Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-19
LAND OF WEALTH
Potentialities OF Western Canada
AbundantIy Proved.
Prizes Taken at international Live
Stock Exposition Show What Land
Ia Capable Of Producing.

Forty years ago the first sale wal
made Of lands acquired by the Cana
dian Pacific railway. This Is but
short span In the lives Of many, an,
there are those who look back upoI
that period as 1t being but of yester
day. Yet when one g~lances back 1t Is
TO marvel at the accomplishments OF
of these is the progress that has been
made In Western Canada since tina,
day, forty years & WHEN an official
OF the railway placed his signature 10
the document that gave possession to
the new owner OF a section of land.
This was the first sign OF the wealth
that In time would be added to the
wealth OF the world Ia forty years,
this single section of land being the
base upon which the future would be
built. The potential wealth was but
in embryo; today 1t is a big, living
reality. Among the many things that
reveal this. may be seen the winnings
made by Western Canada exhibitors at
the International Live Stock show held
In Chicago In 1921. These were so
marked in their number as to give TO
the world-the American world-a
splendid idea of the excellence of the
products OF the farms of the new but
rapidly developing country lying to the
north of the international boundary
line.
The results of the exhibition show,
according to the Manitoba Free Press,
that In live stock and grain exhibits
the three prairie provinces Of Canada
made something like 100 winnings.
Every animal sent from the province
OF Alberta won a prize. Exhibits In
cluded Shorthorn and Hereford cattle
and Percheron and Clydesdale horses.
An Alberta-bred heifer got fourth place
In a class of eighteen outstanding In
dividuals. In grain. Alberta made sim
ply an astounding record, securing the
sweepstakes for oats, and eight or nine
prizes before even the American ex-
hibitors secured a placing, and while
the grand championship for wheat
went TO Montana. the prairie provinces
took % out OF % possible placIngs.
The first prize for alfalfa seed was
awarded for seed grown ut Brooks,
Alberta, in competition with 43 entries.
Alfalfa-growlng in Western Canada
has been increasing by leaps and
bounds, and this victory will give II
and the dairy industry, which is al
ways linked with Il, a further impetus. |
In live stock classes alone Saskatch-
evan had sixty entries and took sixty
four ribbons.
The winning OF the grand champion
for Clydesdale stations by a
saskatchewan horse. for the second
time IN succession, was almost excep-
sieHsiZ He=was bred on Il Western
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
the breeding and preparation OF
heir exhibits. This is proof positive
hat the farmers of Western Canada
ire not only I'm a position 10 breed
heir W horse power, and that OF d
cry high quality. but to breed horses
hat Will be saleable In any market
4 the world.
Manitoba takes just pride In the fact
hat a Percheron stallion, first In his
lass and Canadian-bred champion,
vas bred by Vance. Of Crandall, Mani
Manitoba took "a places outside
( the grain exhibits.
When all In said and done, the real
are the wins OF both live stock
nd grains actually produced In the
Canadian provinces. !
Commenting upon the enterprise OF /,
grfcufturists OF Western Canada I'M .
Dding exhibits to the international
Stock exposition at Chicago, the
ew York Herald in a recent issue
lid Western Canada is encouraging ;,
verslfed farming In a way certain :
bring an Increased flow OF dollars !,
to h pockets OF agriculturists, who !
D time devoted their energies ex-
TO the raising OF grain cropg" =,
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