rise in prices is inevitable, for Canadian land settlement is a 

 never ceasing movement and the amount of unsettled land, 

 though enormous, is not by any means inexhaustible. The 

 relatively infinitesimal amount of land settled and rendered 

 for the first time productive each year has its effect upon 

 land prices and causes those with holdings to set them at 

 a higher rate. The rate is rising faster than the average 

 individual can increase his personal wealth, and procras- 

 tination on the part of a contemplating settler is inimical 

 to his best interests. 



Vegetable Growing on the Prairies 



In 1872 the first exhibit of vegetables grown 

 in Manitoba was shown in London, England, and 

 the people there were so incredulous over the 

 fact that such vegetables were raised in what they 

 considered to be a land of ice and fur that they 

 declared they were made of wax; and it was not 

 until they were invited to cut them in halves that 

 they were entirely satisfied they were actually 

 vegetables, not imitations. Though cultivation 

 on the Canadian prairie has made phenomenal 

 progress since that time, and western soil, in 

 combination with the climate obtaining in the 

 West, has proved its adaptability to a myriad 

 phases of agriculture, the extent to which Mani- 

 toba and its sister provinces of the prairie are 

 producing vegetables is not widely appreciated. 



F. W. Brodrick, professor of horticulture at 

 Manitoba Agricultural College, recently made the 

 statement that within five miles of Winnipeg he 

 had himself produced seventy-two varieties of 

 vegetables. Vegetables can, he claims, be grown 

 in luscious profusion in Manitoba and the West, 

 and in his belief, the East is not capable of 

 producing such vegetables as are being grown in 

 Manitoba. 



Prior to 191 7 the number of vegetable gardens 

 in the surroundings of both city and country 

 houses was pronouncedly small, and few farms 

 raised these products in excess of their require- 

 ments. The encouragement given to establish- 

 ing war gardens administered a stimulus which 

 has to a degree been permanent, and to-day more 

 is generally known about the possibilities of vege- 

 table gardens in the Prairies than was previously 

 appreciated. There is now a much greater 

 acreage devoted to this phase of agriculture, and, 

 as a matter of fact, the excessive extent to which 

 vegetables are being produced in the absence of 

 canning and preserving factories, constitutes a 

 real problem of the Prairie Provinces. 



Many Varieties Produced 



The vegetables grown in the Prairie Provinces 

 to-day include practically every variety in com- 

 mon household use, cauliflowers, carrots, celery, 

 corn, citrons, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, parsley, 

 parsnips, potatoes, radishes, rhubarb, spinach, 

 squash, turnips and tomatoes. The increasing 

 acreage devoted to corn on the prairies has been a 

 significant feature of agriculture in recent years, 

 and this has now become a staple fodder crop to 

 be found on most farms. Last year tons of 



tomatoes in Manitoba had to be shovelled out 

 of the glass houses because of an excessive 

 production. In the same year the three prairie 

 provinces produced for commercial purposes 

 12,097,000 bushels of potatoes out of a Dominion 

 production of 84,616,000; 1,484,000 bushels of 

 turnips out of 27,379,000; and 3,600,000 bushels 

 of fodder corn out of 40,199,000 in all Canada. 



Irrigating certain areas in southern Alberta 

 has revolutionized their productive powers, in- 

 creasing the acre yield of potatoes alone, in an 1 1 

 year period, by 205 bushels. There are few 

 varieties of fruit or vegetables which cannot be 

 raised there, and already a fairly substantial 

 commercial activity has resulted in local markets 

 and increased train service. With greater facil- 

 ities for caring for the harvests there are great 

 possibilities in these regions. 



The Western Canadian prairie to-day is raising 

 vegetables in excess of its needs, and has proven 

 beyond any doubt what can be accomplished in 

 this regard. There is no doubt much more would be 

 done if there were canning factories and preserving 

 plants to care for the surplus of their products 

 and vegetable growing be added to dairying, 

 apiculture and other less important branches of 

 agriculture to supplement the larger issues of 

 wheat growing and stockraising. Though there 

 are 120 canning factories in Canada there is not 

 one located in the Prairie Provinces, 'and of 40 pre- 

 serving establishments there is only one in each of 

 the provinces of Manitoba and Alberta. A wide 

 field for development exists here. 



Announcement has recently been made that 

 the erection of a vegetable canning factory at 

 Winnipeg will probably be undertaken this year 

 provided support is obtained for the project from 

 growers located in adjacent municipalities. The 

 cannery which it is proposed to erect will be 

 able to handle the first year, the crop from 400 

 acres of peas, 100 acres of corn, and a large 

 acreage of wax beans, cauliflowers and cabbages. 



The Canadian Pacific Annual Report 



The Canadian Pacific Railway Company 

 earned 11.5 per cent, on its $260,000,000 com- 

 mon capitalization for the year ended December 

 31st, 1921, according to figures made public by 

 the company recently. 



This compares with 11.4 per cent, in 1920; 

 10.8 per cent, in 1919; 10.97 per cent, in 1918; 

 15.89 per cent in 1917 ; and 16.76 per cent in 1916. 



The increase in the percentage of earnings, 

 which takes into consideration the inclusion of 

 special income, is accounted for more by the 

 earnings of railway and lake steamers this year 

 than by special income account, although the 

 latter income is shown at the highest figure since 

 the year 1914-15. Last year earnings on the 

 common stock aside from special income equalled 

 7.29 per cent.; in 1920, 7.17 per cent.; in 1919, 

 7.32 per cent.; in 1918, 7.85 per cent.; and in 



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