The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . ers; thecalves are placed in an enclosure calleda weaning corral and fed, usually onhay, while the cows are driven back tothe prairie to recuperate and acquiresufficient strength to withstand the hard-ships of approaching winter. In the following spring the calves areall branded and the males are castrated ;they are then turned out to take careof themselves until wanted for breedingor for the purpose of sale. There has been a rapid decline in theranching industry of the Prairie Provincesduring the pa
The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . ers; thecalves are placed in an enclosure calleda weaning corral and fed, usually onhay, while the cows are driven back tothe prairie to recuperate and acquiresufficient strength to withstand the hard-ships of approaching winter. In the following spring the calves areall branded and the males are castrated ;they are then turned out to take careof themselves until wanted for breedingor for the purpose of sale. There has been a rapid decline in theranching industry of the Prairie Provincesduring the past ten years, owing to theoccupancv by farmers of the lands for-merly utilized by ranchers as pastures. There is reason to believe that therewill be a slight revival in the industry inthe near future, but each rancher will prob-ably operate on a somewhat smaller scalethan formerly. It has been apparent toobserving men that not all of the oldranching districts of Alberta and Saskatche-wan are suitable for grain growing, andin response to the appeal of the ranchers •a* #*- -m^^m iimwm^»^-. l. HORSE RAISING IN THE MIDDLE WEST. 2. STOCK FARMING. 3. HOW THEY LEAD CATTLE OUT WEST. 4. FAT CATTLE AT THE ALBERTA EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 3°I THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES OF CANADA the Dominion Government appointed in1912 a Commission, which was instructedto inquire into conditions surrounding theranching industry and to designate thoseareas in Southern Alberta and South-Western Saskatchewan in which, with ourpresent knowledge of agricultural science,there is little likelihood that successfulcrop growing can be carried on. Although the Commission has not yetcompleted its investigations, there isreason to believe that its labours will re-sult in the setting aside of numerous areasfor grazing purposes, and that these willbe leased to stockmen for a term of years. The breeds of cattle most favoured bythe ranchers are Shorthorns, Herefords,and crosses of these two breeds. Thereare a few herds in which
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