Alberta : a survey of the topography, climate, resources, industries, transportation and communication, and institutional services of the Province of Alberta . Grain mixtures such as oats, barley and fall wheat are extensivelyused for hog pasture. Rape is a highly successful forage crop andis available earlier than in most places. On account of the coolnessof Alberta nights it does not suffer bleaching or wilting in midsummer. Roots.—The soil of Alberta is suited for heavy production offield roots. Tumips, carrots, mangolds and sugar beets are success-ful field crops. Beef.—The raising of beef
Alberta : a survey of the topography, climate, resources, industries, transportation and communication, and institutional services of the Province of Alberta . Grain mixtures such as oats, barley and fall wheat are extensivelyused for hog pasture. Rape is a highly successful forage crop andis available earlier than in most places. On account of the coolnessof Alberta nights it does not suffer bleaching or wilting in midsummer. Roots.—The soil of Alberta is suited for heavy production offield roots. Tumips, carrots, mangolds and sugar beets are success-ful field crops. Beef.—The raising of beef cattle has always been importantin Alberta. It is to be expected that specialization in the cow in-dustry will take place in every country with the general progress of 34 the counto% and this has been the case in Alberta. As late as 1900the whole of Southern Alberta was given over to pastoral workwith cattle, horses and sheep, but chiefly cattle. A good deal ofthe cattle business of Central and Northern Alberta was also ofsimple range type. With the progress of settlement, dairying hascome into importance on account of the need of securing a steady. Beef at Edmonton kind of revenue and higher revenue from increasingly valuablelands. On the farms of Central and Northern Alberta dairy workis not special, however, and the type of cow is the dual purpose has been found good practice on small general farms to keep cowsof the beef breeds that will raise easy-feeding, quick-maturingsteers, but likewise to select the herd with some regard to theirperformance at the pail. As in countries like Great Britain wherelive stock is the crown of farming it is the case that over seventy-fiveper cent, of our dairy wealth comes from dual purpose cows. Specialdairy enterprises are largely limited to the close neighbourhoodof cities and towns and are engaged in supplying whole milk forfamilies. While dairy production has shown satisfactory progress,the cow business in Alberta is dominant
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