The Arvada enterprise., 1920-09-30
''LAND OF PLENTY"
Western Canada a Country Of
Marvellous Fertility.
Literally Hundreds Of Miles Of Won
dsrfui Grain Fields Delight the Eye
Yields viii Run Well Over q
Billion Dollars.

A trip through the wheat fields Of
Western Canada may lack the inspira-
ton. such as one may find working In
Adlously through his being nv he
traverses the mountain areas Of
Canada, rich In the variety Of color
and depth Of shades thnt they cast,
wonderful In their magnitude. their
grandeur. restful. even although the
streams that flow from their sides
come down with swish and a swash
creating noise that makes ones ear
drums beat their last beat. Then A.
we rest beside the lakes In the clouds
and see the calm and peace which
they enjoy in the midst of nesting
bills, we wonder II there's another
world. Care has vanished; all We
want Is to dwell upon the scene. But
L 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 10
aroused as one traverses Western
CAnada's immense plains, gridironed
With railroads and splendid highwayA
along whose borders and away back
are to be seen the most wonderful
grain fields. The crops Of wheat, oats,
barley, dax, and corn-yes, corn-have
just been harvested, the threshing ma
chimes are busy, the elevators are
ready-the thirty and forty thousand
bushel elevators, with three. four. and
dve and more at nearly every station
along the thousand miles Of railway
that serve this immense new area Of
agricultural land. There Is not moro
inspiring sight than these grain fields.
They lead one to pause and reflect,
get one into 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 int
and over . billion dollars. At least,
that is what those who profess to keep
themselves posted a. to values
believe.
The wheat crop alone win run over
100000 900 bushels, and II you figure
this at $3.50 per bushel. the price 1t 10
selling at a. we write, there you have
500. zoo, 900 alone. Then there Is the
Oh crop. with q yield of one hesltates
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 nax, viii carry
- ever the billion dollar mark.
OF course all this means-but W
h00 almost forgotten to speak Of the
cattle and horses, the sheep and the
DisD, the dairy and many other farm
products, the increase and production
Of which this year will bring in many
more million dollars-all this means
that there will be q rush Of buyers to
Western Canada this fall. during the
winter. and next spring.
4 certain amount Of satisfaction 10
derived b. thoss hack home here"
whess friends are writing them In
doesing the statements that are ap-
pearing In the press Of wheat Yields Of
thirty. forty, and afty bushels to the
aeso: Of cats yielding anywhere from
sixty to 40 bushels per acre. Dis
tricts have not been specially favored.
Travel anywhere. eight hundred miles
sast and west. four hundrsd miles
north and south, and II u the same
story, splendid yields, good acreage.
excellent prices, easy marketing, but
laboe Q little NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.