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Show TO ENCOURAGE CATTLE RAISING Clovclnnd Pinin Dealer. Tho western provinces of Canada, aided by tho railroads are underlnk- lng n campaign of education to Induco farmers to pay moio attention to tho rats.ng of beef. The government Bee In the present high meat prices, and the possibility of a meat famine, a great opportunity for n profitable change. The present summer has brought copious grain crops, which might tend to discourage any shift of attention to live stock; but nt tho samo time tho hay crops havo been record breakers, and havo nnturally turned the attention of alert farmers to now possibilities. In recent years tho live stock industry in-dustry In western Canada hns declin ed rapidly. As tho country becomes less nnd less n now land the tendency Is to shift from grazing to tho raising rais-ing of grain. Canadian experts seo In this tendency ono cnuso for tho high price of meat products, and fear that if It is not checked nn nctual fam'no may come. Tho Canadian Pnclflo railway has created n department of llvo stock raising; and has sont consignments of Cjiittlo Into tho western provinces to bo sold nt auction. Whether or not tho farmers co-operato tho effort Is praiseworthy1 as an endeavor to solve n real and difficult problem, S |