already at work on this highway late in February, and while it will
require some months to complete the work, it is now quite
detinitely assured that the road will be open for traffic by about
the middle of August, 1926, after which time tourists and land seekers
will have the option of travelling by train or driving their cars. In
the latter case, garages and service stations will be found at many
points along the route.

Facts Relating to Crop Production

An idea of the present production of that portion of the Peace
River district north of the river is gained from figures supplied by the
railway company, showing the exports of grain, cattle and hogs and
other commodities. This report covers the two years, from January 1,
1924, to December 31, 1925, and is for only that portion of the rail-
way from McLennan westward through Reno, Nampa, Peace River,
Grimshaw, Berwyn and Whitelaw, a distance of only 85 miles, out of
a total of over 500 miles of railway into and through the Peace River
area.

(GEN Va tar acceso Ree rear eee Or 327 cars 8,175 head
TEIOYESS Sc caenchctoccnsepocetececb areca o eee 149 cars 11,920 head
SU VeS10) ore rencoierccecece eee ener ee 3 cars 255 head
1EIGRANOS. -Aycomrerd bond OER Eee ee oer 2 cars 40 head
TEXDIPLEOTE URS Re ene error OR Ratt ce rie An tes 117,830 lbs.

ID teysieretels TEXO ERA A Gepeaecenn nonce coe ee 41,730 lbs.

Laie TOWING A coerce repeeccono Eero 3 cars

1G AAY YSIS O ee SDE CER 285 cars

AYA SVEEE Pn) Fe nen ree ee EE ne 1,206,687 bus.
(Oye Semeur Sree Ee ree eee 18,875 bus.

TBE D VEN pacer come Eee CES 8,665 bus.

TRAY) 2 acai ciet once eee concoRercecrrernae orerornaan 7,393 bus.

During the year 1925 alone the total wheat shipments from the en-
tire Peace River country were close to 4,000,000 bushels, and it was
estimated by the railway company that approximately 20% of the
wheat crop had not been marketed up to the first of March following.
In the above list of shipments no record is made of shipments of cattle
and hogs from the Fort St. John and Pouce Coupe districts, which are
perhaps the heaviest exporting districts in the matter of cattle and
hogs, their distance from the railway making this class of production
much more profitable than grain growing.

At the International Hay and Grain Show held at Chicago in 1920,
Alberta was awarded Grand Championship in both oats and peas.
Out of fifteen prizes offered for Region 1, in which the three western
Canadian provinces, and the northern tier of states in the United
States are included, Alberta won eight prizes in oats. She won two
out of five in open competition in peas. In hard Red Spring Wheat,
Alberta exhibitors won seven prizes out of twenty-five. Alberta won
distinction also in the small seeds, having secured prizes in both al-
falfa and red clover in open competition.

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