The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
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 for the frost upon the punkin," and Is inclined to wander through the woods in search of the ripened nuts, and ad- mire the beautiful colorings that the autumn atmosphere has bestowed upon the leaves; when one goes to his closet, or maybe his pawnbroker. to find his heavy clothing-it was that 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 1t. I should have termed it banquet. There were mallarc duck, cooked to a turn, baked potatoes-and such big. mealy fellows they were, too-cauli- fower-and say, did you ever taste one of those Western Canada cauli- flower ?-then dessert. What was the dessert? can see it now. Straw berries, strawberries that had been picked that morning. Help yourself to the cream-and 1t was cream that is cream. But what wanted to write about was the strawberries picked on the 18th of October. As I 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 cli- mate of Western Canada is such that the ripening of strawberries at any season is one of the things that might be looked upon as next to impossible Fortunately it is rapidly giving plac, 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- tober IA, just few days previous, Mir. A. B. Smith, near the same town, plucked splendid mess of green corn from his garden. Near Rocauville, 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- fion may be paid to it. The question of Western Canada's climate is no longer the bugaboo it once was, and not so very long ago, either, when 1t caused thinking people to think. ana unquestionably prevented many from going to Canada who under other con- ditions would have gone.
 In various parts of this country. at 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 at 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 full understanding of what it would mean to the local exhibitor if they were. The Western Canadian-and many of the exhibls were grown by former Americans-does not 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 whole possesses. as being factors that bring about the largest yields of the best of wheat, oats, barley, flax and rye, as we'll as vegetables. AS is pointed out by the gentlemen in charge of these exhibits, and quite evident to all, the possibilities of growing vegetables and grain such as are shown can 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 should not fail to refer to the beautiful bouquets that adorned the table. the sideboard, the window sills, and almost every other available vacant place in the room. Flowers l- there were asters. phlox, gladioH, peo- nfes, poppies, and1 can't remember the names of them all. but they were there. Taken right from the garden, having a fragrance that gave the room tropIcal colors, and filled it with mar velously delightful perfumes. It was a very pretty sight. Then I went out into the garden and took a photo of it. It was simply wonderful. asked the good lady how she managed it. She said she had always been fond of flow CTS. In her old home, In one of the central states, she carried on garden horticuItuRe, and had been acknowl- edged successful. "But my! l" she said, q never got such bloom, and such variety as I do here" She admitted it was lot of work, the watering the wedding, the hoeing, but such work WAS nlea sure
 Well. such is some of the life in Western Canada. and as I left the farm home concluded that much of our surroundings are as we ourselves make them.-AdvertiseIne