=Manitoba is Stronger.=--Sir Rodmond Roblin has no pessimism
regarding the outlook in Manitoba. He says: "The improvements
upon farm and field excite the admiration of those interested
in agriculture, while our population has been very
considerably increased by a healthy, intelligent, and
industrious class of new-comers. Manitoba, is much stronger
financially, numerically, commercially, industrially and
educationally than she was in the year 1912. Her progress and
development are rapid, healthy, and permanent."
=Hope and Cheer in Saskatchewan.=--Hon. Walter Scott: "The
sheet anchor of Saskatchewan is its soil, which (excluding,
of course, the far north) comprises a larger proportion of
land capable of sustaining a farming population than any area
of similar vastness on the globe. Nothing but inconceivable
recklessness and waste can prevent its remaining for all time
a great agricultural province, and nothing can seriously
check its steady forward movement."
=Alberta on Sound Footing.=--Hon. A. L. Sifton: "Alberta was
never on a sounder footing than it is to-day. It has reaped
the best crop in her history, and stands in line for her
share of the millions earned by the farmers of Western Canada
for their wheat and other grains. Coarse grains for feeding
purposes are beginning to predominate with the advent of
mixed farming. A gratifying increase in the number of dairy
cows and hogs is reported from every district, indicating a
new source of wealth, a more constant revenue for the farmer
and a new basis of credit for farming operations."
=Splendid Outlook in British Columbia.=--Sir Richard McBride
says: "That British Columbia, judged by the healthy growth in
population and in general industries during the past year,
and the splendid outlook, may confidently be expected to have
increased prosperity in 1914. Mining will show a larger
output for the current year and the same may be said of
agriculture and other occupations. Generous and wise
expenditure for adding to the already extensive road system,
the building of necessary public works, as well as the
enormous amount of railway construction all conduce to the
opening up and settlement of immense areas, hitherto almost
dormant."