Show WHAT A LEADING agriculturist SAYS OF WESTERN CANADA prof thon ae sl aw of bia i desota ty gives aa unbiased opinion in a letter to tl e farmer st paul dated sept 1st 1901 prof thomas shaw of the M state on hersity has the following to say after hav ng mad trip through western canada the capability es of the immense urea known as western canada are but little understood on this side of the line our people aie apt to look upon it as a region of frost and snow a country in which but a small portion of the land relatively will ever be till able because of the r gors of the cli diate true the climate is cold ih winter but western canada has nevertheless just that sort of climate which makes it the most reliable wheat producing country in all the conti nent an immense area western canada is not only an im mense area but the same description will apply to tl ose portions of the country that are capable of being sue cess fully tilled or grazed dearly all of the prairie province of manitoba can be brought under cultivate on although probably not one tl ird of its surface has been la d open by the plow assiniboia Assini boia to tl e vest is a gra n and stock country saskatchewan to the a has high on for the same th s also may be sa d of alberta to the west here lies what may be termed a grain ving and stock producing emp re the resources of which 1 but little drawn upon comparatively viewed from the standpoint of tl e agricultural st when it is called to mind that even in tl e peace fiver country in athabasca add several hundreds of m les north of the canad an bo indar wheat was grown wh ch won a prem um at the world s I 1 air in 1883 the calab 1 t es of this country in wheat product on loom up more brightly tl an even the bal 1 ant northern 1 gats of the land that lies toward the pole adapted to stock a 1 groin production the reg on under on is however mainly adopted to growing grain and grong adapted to erow g bolh gra n and stock but certain areas espee ally to wards tl e mounta ns aie only adapted to rand ing except vl ere will yet be el 11 a of course can be be done successfully alo g the many streams that flow down from tl e and gatei the antry towards the east and north tl e adaptation of the country for wl eat p u of a h gh character 11 e cool nights that usually cl drafter ze the ripening season are eminently favorable to the filling of tl e gia n an 1 to tl e beci r ingot a plump berry and consequently large yields the crop this year is a magnificent one in man tl e territories it bho il I 1 ce give in average of more tl an 0 O busl els per acre but should tl e yield be not more than 20 bushels the crop vi 11 be a most handsome one MD to the birge area sown to wheat many farmers only grow grain bit those atho do succeed as well in globing oats and barley as in hence tl ese foods for stock ua al be abundant bo ne gro v tattle and others ab nb ne tl e t vo he last named of course doubtless tl safest of tl e three during a long course oe years that is to say where much farm ing is practicable quality of the stocia it was a pleasurable surer se to jote the high quilitz of the stock the average of quality in cattle is h gl e than the ave age of cattle in our stale unless in tl e dairy classes tl sop n ion is not reached rashly or ditl out ample opportunity for invest gat on I 1 spent three long days in the sho v ring at winnipeg n aking tie d in the beef classes I 1 quest on it any of our states single handed could make such a showing in cattle it was my privilege to make tl e awards at several sho vs and at all of the r fa ra were evidences that much attention is given to the tl e I 1 note 1 carefully the character of the herds that grazed along the railroad and everywhere the 1 agh average of the quality of the stock was in evi deuce llen sone tor quality lo 10 stock tl e quality of the g ass is good many of the settlers aiom on tano and had been schooled as to the value of good stock before go ng west ahe railroads and the government have a deep interest in mak ng it less d and costly to the farm rs to secure good males those who are ai x ous of chan ng their residence should bear in mind that the lands in western canada are many of them free and others reason ably cheap information will gladly be given by my agent of the canadian government whose advertisement appears else chere mone luisa a ifo years old is dead at janeiro brazil sl e was the last representative of the slaves who were imported directly from africa some alarm Is expressed by certain aarts epicures because the supply of of the finest quality seems to be falling off to a serious extent thia apprehension however will cause no distress upon an extended baale as the taste for the deliberate crattie cra tuie that carries his house upon his back has not been world wide in fact it has never gained much ground outside of the latin race and beyond the borders of france itself the number of go ir mets who have extolled the snail as table delicacy of the most desirable sort not been a long list |