7 THE. OMINECA HERALD, PRIDAY, ‘SEPTEMBER A, 1915

WONDERFUL 6 GRAIN CROPS IN -

ee BULKLEY VALLEY THIS YEAR

Wheat and. Oats: Successfully Grown==Barley Was Immense Success

| s-Enough Grain to Supply

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Fa r the first time in the history
of the ‘Bulkley Valley, the farm-
ers. have produced’ grains and
grasses sufficient to. supply. all
local requirements and possibly
some to ship. Certainly there
will be many carloads of hay
‘shipped out as several cars have
already gone and 1 more are being
loaded.

The crops have. never been
anything like as large as this
year and had the farmers pro-
duced the goods during railway

' construction days that they have
this year every man in the valley
would have an independent for-
tune. The acreage under -culti-
vation was more than double that
of former years and the weather
was, favorable all through. The
result is that the farms in the
Bulkley valley resemble those
on the prairies and in Ontario
where they haye big barns full
of hay and grain and big stacks
on the outside. |

“Many farmers went extensive:

ly: into growing grain, such. as|

wheat, oats and barley. Oats
have yielded around fifty bushels
to. the acre. Wheat is hard’ ‘to
estimate, as those who have had
their grain threshed sowed their
wheat in patches and could. not
estimate with any degree of ac-
curacy the number of acres they
‘had, but the yield is away above
_ what they anticipated. One ‘in-
“stance of what barley did this
year: Chas. Barrett secured nine-
teen hundred pounds of seed bar-
ley: through the farmers’ institute
‘and the other day he threshed
twenty-six tons of the finest bar-
ley. that can be frown any where,

. It isa sight food for sore eves
for. those who have had faith in
this | northern country, and who
chave endeayored - to encourage
farmers | to. produce more grain
and more grain, to travel through
the Bulkley valley and see the
“itmmense straw stacks where the
‘grain has been threshed, or the
preat stacks of sheafs awaiting
_the thresher, or. big fields of
‘grain that has been cut but not
~ hauled “in, Handreds of’ acres
_were sown to grain this year. and
“every man'who did his. work will
have big’ ‘profits to'show ‘for it,

All Local Needs--Farmers

” Shipping Hay to. Yukon and Elsewhere

and for feed for the stock, “but
there are cases where the farmer
will be able. to. sell some .or be

as for hay there will be several
hundred tons for sale. What has
been bothering the farmers most
has been to secure a'market, but
that is being overcome through a
little co-operation. Last week
three cars were shipped as a trial
to the Yukon. Before that mar-
ket can be cinched a few altera-
tions in present ‘methods will
have to be made. For instance
—hay should be cut, cured ‘and
baled in time to land it at the
northern ports early in’ Septem-
ber. Hay should be double-
pressed and that means perfect
curing before pressing. These
are important matters, ‘but they
are not hard to comply with, ‘and
the hay trade of the Yukon ter-
ritories is one that is worth while
going after. That district will

{take all the hay the valley can

produce, outside of local needs.
Taking advantage of conditions
such as the increased crops, low
cost of feeding. stock and the
prospects for a much better mar-
ket anda ‘growing ‘demand for

beef, many farmers have been
making large purchases of live
stock, mostly ‘of the beef type.
Up to the present between fif-
teen and twenty carloads of .cat-
tle have ‘been brought into the
valley. and this fall will see guite
a number of ears of stock unload-;
ed at Telkwa and. other points
along the G.T.P. The latter part
of this month J. J. McNeil leaves
for the prairies to purchase. four
or five car loads of young stock.

forced to buy’ more stock, But:

| These: ‘are . for his own “ranch and
for several of. the other: farmers. |

The eattle population of Builkley| ag
from “Morricetown to

valley, -
North Bulkley,.next year. will.be
well over a thousand head,: pos-

‘{sibly fifteen hundred, - “From then

on the natural increase will be

very great.and it will be only a
matter of a few years until Bulk-

ley valley will be recognized ag a

eattle country with the goods to ‘

show for-it.

