding OF what II would
mean 10 the local exhibitor If they
were. The Western Cnnadian-and
many OF the exhibits were grown nv
former AmericanS--doeS not Inv claim
to- any spec'al dispensation Of inteIIi-
gence IN the matter Of the culture of
tho articles placed on exhibition hut
willingly gives credit 10 the soil the
climate, AMI Such other Indigenous
conditions as the country as whole
possesses. ne being factors that bring
about the largest Yields OF the hest of
wheat oats. harley, fax and rye. as
well as Vegetables. As is pointed out
nv the gentlemen In charge of these
exhibits. and quite evident 10 all. the
possihIlitips ~ growing vegetables and
grain such 40 are shown can only exist
whore conditions such As have been
mentioned evist.
In spcakinc OF eating fresh straw
berries and green corn In the middle
Of October should not fail to refer
10 the beautiful bouquets that adorned
the table. the sidehoard. the window
sills md almost every other available
vacant place in the room. Flowers =
there were asters phlox. gIadioIi. ppo-
MES. poppies and can't remember
the names ~ thom all. but they we're
there. Taken right from the garden.
having fragrance that gave the room
tropica, co'ors end filed II with mar
velouslv delightful perfumes. II was
a very pretty sight. Then 7 went out
into tho garden. and took photo of II.
II was simplv wonderful asked the
good lady how she managed H. She
said she had always been fond Of flow
FRS. In her old home. In one Of the
central states. she carried on garden
horticulture. and had been aclynowi-
edged successful. PUT my !" she said.
II never got snch bloom. and such
variety as 7 do here" She admitted
II was n lot OF work. the watering. the
weedins the hoeing, hut such work
was n Lleasure
Well. such Is some of the life In
Western Canada, and as 7 left the
farm home 7 concluded that much OF
our surroundings are rs we ourselves
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