The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-09-30
LAND OF PLENTY"
Western Canada a Country Of
Marvellous Fertility.
Literally Hundreds Of Miles Of Won
oerfui Grain Fields Delight the Eye
-Yields Will Run We'll Over 4
Billion Dollars.

A trip through the wheat fields Of
Western Canada may lack the inspira.
ton. such as one may find working In.
Hdiously through his being rs he
traverses the mountain areas Of
Canada. rich in the variety of color
and depth Of shades that they cast,
wonderful in their magnitude. their
grandeur. restful, eve although the
treams that flow from their Sides
come down with a swish and a swash
creating a noise that makes ones ear
drums heat their last beat. Then az
we rest beside 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 another
world. Care has vanished; all we
want is to dwell upon the scene. But
1t vas not the intention to speak OF
mountain scenery, roaring torrents,
| placid lakes, and restful hannts.
Rather. we We're about to speak of the
other kind Of inspiration that Is
aroused as one traverses Western
Canada's immense plains. gridir0ned
with railroads and splendid highways,
along whose borders and away back
are to be seen the most wonderful
grain fields. The crops of wheat, oats,
barley, flax, and cOrn-yeS. corn-have
Just been harvested, the threshing ma
chimes are busy. the elevators are
~ready-the thirty and forty thousand.
bushel elevators. with three. four. and
five and more at nearly every station
along the thousand miles Of railway
that serve this immense new area OF
agricultural land. There is not a more
inspiring sight thar these grain fields.
They lead one to pause and reflect,
get one into a mental arithmetic
strain, and the mind wanders us 1t
gathers the great length Of figures that
represents the Western Canada grain
crop Of 1920. A pencil and paper
and over a billion dollars. At least,
that is what those who profess to keeE
themselves posted as to values
believe.
The wheat crop alone will run Ovel
25O,0O0.0OO bushels, and If you figure
this at $3.50 per bushel, the price it is
selling at as we write. there you have
S7OO.O 900, 900 alone. Then there is thu
, oat crop, with a yield of n hesitatcs
to say the quantities in bushels, 70
, the thresllers are reporting yields o
40 and 100 bushels per acre. where
but so and 80 bushels were expected
but their value, apart from that o
:. barley and rye and flax, will carr,
: US over the billion dollar mark.
y OF course all this means-but W
had almost forgotten to speak of tn
cattle and horses, the sheep and til
: pigs, the dairy and many other farm
' products. the increase and prOductiO
] Of which this year will bring in man
" more million dollars-all this mean
{ that there will he a rush of buyers t
Western Canada this fall. during tn
winter, and next spring.
9 A certain amount of satisfaction l
D derived by those hack home here,
n whose friends are writing them IL
u dOrsing the statements that are NJ
Il pearing in the press Of wheat yields {
thirty. forty, and fifty bushels to til
acre; of oats yielding anywhere frol
b sixty to 12O bushels per acre. Di!
,, tricts have not been specially favored
v Travel anywhere, eight hundred mile
IS east and west, four hundred mile
s. north and south, and it is the sam
h story. splendid yields. good acrcag
excellent prices, easy marketing. HI
labor 4 little Observation-Disclosures