The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-11-25
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
Cect, it was the 18th of October, time
of year when one naturally looks for
the frost upon the punkin," and is
Gnclined to wander through the woods
In search of the ripened nuts. and adj
mire the beautiful colo 'ings that the
autumn atmosphere has bestowed upon
fhe leaves; when enc goes to his closet,
or maybe his pawnbroker. to find his
heavy cIothing-it was that | found
snyseif the guest of Western Canada
housewife in her beautiful home on
the outskirts of the pretty little town
of MO0somin, Saskatchewan. The din
inert That's what Mrs. Wilde called
1t. 1 should have termed it a banquet.
There were maIiard duck. cooked to a
turn, baked pOtatoes--and such big,
meaiy fellows they were, too-cauli-
dower-and say did you ever taste
one of those Western Canada cauli-
G0wer?-tlen dessert. What was the
dessert? can see it now. Straw
Berries, Strawberries that had been
picked that morning. Help yourself
TO the cream-and it was cream that
Us cream. But what wanted to write
about was the Strawberries picked on
Che 18th of October. AS | ate. and
turned mr. back while second help
ing was placed i'm trent of me, | could
not but 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
be looked upon as next to impossible.
fortunately It is rapidly giving place
10 one which acknowledges that our
sister nation TO the north possesses a
climate that makes il quite possible to
develop and ripen Strawberries even
IN October.
But there is more TO add. On Oc-
tober IA. just a few days previous. Mr.
a.. e. Smith, near the same town.
plucked a splendid mess of green corn
from his garden. Near Rocauville.
Saskatchewan. wild caspberries 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 yagaries of weather, more atten-
zion may be paid to it. The question
of Western Canada's climate is no
longer the bugabO0 it once was, and
not so very long ago, either. when it
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, at
different state and county fairs, the
government of the Dominion of Cam
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-
tion with tine homegrown article. But
TO Judges ard others there came the
Gull understanding of what it would
mean to the local exhibitor if they
were. The Western Canadian-and
many of the exhibits were grown by
Former Americans-does not lay claim
60 any special dispensation of intelli-
gence i'm the matter Of the culture of
fhe 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. harley, fax and rye. as
wen as vegetables. AS is pointed out
BIZ 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 Oct der / should not fail to refer
20 the beautiful bouquets chat adorned
fhe table, the sideboard, the window
sills. and almost every other available
Vacant place in the room. Flowers =
there were asters phlOx, gladioli, peo-
MES. peoples and | can't remember
fhe names of them ALL but they were
there. Taken right from the garden,
having a fragrance that gave the room
tropical coIors. and filled it with mar
velousIy delightful perfumes. 1t was
a very pretty sight. Then went out
into the garden, and took photo of it.
1t was simply wonderful. I asked the
good lady how she managed it. She
said she had always been fond of flow
ers. In her old home. in one of the
central states. she carried on garden
horticulture, and had been acknowl-
edged successful. ''But my!" she said
Ell never got such bloom, and such a
variety as / do here" She admitted
Ct was lot of work, the watering. the
Weeding. the hoeing, but such work
HaS q pleasure.
Well. such Is some of the life in
Western Canada, and as | left the
farm home l concluded that much OF
our surroundings are as we ourselves
snake m.-AdvertiSement.
Defined.
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