The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02
LAND OF WEALTH
PotentiaIitieS of Western Canada
 AbundantIy Proved.
Prizes Taken at International Live Stock Exposition Show What Land
 Is Capable of Producing.

Forty years ago the first sale was made of lands acquired by the Cana dian Pacific railway. This is but a short span in the lives of many, and there are those who look back upon that period as it being but of yester- day. Yet when one glanceS back it is to marvel at the accomplishments of that period. One of the most striking of these is the progress that has been made in Western Canada since that day, forty years ago, when an official of the railway placed his signature to 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 in 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 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 150 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 AIberta-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 g out of 20 possible placings. The first prize for alfalfa seed was awarded for seed grown at Brooks, Alberta, in competition with 43 entries. Alfalfa growing in Western Canada has been increasing by leaps and bounds, and this victory will give 1t and the dairy industry, which is al- ways linked with it, further impetus.
 In live stock classes alone Saskatch- evan had sixty entries and took sixty four ribbons.
 The winning of the grand champion ship for Clydesdale stalliOns by a Saskatchewan horse, for the second time in succession, was almost eXcep- tiOnal. He was bred on a 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 a 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 64 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 agriculturists of Western Canada in 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 a way certain to bring an increased flow of dollars into the pockets of agriculturists, who at one time devoted their energies ex- clusively to the raising of grain crops" Advertisement.
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