The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-02
LAND CROWS RICH
Wonderful Development Of Cam
ada in Forty Years.
-Four Decades Ago Little considsrsd.
Today One Of the Greatest Gran.
aries and Dalryino csntsrs.

The recent announcement that
the sale Of the first section Of Cana.
dian Pacific land was sold forty yeafs
ago, and when you read that the
first carload Of wheat was shipped
from Winnipeg forty years ago. the
changes that have taken place since
then are matters Of "Reminiscences. but
yet Of interest. What forty years 40
was an unknown quantity. barren b.
cause but little production was q.
tempted. 10 today one Of the greatest
granaries In the world. Then there
was scarcely any farm live stock In
the West. Dairying was not engaged
In at all. Today there are 6,99S,S17
farm animals on the prairies, of which
6s1 500 are milch cows; and dairyins
= only second In Importance to grain
growing. In the West.
Forty years ago the shipment of one
carload Of grain was . notable a.
plot.
Today, Canada ranks a. the second
largest wheat-producing country in The
world, with 80, 1s5, 800 bushels, 80 per
cent Of which was grown in the thres
prairie provinces, Of which the pro-
vince Of Saskatchewan produced more
than half. The Dominion Is today the
second largest producer Of oats. with
$50, 10000 bushels. of which 90 per
cent was grown between Winnipeg and
the Rocky mountains: and the nth
largest producer of barley with 6S,811.-
600 bushels. Of which the prairsss
yielded IS per cent.
Forty years ago scarcely any of the
rich soil had been brought under eu1.
tvation. The farm machinery Of the
time was crude; there were no con-
petent advisers; government expert.
mental farms were q blessing that
came years later.
Yet these hardy pioneers stuck u
eat. and In forty years numbers Of
them are enjoying their declining days
In the communities they wrested from
the wilderness, prosperous, contented
with their children's families gathered
about them or seeking their own for.
tunes still further westward or north
ward. They have seen civilization
step In to the West and the wilderness
swept out. Today are thriving cities
and towns where bleaching buffalo
bones marked the OK trails Of forty
years ago. Today are mighty freight
trains. each with it, thousand-ton car.
60 Of wheat or merchandise. roaring
down the roads where the old carts
creaked. Today are schools within
walking distance Of every farmhouse.
churches within driving distance Of
every home. Today are telephouso
and every modern convenience linking
eemmunities over vast distances by The
common bond Of the spoken word.
Forty years ago the Rockies were
Dsactically an impenetrable barrier,
the Pacific coast being reached frso
~ east by ships sailing round Cape
Horn. The province Of Nanitoba had
Q population Of 62,200, compared with
61S,O06 In 1921. Winnipeg was thea
Q frontier town with 1881 people. and
Brandon. which was regarded ~
far.nung outpost Of the West, boosted
Of 4 few hundred In population. u
1921 II only had 8,77a. such places
% Calgary and Edmonton were mere
trading posts In the Northwest terri
tories. Buffalo roamed the prairie u
their native state.
Today on these plains are to b
oesn herds Of cattle. bands Of horses
and droves Of sheep. from any q
which can easily be selected stock
that can carry OF premiums, sweep.
stakes and championships In eompe.
tition With the best In any other part
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