Milford chronicle., 1923-09-28
STORY OF THE FARM
PRINCE OF WALES
is VISITING
It is a Dirt Farmers Place, and
Not in Any Way a Rich
Mans Plaything-Man-
ager an American
StOckman
From Farm and Fireside

canaQa, lOlS VI pam AN =
Twill it be a real farm, or a snow
place?' The prince answered: i am
gding to make this a practical rancn
mi will be of value to the surround
ind country" And he's doing it. per
so1ally visited the ranch to ind out.
Ferming and ranching are not ne"
for the British royal ram
ilv. For upwards of century they
have onerated farms and exhibited the
results of their skill at the country
fairs and exhibitions all over the Unit
Cd KINGDOM. The royal farms at
windsor and in other parts OF Brltaln
have been a Mecca for agriculturlsts
and stockmen from all parts OF the
world. They used to be model farms
-show places. MI
But time brings many cnanges' nc
roval farms in England To-Day are
practical Sfarms-profit-maklng estaD.
iishments devoted to the testing anu
n1octice OF the most advanced sclen-
tific theories, especially as applleo 10
Local problems. They are account
booK farms where the humblest chick
an in the run has to make eggs OF
vo7, remember that the Prince OF
u7aIos nassed through Canada and the
TTnjtod Ito states on his world tour IN
100 II was on this visit, as a guest
Ianch in the foothills of the
pooI-v Mountains, sixty miles SOUTH
-uost 1os of Calgar5, that the idea occur
roJ IN him to get a place of his own
where hA might occasionally quit pc
80 tho ;nrince of the great British
F,mpire and become a regular rancn- Il
or and 81 ldy at first-hand the prOD,
lens of the overseas Britlsher enga9eu
in the somewhat speculative ouIuool
snort of sIOck-raising. u1o
Tba mon III was September. The
nrinoe had taken a day off from tne
1Toa ~ ,a-r risome task of being feted. Like
Iis father. and especially his name.
soIre grandfather, the jovial EdWarC
VII he is a good deal more tond ol
o,,+5oor life and hunting than recelV-
ino The applause of the multitude SC
he he ovnressed a wish 70 take a rev
shots at the prairie chicken. He elect
I'd IN tramp. to the astonishmenL o
I,is host a dved-in-the-wood stocKInan
1-bo b had heard of the practice O
walking but had never trle1 ~ nirl u
self. So it fell to DR.. W. L. CaIIyle2 % a
that time superintendent OF Ine s Do
IT Ranch, to be the royal gulue. Iop
ming a little rise, the prince pOInCeu
and said: "I would like 10 OWL
Two weeks later, on his return Irll
bo wired DIR. Carlyle, and the Beolns
Fo15 ranch was purchased. II is 10
ooted in township II, range ), west 2
+be 5+h meridian, about tWenIy-nv y.
niles nil southwest of the town OF Hlg
Pivor. The place comprises l,6VO acre
of decided land and ABOUT 2,4OO acre
of nastl1rage leased from the Donllu
, io,, iCovernment. 1t isl a good gras
lY country. on limy sand$tones torma ne
tion being on the first !upllst OF III
Rockv Mountains, at am altltune
{ about 3,7OO feet. a4r;,
It has been a good rancnlng ulstln,
for the last forty years Inc SEM, ~
I character of the stock raised mas OGI
! GOOD. but not distinguished WIN T.
exception of the products ot the Ps aIs
IT Ranch. which directly adJolns "
V1,ince's nlace. Here George Lane ha
n tbe last thirty-five years Dullt U
o ono of the largest herds OF pureDrt
: poroherons % in the world. Apart tro-
Tho Rar u, show places are the e. e.
oon+ion C-1 hit with the advent OF u
! T,1ince followed shortly by tire "a
! pf NTinto. who purchased the TWO "
poncb at NantOn, it seems noC u
iiI[e1v that this part of the great Fr'
g --i1ce of Alberta will become tne non
. of q .nnnber of model farms and sto'
: raising establishments.
q DIR. W. L. Carlyle, who supeiInDsn, ILL
the r. P. Ranch, as the prince lan'
has been named, was born anu LeeL,
on a stock farm in eastern lIt'I. OnIanl
Graduated from Ontario AgrlcuIt.uiE
College in the early nineties' aIIe
= words putting in one year on tne Id
= ,,1tv of +he Agricultural College OF T.
A. University of Minnesota; then sew
4 \ 1oars professor of animal huspanu
v. at the University Of Wisconsin, Ine
u 1,ooving westward, was for seven yea
u u Jeon of the Agricultural College, VI
-, - vorsitv of Colorado, at Ft. Colllns, d
y director of U. S. Department OF Ag
u ~ culture Experimental Horse-Breeul
~ station in which work he spent ye
" " in Europe. visiting the principal nor
breeding establishments ana inlllCa
81 remount depots of several ConCine4 :
~ governments. Returning from
: zone he became dean of agrlcultt
~ ~ and director of the experimental S
~ ~ tion at the University of Idaho' d
~ ~ left that progressive Western state
~ assume management of the Bar
II, Percheron Horse and Cattle Ran
- Tben the Prince of Wales came ul
p tbe scene. and DR.. Carlyle thus ca
% tn oversee the destinies of royal Ia
- - i1v of Shropshire sheep, Dartmoor
u u oies Sborthorn cattle, and bloot
"a racing stock, which he hand-plcked
y various parts of the British Islands
~, From every angle it would sc
~ ~ that the Prince of Wales made a I
on oI tnnate choice in DR.. Carlyle. Agrlc
% +ure in Alberta is still in many
ok spects in the pioneer stage. HAD II u
Nd lowed agriculturalist from the stan
the royal farms in Britain been S
~ to do this work, he would nave D.
20 20. at the Learning" stage for long u
'0- for Alberta, like every new count
o1- had problems peculiar to itself.
-. Carlvle is a pioneer-one OF the bu
us ers of agriculture in the West,
II has seen thousands of square miles
'O " what was considered worthless co
1o- try produce in manner TO make
Old World marvel.
,as Dr. Carlyle went to Great Brlt
i''S its believing that he could bring b
he representatives of the choicest pre-
gao on therein, and acclimate them to
b" hibhlands of Alberta without loss
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