of cattle in the district, 7,000 horses, 6,000 sheep and 

 12,000 hogs. During the fiscal year ending March, 1920, 

 there was a total of 797 homestead entries, 560 soldier 

 grants, 38 land sales, 383 applications for patents, 232 

 grazing leases granted, 297 timber permits taken out, 431 

 hay permits secured, and 600 applications for petroleum 

 leases. These figures speak for themselves in regard to 

 the popularity of this country with the modern pioneer, 

 and bear tribute to the flow of people one year witnessed 

 into this area. 



The progress of the Peace River district has been 

 somewhat hampered in the past by the lack of railway 

 transportation, and general satisfaction is expressed at 

 the taking over for operation of the Edmonton, Dunvegan 

 and British Columbia Railway by the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway. This year, in addition to the large yield the 

 area has obtained, there is a considerable portion of the 

 1919 crop yet to come out, all of which will be shipped 

 down to Edmonton during the winter months. 



The past year has been a most encouraging one for 

 settlers in this region and for those contemplating settle- 

 ment there. The spring will doubtless see a yet greater 

 flow of agriculturists into the yet unsettled portions north 

 of the railway to supplement the grain growing, mixed 

 farming and ranching, which have proved so successful 

 in the past and are making the Peace River country one 

 of the most promising agricultural areas of the Canadian 

 west. 



Canada Astonishes Texas 



Corn grown at Kelwood, Manitoba, by John 

 Hamilton, exhibited recently in open competition 

 at the Texas State Fair, carried off the first 

 championship honors, winning out against the 

 premier exhibits of one of the first corn growing 

 sections of the globe. If Texas previously lacked 

 interest in Canada, their astonishment has 

 changed the situation and Texan farmers have 

 their eyes on the wonderful things she is capable 

 of in the agricultural line. 



In addition to running off with the first 

 prize for a product, which is generally believed 

 to belong to belts much farther south, Canada 

 produced other apparent anomalies in the way 

 of prairie-grown crab apples, white cherries, and 

 giant strawberries. Again, there was honey 

 produced on prairie farms which brings back to 

 memory the fact that in the honey contest at 

 the convention of beekeepers from all over the 

 world, held in Switzerland in 1913, the first prize 

 went to the product of the Province of Manitoba. 



Exhibit Arouses Much Interest 



These Canadian products, including the corn 

 which was of similar kind to that which secured 

 the world championship at the International 

 Soil Products Exhibition at Kansas City a few 

 years ago, were part of a Canadian exhibit which 

 also contained grains for the growing of which 

 the Western Provinces have achieved world- 

 renown and secured many international honors. 



The exhibit aroused considerable interest 

 and caused genuine astonishment at the fine 

 displays of agricultural products, many of which 

 the beholders had previously associated solely 

 with climatic conditions to be experienced much 



farther south. The exhibition demonstrated 

 concisely the extent and diversity of Canadian 

 natural wealth along agricultural and mineral 

 lines. 



The Corn Belt's Northward Trend 



When Canada successively secured the 

 world's championship for wheat growing, uni- 

 versal interest was revived at the steady north- 

 ward trend of the wheat belt. Now it would 

 appear that the corn belt is undergoing the 

 same process if we are to judge by the inter- 

 national successes of the corn product of 

 Canadian prairie farms, and the general enthu- 

 siasm with which the growing of this grain is 

 being taken up. In fact, the prairie refuses to 

 remain in the position assigned to it by tradition 

 and opinion unsupported by experience, and has 

 proved its adaptability to many lines of agricul- 

 ture previously conceived to be entirely outside 

 its scope. 



British Columbia Pulp and Paper 



The birth and development of the pulp and 

 paper industry in British Columbia has been 

 phenomenal. A decade ago not a single ton of 

 pulpwood, mechanical or chemical, was manu- 

 factured in the Pacific Coast province; in 1919 

 the total value of the products of this industry 

 amounted to $12,554,257. To-day, British Col- 

 umbia stands third among the provinces of the 

 Dominion in the amount of capital invested 

 in the industry. The surprising rate at which 

 this has grown in the last few years and is con- 

 tinuing to grow, is indicated in the jump effected 

 between 1917 and 1920 of from $22,584,652 and 

 $50,000,000 in 1920. 



This is a remarkable history of development 

 of what will doubtless become one of the most 

 important industries of the Pacific Coast, but 

 it is more than probable that the next decade 

 will exhibit still more rapid expansion. Great 

 Britain and the United States are drawing the 

 greater part of their paper supplies from Canada, 

 and eyes are turned on British Columbia, pos- 

 sessing as it does the largest remaining stands 

 of timber in the world suitable for the produc- 

 tion of pulp and paper. The province's annual 

 export to Australia already amounts to more 

 than 20,000 tons, whilst the demand for pulp 

 from the far east far exceeds the present avail- 

 able supply. 



Nearly Three Hundred Million Cords 



Of the 370,370,000 cords of pulpwood esti- 

 mated to exist in Western Canada, British 

 Columbia is credited with 285,370,000 cords, 

 consisting of spruce, western hemlock, and 

 balsam, whilst for the coarser grades of pulp a 

 certain amount of Douglas fir is used. It should 



