The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-07
"LAND OF PLENTY"
Western Canada a Country Of
Marvellous Fertility.
Literally Hundreds Of Miles Of Wen.
deFfui Grain Fields Delight the Eye
Yields VIII Run Well 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
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 a noise that makes ones ear
drums beat their last beat. Then as
we rest beside the lakes in the clouds
and see the calm ami 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
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 is
aroused as one traverses Western
Canada's immense plains. gridironed
with railroads and splendid highways,
along whose borders and away back
grain fields. The crops Of wheat, oats,
harley, fax, and cOrn-yes, corn-have
just been harvested, the threshing ma
chimes are busy. the elevators are
ready-the thirty and forty thousand
busmel 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 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 It
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 into
and over a billion dollars. AT least.
that Is what those who profess to keep
believe.
The wheat crop alone will run over
! 25O.OOO.OOO bushels, and If you figure
this at $3.50 per bushel. the price it is
selling at as we write. there you have
t7OO. 100000 alone Then there is the
cat crop. with a yield of one hesitates
to say the quantities in bushels for
the threshers are reporting yields Of
ITO and 40 bushels per acre. where
but 80 and 90 bushels were expected,
but their value, apart from that of
barley and rye and fax. will carry
as over the billion dollar mark.
OF course all this means-but we
had almost forgotten to speak OF the
cattle and horses. the sheep and the
pigs. the dairy and many other farm
products, the increase and production
of which this year will bring in many
more million dOllaFS-all this means
that there will be rush Of buyers to
Western Canada this fall. during the
winter, and next spring.
A certain amount Of satisfaction is
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 40 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 II is the same
story. splendid yields. good acreage
excellent prices. easy marketing. hui
labor q little scarce.-Advertlseme