The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-19
LAND OF WEALTH
Pote,tiaIitieS Of Western Canada
AEundantly Proved.
Prizes Taken at international Live
stock Exposition Show VIVA, Land
10 Capable Of Producing.

rory years Z the hrst sale was
made OF lands acquired by the Cana
aiah Pucihc railway. This Is but. u
SNORT span In the lives VI many. aud
there are those who lock back upon
liat period AS Ii being but of yester-
day. Yet when one ounces back il Is
" msFFei al the accomplishments Of
maj period. One ut The most striking
of these IN the progress that has been
uhaue In Western Canada since that
nay, FORTY years ago, when an official
ot the railway placed his signature 10
TIE document that gave possession to
lIIe new owner OF a section Of land.
lhlS was the first sign of the wealth
that Ia time would be added To the
wealth. OF the world in forty years,
thlS single section of land being the
oaSe upon which the future would he
Ouilt. The potential wealth vas hut
IN embryo: today ii Is a big, living
realty. Among the many tEL,gs that
reveal this, may be seen the winnings
made by Western Canada exhibitors at
the International Live Stock show held
Ia Chicago in 1927. These were so
marked ia their number as to give to
the world-the American worl,-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.
Ii results Of the exhibition show.
according TO the Manitoba Free Press.
that IN live stock and grain exhibits
the three prairie provinces of Canada
nude something like $50 winnings
Every animal sent from the province
of Alberta won a prize. Exhibits in
cluded ShorthOrn aud Hereford cuttle
and P~ercherOn and Clyuesdale horses.
An Aibertu-bred hcifer got fourth place
in a class of eighteen outstanding in.
dividual5. In grain, Alberta made sim
ply an astounding record, securing the
sweepstakes for oats, and eight or nine
prizes before ever the American eX-
hibit0rs secured Il placing, and while
the grand championship for wheat
went to Montana, the prairie provinces
0 % out of 25 possible plucimgs.
The first prize for alfalfa seed was
awarded for seed grown at Brooks,
Alberta, in competition with 43 entries.
AlfnIia-growing In Western Canada
has been increasing by leaps and
bounds, and this victory will give it
and the dairy industry, which is al
ways linked with it, a further impetus.
In live stock classes alone Saskatcl!-
evan had sixty entries and took sixty
fOur ribbons.
The winning of the grand champion.
ship for Clydesdale stations by a
Saskatchewan horse, for the second
time in succession, was almost eXcep-
tional. lie was bred on n 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
IN 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, hut to breed horses
that will be saleable In any market
Of the world.
Manitoba takes ssust pride In the fact
that Il Percheron stallion, first in his
class and Canadian-bred champion.
was bred by Vance, OF CrandaIl, Mani.
toba. Manitoba took GA 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