The Ordway new era., 1922-02-03
LAND CROWS RICH
Wonderful Development OF Cam
ada in Forty Years.
Four Decades Ago Little cons'oe'eo'
Today One of the orea'es' 'A
aries and Dairyins centers-

The recent announcement '"a'
tha sale of the first section OF eaiia-
dIan Pacific land was sold forty years
ngo. and when you read that '"e
arst cnrload Of wheat was shippeu
from winnipeg forty years ago 'he
changes that have taken place sihco
,ban are matters Of "reminiscences, but
vet of Interest. What forty years ago
was an unknown quantity, barren oe-
cause but little production was At
TEMPTED. is today one OF the grea'es'
e,ranaries in the world. Then there
was scarcely any farm live STOCK III
the West. Dairying was not engageu
in at all. Today there are 5,9oo'ol'
farm animals on the prairies, of whicn
ss1 $50 are mllch cows; and dairying
is only second in Importance To gram
growing. in the West.
Forty years ago the shipment OF one
carload OF grain was n notable e4-
ploit
To-day. Canada ranks as the second
largest wheat.producing country in the
world, with 3291S5,3oo bushels, ~ per
cent of which was grown in the three
uraIrie provinces, of which the pro-
vince of Saskatchewan produced more
than half. The Dominion is today the
second largest producer of oats, with
53O 10000 bushels. of which GO per
cent was grown between Winnipeg ana
the Rocky mountains; and the NTH
largest producer of barley with 63,3ll.-
600 bushels, of which the prairies
yielded 60 per cent.
Forty years ago scarcely any OF the
rich soil had been brought under cui-
tivatiou. The farm machinery of the
time was crude; there were no com
petent advisers; government experi-
mental farms were blessing that
came years later.
Yet these hardy pioneers stuck 1t
| out, and in forty years numbers OF
them are enjoying their declining days
| In the communities they wrested from
! the wilderness, prosperous, contented.
| with their chlldren'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 its thousand-ton car
go 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 telephones
and every modern convenience linking
communities over vast distances by the
common bond of the spoken word.
Forty years ago the Rockies were
practically an impenetrable barrier
the Pacific coast being reached from
the east by ships sailing round Cape
Horn. The province of Manitoba had
a population of 62,260, compared with
613,00S in 1921. Winnipeg was ther
frontier town with 1887 people, ant
Brandon, which was regarded as {
far-tiung outpost of the West, boastet
of a few hundred In population. II
1891 it only had 3T7S. Such place.
as Calgary and Edmonton We're mer,
trading posts in the Northwest terri
tories. Buffalo roamed the prairie Ii
their native state.
Today on these plains are to b.
seen herds of cattle, bands of horse
and droves of sheep, from any o
which can easily be selected stoc
that can carry Off premiums. sweep
stakes and championships in compe
tition with the best in any other par
of the Advertisement.