at the Chicago International Exposition this 

 year, and a regular winner at international 

 exhibitions for several years, stands out not only 

 as an example of the city boy who made good as 

 a farmer, but also as exemplifying that class of 

 western agriculturalists who, believing in the 

 precaution and safeguard of distributing their 

 eggs, have sought and found prosperity along 

 the line of mixed farming. 



Mr. Lucas is not a large farmer as farmers go 

 in Western Canada. He has never been a large 

 farmer. His success does not lie in the fact that 

 he did things on a big scale but that he worked 

 carefully and intensively, believing in doing a 

 little well rather than a great deal in a slipshod 

 manner. It is his conviction, backed up by 

 years of successes, that pedigreed stock and 

 selected grain are cheap in the light of the value 

 of progeny and production. 



Perseverance and Application 



Mr. Lucas was a town-bred boy of Stratford, 

 Ontario, and at the age of eighteen all he knew 

 about the farm had been gleaned from a few 

 occasional visits to the country as holidays. But 

 when he had reached these years it became his 

 desire and ambition to own land of his own, and 

 he had the conviction that the utmost content- 

 ment and ultimate prosperity to be derived from 

 honest human efforts lay in that direction. His 

 material assets were nil, p and for a man in this 

 position, the farm lands of Eastern Canada were 

 out of reach and hope for some years. He did 

 the logical thing. He went to Western Canada 

 and took a government homestead of one hun- 

 dred and sixty acres. That was in 1903, and he is 

 still living on that homestead. True, he has 

 added to his holdings by acquiring adjacent 

 farms, but he has never undertaken more than 

 he can conveniently handle in a thorough and 

 efficient manner, and the 1,000 acres he now 

 farms is excellent from every agricultural view- 

 point. He has followed exacting, intelligent 

 farming from the first, tilling good clean land in 

 methods to preserve its fertile state, and exercis- 

 ing the same judgment in building up his cattle 

 herd. His agricultural library is an extensive 

 one, and any reading matter, government 

 pamphlet or otherwise, likely to aid in the pro- 

 duction of better grain or livestock, has its place 

 there. 



From the first, when he commenced to 

 exhibit the products of his farm, his success was 

 gratifying, and for five consecutive years he 

 carried off the first prize for white oats at the 

 Alberta annual seed fair. Going farther afield, 

 he exhibited at the International Soil Products 

 Exhibition at El Paso, Texas, in 1916, and was 

 awarded the sweepstakes for oats, and the 

 second prize for barley in the open classes as 

 well as the dry farming sections. Again, at 

 Peoria, Illinois, in 1917, he won third prize for 

 white oats, barley, and field peas in the open 



classes, and second for oats, first for rye, and first 

 for brome grass in the dry farming section. This 

 year the pinnacle of success was achieved with 

 the grand championship for oats at Chicago. 



This, in brief, is the record of a mixed farming 

 success. The fact that a commencement was 

 made in ignorance of farming and lacking capital, 

 did not count against the assiduity, faith, and 

 systematic efforts put forth. It exemplifies the 

 work of that large section of westerners moving 

 in the same direction, who believe mixed farming 

 is the surest road to agricultural prosperity and 

 the basis of success on the land. 



Ascending Agricultural Wealth 



Agriculture ranks first and foremost among 

 Canada's industries, and by means of its pro- 

 gressive strides successfully maintains its place 

 at the head of the list in spite of the rapid pro- 

 gress made each year in manufacturing and other 

 Canadian activities. The total estimated agricul- 

 tural wealth of the Dominion in 1920, according 

 to the Monthly Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics, 

 amounted to $7,612,151,000 exclusive of mis- 

 cellaneous products such as tobacco, flax, fibre, 

 and maple products which would add another 

 $23,000,000 to this total. 



Agricultural production for the year 1920 is 

 estimated at $1,946,648,000, made up of field 

 crops, $1,455,244,000; farm animals, $140,- 

 083,000; wool, $5,321,000; dairy products, 

 $256,000,000; fruits and vegetables, $40,000,000, 

 and poultry and eggs, $50,000,000. To arrive at 

 the estimated agricultural wealth, $4,232,588,000 

 is added for land and buildings, $391,669,000 for 

 farm implements, and $1,041,246,000 for farm 

 live stock. 



The estimated agricultural wealth of the 

 previous year, 1919, was $7,379,299,000, showing 

 an increase in value for the past year of $232,- 

 852,000. An increase in production value 

 accounts for part of this, significant of a remark- 

 able increase in yield when the decline in prices 

 of farm commodities is taken into consideration. 

 The steady and continual rise of farm land with 

 the improvements in the way of buildings thereon 

 had the effect of nearly doubling this item of the 

 estimate. Whilst the value of the country's 

 possession of fanning implements increased con- 

 siderably there was a decline in the value of 

 live stock, though no perceptible dwindling in 

 numbers for the main part. 



Many Factors Contribute 



The ascending value of agricultural produc- 

 tion in Canada is very clearly illustrated in a 

 comparison of the values of the past six years. 

 In 1915, the total production was valued at 

 $1,118,694,000; in 1916, at $1,223,952,000; in 

 1917, at $1,621,028,000; in 1918, at $1,9.05,- 

 373,000; in 1919, at $1,975,841,000; and in 1920, 



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