The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-26

Pofentlalldes d Western canada
AbuAdantly proven.
1890 TAken " Intsrnstional ~
sseck Opposition SHOW what Land
\ capabis os Produoinn.

Forty years ago lie Arst sa1a 81.
made AZ lands acquired by tha cana.
dun Pacific railway. This ii 6rf
snort apal ln he lives 81 man and
there are those VINO look back upon
tnaf period as Il being but 81 yester-
day.Yet when one glances back Il \
Eto marvel at the ACCOMPLISHMENTS ~
naa period, One of the most striking
5oI these Y the progress that has been
MADE sln Western Canada since fhaf
va, forty years ago, when iii oflcial
Eof the railway placed Hill signature III
2 document that gave possession Ii
~. y, !. new owner Of d section of land.
y was Tie first sIgnof the wealth
1naI 1n time would be added to the
Wealth OF the world iii forty years
TINS single section of land being the
Dase upon wLiclIthe future would ~.
Dullf. The potential wealth WAS hut
u embryo today It Is Biz, living
leaIit.. among the many things that
reveal this, may be seen The Winnings
nag by Western Canada exhibitors AZ
the international Live stock show held
n Chicago III 1921. These were %
marked ID their number IA 10 rive ~
the World-the American world-n
Splendid Idea of the excellence OF the
pfeaucts OF the farms of the new but
raplafy des eloping, country lying to the
norfh OF the international boundary
line.
The results of the exhihition show
according to the Manitoba Free Press.
that IN nre stock and grain EXHIBITS
the three prairie provinces OF Canada
made something like 15O winnings.
Every animal sent from the PROVINCE
OF Alberta won q prize. Exhibits III
GUIDED shorthorn and Hereford cattle
and Pefcheron and Clydesdale horses.
AN Alberta-bred heller got fourth place
In a class Of eighteen outstanding III.
dlv1duals. In grain, Alberta made sim.
ply an astounding record, securing the
sweepstakes for oats, and eight or nine
prizes before yer the American ex.
hibitors secured a placing. and while
the grand championship for wheat
went to Montana, the prairie proyinces
took 23 out Of % possible placings.
The first prize for alfalfa seed was
awarded for seed crown at Brooks,
Alberta, In competition with 43 entries
Alfaifa-growing In Western Canada
has been increasing BY leaps and
bounds. and this victory win give Ii
and the dairy Industry, which lii al.
ways linked with II, q further impetus.
In live stock classes alone Saskatch-
evan had sixty entries and took sixty
four ribbons.
The winning of fac grand champion
ship for Clydesdale stations by q
Saskatchewan horse, for the second
time In succession. was almost excep.
tional. He was bred on q Western
Canada farm, fitted and prepared for
exhibition there. and able to win over
horses shown from the studs OF men
who have unlimited money to spend
on the breeding and preparation Of
their exhibits. This Is proof positive
that the farmers OF Western Canada
are not only In q position to breed
their own horse power, and that of a
very high quality, but to breed horses
that will BE saleable In any market
Of the world.
Manitoba takes just pride In the fact
that a Percheron stallion, first In His
class and Canadian-bred champion,
was bred by Vance, OF Crandall, Mani
toba. Manitoba took "a places outside
of the grain exhibits.
When all is said and done, the real
triumphs are the wins Of both live stock
and grains actually produced in the
great Canadian provinces.
. Commenting upon the enterprise of
agricuiturists OF Western Canada I'D
sending exhibits to the International
Live Stock exposition at Chicago, the
New York Herald In a recent issue
said Western Canada is encouraging
diversified farming In q way certain
to bring an increased dow Of dollars
into the pockets Of agriculturists, who
at D time devoted their energies ex-
elusively to the raising Of grain crops
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