The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-01
"LAND OF PLENTY"
Western Canada a Country Of
Marvellous Fertility.
Literally Hundreds Of Miles Of Won.
derfui Grain Fields Delight the Eye
Yields viii Run Well 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 color
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 a swish and a swash
creating noise that makes ones ear
drums beat 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 nestling
bills, we wonder IL there's another
world. Care has vanished; all we
want Is to dwell upon the scene. But
It was not the intention to speak Of
mountain scenery, roaring torrents,
placid lakes, and restful haunts.
Rather, we were about to speak Of the
other kind Of inspiration that IL
aroused as one traverses Western
Canada's immense plains, gridironed
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
dve and more at nearly every station
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that serve this immense new area Of
agricultural land. There is not more
inspiring sight than these grain fields.
They lead one to pause and reflect,
get one into a mental arithmetic
strain, and the mind wanders as 1t
gathers the great length Of figures that
represents the Western Canada grain
crop Of 1920. A pencil and paper
are needed. for the value will run inte
that is what those who profess to keep
themselves posted as to values
believe.
The wheat crop alone will run over
$50. .OO0, 900 bushels, and If you figure
this at $3.50 per bushel, the price 1t is
selling at as we write, there you have
e7OO, 600 900 alone. Then there Is the
oaf crop, with a yield Of one hesitatea
to say the quantities in bushels, fol
the threshers are reporting yields Of
ITO and 120 bushels per acre, where
but so and 90 bushels were expected
but their value, apart from that c1
barley and rye and dax, viii carr,
rs over the billion dollar mark.
OF course all this means-but w
had almost forgotten to speak Of tht
cattle and horses, the sheep and thu
pigs, the dairy and many other farm
products, the increase and production
Of which this year will bring in many
more million dollars-all this peani
that there will be a rush Of buyers tt
Western Canada this fall, during the
winter, and next spring.
A certain amount Of satisfaction ID
derived BY those 'back home here
whose friends are writing them In
dorsing the statements that are ap
pearing in the press Of wheat yields OF
thirty. forty, and fifty bushels to the
acre; Of oats yielding anywhere from
sixty to 120 bushels per acre. Dis
tricts have not been specially favored
Travel anywhere, eight hundred miles
east and west, four hundred miles
north and south, and 1t Is the same
story, splendid yields, good acreage
excellent prices, easy marketing, but
labor Q little scarce.-Advertisement