“Along with the i increase in cat:

tle a number of the farmers have
fone extensively into hog raising
and a large herd of fine bacon
hogs is a common sight. - :

With the demand for beef and
pork increasing as it is, and with
prices keeping pace with the de-
mand, the future for the farmer
in the Bulkley valley is bright.

‘He has a country that will pro-
duce. grains, hay, ‘grasses’ and}

roots in any. quantity. desired;
eattle and hogs do exceptionally
well-and they can range for miles
if need be;. the land is easy. to
elear and the seasons are: usually.
very favorable... There is room
for several thousand more farm-
ers without cutting down on the
cattle range, There is plenty of
water and the G. T. P. railway
cuts through ‘the centre of the
valley. Why should not any. man

who knows anything about the

business, ‘and who will do some
work, make big money by raising
stock in the Bulkley valley? .

. Gateway to the Bulkley

For the first time the. -passen-
ger train going west stopped at
Bulkley Canyon for. five minutes
for the passengers to get out and
view the Gateway to the Bulkley.-
Gen, Supt. Mehan was on board
the train and he informed the

passengers that he would soon|:

have steps built up the little ‘hill
which he thought would greatly |’
improve the view. -

stop his train there.

MeMULLAN'S
' EXPRESS -

and

CARTAGE:

Special attention paid to Biigguge:
Transfer and Local Freight Contracts —

NEW HAZBLTON, B.c..|

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- Fshing Tackle
> Rodaks _
~ Films

“Upto. Date Drug: Store

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. The future of the Bulkley’ valley oe we :

= Livery and 1 Feed ‘Stables:
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He - also” in-|-»
structed the conductor to always... weg
i “VICTORIA Mineral Claim, situate ein :

‘|| before: the issuance of such Certificate aa
‘of Improvements.

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NEW HAZELTON, BC.

Sixty. Bed_ Rooms, all newly furnished. “The
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Certificate of Improvements a a

oN OTICE.

the Omineca Mining..Division | .-
of Cassiar District. °°

Loeated { ari the Hazelton : Mountain, aoe

“the head of :Nine | Mile ‘creek,’ ‘ad- *
OAL mining rights ot the Dominion IEEE
| Enis etn Mh Mineral Claim 0. o; Manitoba, . Saskatchewan ang = ;
Soot es arta, the. Yukon’ Territory,
‘No west Territories and in » portiow
of the. Province ‘of British Columbiag
may be leased for a term of twenty-on
Woes ‘at an annual rental of $1 ami-acre
ot, more than 2,560 acrea will be leasedy
‘to one applicant.

-Application for a lease myst he madd
by the applicant in-person. to thq
nt “or Sub-Agent of the district 1
Ich the rights applied f for are, situa

SYNOPSIS OF COAL. MINING RE
: “ULATIONS. ”

TAKE NOTICH. that ‘Green ‘Bros,
Burden & Company, agent‘for John C,
Grant, Free Miner's . Certificate . No.
S3646B, intend; ‘sixty days‘ from: the
date hereof, . to: apply: to. the Mining
Recorder for a Certi cate. of Improve-
nieits, for. the purpose of: obtaining: a
Crown Grant.of.the:above claim... :.:,

_ And further. take notice ‘that. action, | 4
under’ ‘section 37, must be commenced te d

d 8 unatirveye
P bi she d Jur 1a : tract applied for shal
vo eee une’ 8) the: al upped himself.
"$5 which will. be refunded | i
. ‘rights applied: for are not avuilable
| but not: otherwise,- A ‘royalty. hall b
..| paid-on the ‘merchantable output:of th
, | ming,at.the rate of five.cents-per ton.
_ “person operating ‘the mine’ shal

sh ‘the: Agent ‘with: sworn. return
(Ql ‘accounting for. the. full quantity of: mer
table coal mined and pay the ‘oval
2 Ifthe coal mining: rig
ig operat cd, : such, Tety
ishedat .} .

tory y proof of loss of
ficate of Title having’ heen. furnished,
NOTICE IS. HEREBY GIVEN, that it) ri
bf ntention.at. ‘the: expiration’ of |.
th, :the firat publication | sx
h; Certificate: -of |