Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-11-12
IS FAVORED LAND
Western Canada Country OF
Great Possibilities.
Soil. Climate, and Weather Conditions
All Factors in the Production OF
UnrivaIed Fruit, Vegetables
and Flowers as Well
as Grain.

As recently as last month-to be cor
rect, it was the 18th of October, time
of year when one naturally looks lot
the frost upon the punkin," and is
inclined to wander through the woods
in search of the ripened nuts, ana ao-
mire the beautiful colorings that the
autumn atmosphere has bestowed upon
the leaves; when one goes to his closet,
or maybe his pawnbroker, to hnd ms
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 town /
of Moosomin. Saskatchewan. The din |
ner! That's what Mrs. Wilde called |
it. should have termed it banquet. |
There were mallard duck, cooked to |
turn, baked potatoes-and such pig,
mealy fellows they were, too-caull-
! fower-and say, did you ever taste
one of those Western Canada caull-
| flower? ?-then dessert. What was the
| dessert? I can see it now. Straw
berries, strawberries that had been
picked that morning. Help yourseiI
to the cream-and it was cream tnat
is cream. But what I wanted to write
about was the strawberries picked on
the 18th of October AS l ate, and
turned my back while a second help
ing was placed in front of me, could
not but think how this goes TO refute
the once accepted idea that the cll-
mate of Western Canada is such that
the ripening of strawberries at any
that 01lpNf
be looked upon as next to imposslole.
Fortunately it is rapidly giving place
to one which acknowledges that our
sister nation to the north possesses
climate that makes it quite possible TO
develop and ripen strawberries even
in October.
But there is more to add. On Oc-
,ober II, Just a few days previous, MI.
A. B. Smith, near the same town,
plucked splendid mess of green corn
from his garden. Near Rocauvllle,
Saskatchewan, wild raspberries were
picked during the same week. The
fact of ripening fruit at this date may
seem Of little moment, but when you
are told that corn did not suffer from
) any vagaries of weather, more atten-
> ion may be paid to it. The question
:. of Western Canada's climate is no
longer the bugaboo it once was, and
q cot so very long ago, either, when il
q .aused thinking people to think, ano
n unquestionably prevented many iron
: going to Canada who under other con
1itions would have. gone.
~ In various parts of this country, a
,s different state and county fairs, th'
! government of the Dominion of Can
- ada. during the past few weeks, in
:. stalled exhibits of the grains an
70 grasses grown in Western Canada, an
h at the same time showed fruits an
vegetables that were grown there
! None of these was placed in competi
| ton with the homegrown article. Bu
!. 20 Judges and others there came tn
full understanding of what it woul
mean to the local exhibitor if the
we're. The Western Canadian-an
many of the exhibits were grown b
'ormer Americans-does not lay claiI
10 any special dispensation of INTEL
gence in the matter of the culture {
the articles placed on exhibition, bl
willingly gives credit to the SOIL tr
climate, and such other indigenor
I conditions as the country as a who
possesses, as being factors that briI
- about the largest yields of the best
wheat, oats, barley, flax and rye, s
we'll as vegetables. AS is pointed OF
no Oy the gentlemen in charge of the
OF exhibits, and quite evident to all, Il
II
Ill grain such as are shown can only exi
si- where conditions such as have be-
All mentioned exist.
ate In speaking of eating fresh stra'
he berries and green corn in the midd
nd of October I should not fail to ref
rly TO the beautiful bouquets that adorn
the table, the sideboard, the winde
sills, and almost every other availat
Y vacant place in the room. Flowers
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