. Picturesque Cardston and environments : a story of colonization and progress in southern Alberta. Superintendent M. I). ts CQ 2Q THE countrys ADVANTAGES. 51 the centre of the grazing lands and markets for mutton andwool are within reach. The clear, dry, bracing air of the coun-try suits sheep, which suffer from little or no disease. Sheepmature early, owing to the tine quality of the grass. To winterthem safely, good, warm, roomy sheds, plenty of hay (ten tonsto the 100 head), and attention, are all that is wanted. Thepopular breeds are Shrops and Downs, and in most cases theyare c
. Picturesque Cardston and environments : a story of colonization and progress in southern Alberta. Superintendent M. I). ts CQ 2Q THE countrys ADVANTAGES. 51 the centre of the grazing lands and markets for mutton andwool are within reach. The clear, dry, bracing air of the coun-try suits sheep, which suffer from little or no disease. Sheepmature early, owing to the tine quality of the grass. To winterthem safely, good, warm, roomy sheds, plenty of hay (ten tonsto the 100 head), and attention, are all that is wanted. Thepopular breeds are Shrops and Downs, and in most cases theyare crossed with Merinos. During the last decade manyhundreds of thousand cattle, sheep and horses have been raisedin the southern half of Alberta on the rich grasses, without anyfeeding or shelter other than the shelter found along the hill-sides or in clumps of trees on the bottom lands. The cattle andsheep when taken oft the pasture are fat, and tit for anybutchers shop in the world, and the horses are in capitalcondition. MINERALS. Alberta possesses untold wealth in her immense mineraldeposits. For years past gold in paying qu
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