Alberta : a survey of the topography, climate, resources, industries, transportation and communication, and institutional services of the Province of Alberta . marketing well over long dis-tances; and being fattened largely on barley or a mbcture of barleyand rye or wheat, they produce a sweet firm bacon that is acceptedin the most fastidious markets. Settlers from Ontario and GreatBritain usually bring with them pigs of Yorkshire, Tamworth,or bacon type Berkshire breeding, but they find that in a very fewgenerations they lose their distinctive bacon type conformationand develop thicker backs
Alberta : a survey of the topography, climate, resources, industries, transportation and communication, and institutional services of the Province of Alberta . marketing well over long dis-tances; and being fattened largely on barley or a mbcture of barleyand rye or wheat, they produce a sweet firm bacon that is acceptedin the most fastidious markets. Settlers from Ontario and GreatBritain usually bring with them pigs of Yorkshire, Tamworth,or bacon type Berkshire breeding, but they find that in a very fewgenerations they lose their distinctive bacon type conformationand develop thicker backs and larger hams than the original stockpossessed. Settlers from the United States usually bring with themtheir Poland Chinas, Duroc Jersey and lard ti^De Berkshires, butin a few generations they find that their pigs have lost somewhattheir thick backs and heavy hams and have acquired a longerand deeper side to compensate for this loss of thickness of backand ham. To the man who understands the nature of swine and bringshis methods into harmony with local conditions. Alberta offersexcellent opportunities for acquiring wealth in the Root Harvesting on one of the Demonstration Farms Poultry.—Climatic and general conditions in Alberta areparticularly well suited to poultry raising. There is always an amplesupply of cereal grains and screenings available to farmers at pro-duction cost which may be profitably transformed into poultryproducts. There is an abundance of open range for poultry overclean, sanitary soil. The long days of spring and summer and thebright sunshine promote the health and vigor of young growingstock. The climate at no time is too severe for the economicalproduction of eggs with practically all of the utility breeds. Poultry- 47 men throughout the province find no difficulty in producing winteror annual laying records that compare favourably with recordsmade in any other part of the continent. Both turkeys and geese do well in Alberta a
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