The Red Cloud chief., 1920-11-18
IS Favored LAND
Western Canada Country OF
Great Possibilities.
sill. Climate, and Weather coneit'one
~ Factors In the Production OF
Unrivaied Fruit, Vegetables
and Flowers as Well
as Grain.

As recently rs last month-to he cor
rect, II was the 18th Of October. a time
Of year when one naturally looks TOR
the "fros, UPON the %punkin." and IS
inclined to wander through the woods
In search of the ripened nuts. AM al
mire the beautiful colOrings that the
autumn atmosphere has bestowed upon
the leaves; when one goes 40 his closet,
or maybe his pawnbrokei. to find his
heavy clothing-it was that ! found
myself the guest Of a Western CANADA
housewife In her beautiful home on
the outskirts Of the pretty little town
of MOosomin, Saskatchewan. h din
ner! That's what Sirs. Wilde called
II. ! should have termed II n banquet.
There were mallard duck, cooked to a
turn. baked potatOes-and such big
mealy fellows they were. tOO-caul'-
flOwer-and say. did you ever taste
one of those Western Canada cauli-
lower?-tlen dessert. What was the
dessert? ] con see II now. Straw
berries. strawberries that had been
picked that morning. Help yourself
to the Greenland II was cream that
is cream. But what I wanted to write
about was the Strawberries picked ON
the 18th Of October. AS ! ate. and
turned my back while n second help
ing was placed In front Of me. ! could
no hut think how this goes to refute"
the once accepted idea that the eli.
mate Of Western Canada Is such that
the ripening of strawberries at any
season Is one Of the things that might
he looked upon as next to Impossible.
Fortunately II Is rapidly giving place
TO one which acknowledges that Our
sister nation to the north possesses a
climate that makes II quite possible to.
develop and ripen Strawberries ven
In October.
tober II, Just n few days previous. Mr..
A. b. Smith. near the same town,
plucked a splendid mess Of green corn,
from his garden. Near R~ocauville,
Saskatchewan, wild raspherries we're
picked during the same week. The
fact Of ripening fruit ut this date may
seem OF little moment. hut when you,
are told that corn did not suffer from
any vagaries of weather. more atten-
ton may be paid to 1t. The question
Of Western Canada's climate Is no
longer the bugabOO It once was, and
not 50 very long ago. either. when II
caused thinking people to think, and
unquestionably prevented many from
going to Canada who under other con-
ditions would have gone.
In various parts Of this country. Mt
different state and county fairs, the.
government Of the Dominion Of Can
ada. during the past few weeks, in
stalled exhibits Of the grains and
grasses grown In Western Canada. and
ut the same time showed fruits and
vegetables that were grown there.
None of these was placed In COMPETE
ton with the homegrown article. But
to judges and others there came the
full understanding Of what II would
mean to the local exhibitor II they
were. The Western Canadian-and'
former Americans--does no lay claim
to any special dispensation Of intelli-
gence In the matter of the culture OF
the articles placed on exhibition. but
willingly gives credit TO the soil. the
climate. and such other Indigenous
conditions as the country as a whole
possesses. ms being factors that bring
about the largest yields Of the best Of
wheat, oats. barley. flax and rye, as
well as vegetables. As Is pointed out
by the gentlemen In charge Of these
N-ltlta. ,nI .,,tt, ,,tVnps IN oil tho.
possibilities of growing vegetables and
grain such ms are shown car only exist
where conditions such as have been
mentioned exist.
In speaking OF eating fresh straw
berries and green corn In the middle
of October I should not fail to refer
TO the beautiful bouquets that adorned
The table. the sideboard. the window
stills. and almost every other available
vacant place in the room. Flowers!--
there were asters, phlOx. gladlOli. peo-.
MES. poppies. and l can't remember
the names OF them all. hut they were.
there. Taken right from the garden.
having n fragrance that gave the room
| tropical cOlOrs, and filled II with mar
~velously delightful perfumes. II was
n very pretty sight. Then ] went out
into the garden, and took a photo of II.
II was simply wonderful. I asked the
good lady how she managed Il. She
said she had always been fond Of flow
ers. In her old home. In one OF the
central states, she cnrried on garden
horticulture. and had been acknowl-
edged successful. "But my !" she said,
~ never got such bloom. and such a
variety as l do here" She admitted
II was a lot of work. the watering, the
wedding, the hoeing. but such work
was a pleasure.
Well. such is some of the life in
Western Canada. and as I left the
farm home l concluded that much IT
our surroundings are as we ourselves
make Observation-Disclosures.