When we bought our cockapoo, she was $300 something and when she had puppies we sold the males for $325 and the females for $350. Technically they were 3/4 poodle and 1/4 cockerspaniel though. Was this answer useful?
While this certainly altered the character of ranching in Alberta, cattlemen remained a viable force in the provinceâa fact which was reinforced by their interest in the budding oil industry during the 1920s. This is a good book. It is well researched and readable.he Canadian Prairie West and the Ranching Frontier 1874-1924. David H. Breen. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1983. viii, 302 pp. ill., maps, ISBN 0-8020-5548-6. Riders on W. W. Stuart ranch, Jumping Pound, Alberta, late 1880s.
By the end of the decade, the price was almost $40 a barrel as OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, maintained its quotas and Iran, a major oil exporter, erupted in civil war. In Alberta, the oil boom was creating more multi-millionaires than anytime before in Canadian history.il prices soared and adventurers flooded into the province in a frenzied hunt to strike it rich. In 1973, a worldwide oil crisis ushered in an Alberta oil boom. (Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa) For geologist Jim Gray, these were the glory days in Alberta when the pioneer spirit was alive and well.