like scheme on the American continent, covering 

 a territory 150 miles by 40 miles lying on either 

 side of the main transcontinental line. The 

 success has been phenomenal, and the work 

 which the Company did in proving the value, 

 virtually the indispensability, of this method of 

 farming in that area has received its compensa- 

 tion and an eloquent tribute in the wholesale 

 clamoring for irrigation which has followed. 



Directly traceable to this success and the gen- 

 eral demand on the part of farmers for irrigation 

 facilities is the provincial legislation providing 

 for the establishment of co-operative irrigation 

 districts and the further guaranteeing to the full 

 extent of the bonds of such districts. The sev- 

 eral districts in the course of establishment and 

 those on which construction is proceeding, are 

 the outcome of the pioneer efforts of the Cana- 

 dian Pacific Railway in irrigation farming. 

 Farmers willingly pay from $40 to 50 per acre 

 to have their farms irrigated when it is no un- 

 usual thing for the increase in production to pay 

 for this the first season after the water is laid on. 



Irrigation in Southern Alberta and in Sas- 

 katchewan, where somewhat similar provincial 

 legislation has been enacted, is largely becoming 

 a matter of farmers' co-operative organizations. 

 The only private irrigation concern on the prai- 

 ries in addition to the railway, irrigating and colo- 

 . nizing land, is the Canada Land and Irrigation 

 Company, a company which in its initial organ- 

 ization suffered from the same discredit of 

 feasibility and has seen its work proven and 

 appreciated and is enjoying its success. 



The Canada Land Irrigation Co. 



The Canada Land and Irrigation Company 

 came into being as the result of the amalgama- 

 tion of three smaller irrigation companies which 

 owned land in Southern Alberta. A large block 

 of land had been purchased from the Government 

 under the Federal Irrigation Act, and school and 

 Hudson Bay sections within this were bought up. 

 The pooling of the land gave the new company 

 an area of roughly half a million acres, about 

 200,000 acres of which are considered irrigable. 

 Gradually the area under irrigation is being ex- 

 tended and settlement increasing. Actively 

 commencing irrigation and colonizing operations 

 only a few years ago, ten thousand acres are al- 

 ready irrigated and the greater part settled and 

 productive. By the summer of 1922 the com- 

 pany expects to have fifteen thousand acres in- 

 undated and ready for settlement. 



The main project of the company is the 

 western or Vauxhall irrigation district, surround- 

 ing the town of Vauxhall, about sixty-five miles 

 directly west of Medicine Hat, which altogether 

 contains 94,000 acres of which 50,000 are irri- 

 gable. Irrigation water is obtained from the 

 Bow River and carried through two large reser- 

 voirs, Lake McGregor reservoir and the Little 

 Bow reservoir, the former with a capacity of 



300,000 acre feet and the latter 30,000 acre feet. 

 In view of the splendid crops which the district 

 can produce and the encouragement given to 

 intensive farming, the irrigated land is divided 

 into 80 and 160 acre units, farmers being urged 

 to take the smaller plots. 



The average yield of crops per acre obtained 

 on the project has been very high. Over the 

 past six years an average of 3.47 tons per acre 

 has been maintained for alfalfa; 46 bushels of 

 wheat; 94.72 bushels of oats; 61. 28 bushels of 

 barley; 44.26 bushels of peas; 368.43 bushels of 

 potatoes; and 14.86 tons of sugar beets. 



In vastly increased production the great 

 benefits of irrigation have their strongest proof, 

 and in proving this the Canada Land and 

 Irrigation Company has done its share. 



Goat-raising in British Columbia 



Goats in the Province of British Columbia 

 now number approximately 5,000, according to 

 a statement issued by the Provincial Department 

 of Agriculture. Practically all of these animals 

 are of the Toggenburg, Saanen and Nubian 

 breeds. When first introduced into British Col- 

 umbia it was predicted that goats were but a 

 passing fad, but such has not been the case, and 

 to-day goat-raising occupies a recognized posi- 

 tion in the livestock industry of the province. 

 While no other province in the Dominion has 

 entered into this industry so extensively, the 

 demand for these animals in British Columbia 

 still continues unabated. 



The original foundation-stock, numbering 

 some 200 head, entered Canada in 1917 from the 

 United States, when they were examined by 

 Federal authorities and each animal tagged with 

 a little metal plate stating that it was officially 

 recognized by the Government as foundation 

 stock. In order to avoid confusion and to limit 

 the registration of pedigrees, all efforts have been 

 concentrated on the three main breeds, Toggen- 

 burg, Saanen, Nubian, which are noted for their 

 milk-producing qualities. The amount of milk 

 produced by many of these goats is truly remark- 

 able. Official records have been made of over 

 2,000 pounds per annum, and one animal is 

 credited with a production of 2,941 pounds. 



No laborious work is entailed by an owner 

 in caring for a herd of goats. A snug and com- 

 fortable house, free from draughts and rain- 

 proof, is all that is required for shelter. A good- 

 sized yard is necessary for the animals to browse 

 in. In feeding, leaves of all kinds, broom, wild 

 berries, and practically all kinds of brush are 

 relished by them, as well as grass and most weeds, 

 they will also eat the young shoots of bracken 

 and of coniferous trees, and in winter will eat 

 freely of the latter, and bark the young branches 

 as well. 



Chief Sources of Income 



The chief source of income from a goat is 

 derived in the form of milk, which is the equal of 



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