Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-22

Outlook District has abundant rain
fall. Droughts are unknown. The
rank growth of grasses and the big
forests in close proximity establish
beyond question. the sutTiciency of
moisture. Our rainfall in 1909 was
q inches.
One hundred Thousand farmers
went from the United States to
Canada last year and it is estimated
that at least 100000 will go this
year.
Perhaps you have never owned a
foot of real estate" and if so we
only say, Look about you, Take a
financial inventory of your friends.
Ascertain who are the prosperous
people," And you will learn that
so per cent of the successful men
admit that the only easy safe money
they have made was made in land.
No one can manufacture land. 1t
is possible to have too many Rail-
roads, too many Steamships, too
many Telephone Lines, too many
Insurance Companies, too many
Shoe Factories. and in some in
stances, too many People. No Ma
ton or State, however. complains of
having too much land or too much
wealth. Henry George said that all
wealth was the product of land and
labor.
AS this country grows the demand
for land must necessarily grow
apace; therefore is it reasonable to
expect that good land in the United
States or Canada should grow
cheaper? How will our grandchil-
dren answer this?
These homely statements are so
evident that their reiteration here
seems almost a platitude. Let us
assume though, that no matter what
your occupation or your financial
status, you believe the acquisition of
good, productive, wealth producing
land, a judcious, safe and profitable
move on your part. Let us assume
further, that you are possessed of
a certain amount of unemployed
capital, which you wish to invest
The question of moment, of vital
moment, is where will you invest?
1t is not our purpose to decry any
State, Country or District, but to
inform you of the character of the
land We sell. With these lands we
are acquainted.
CORN VS.. WHEAT
Is is said that an industrious
Woodworking man can properly at
tend to about so acres of corn in a
season. If he We're fortunate he
might get so bushels to the acre
Or $500 bushels for his crop.
If he got the top price of so cent:
per bushel the value of his crop
would be $3.50. On the other hand
the same man can take care of $40
acres OF wheat. He can prepare the
: land, SOW 1t. and harvest it with one
man to shock. Suppose he pays
$50 for his services Then we add
$500 for seed and 500 for thresh-
ing. Total expense $1,000. His
yield can be safely estimated at 25
bushels to the acre, or 5000 bush
els, which at so cents per bushel
amounts to $4,000. The wheat
raiser on land that cost SIS to SIS
an acre has $3.50 for his season s
work. The corn grower on land
worth 500 an acre has $3.50 for
his work. Which farmer will grow
rich?
PROFITS IN WHEAT RAISING
Agricultural authorities agree
that the actual cost of raising an
acre of wheat, under conditions of
skilled agriculture, is $500 per
acre. This includes blowing. har-
rowing, seeding, reaping, and thresh-
ing. Even allowing that the aver
age farmer working under ordinary
Western Canada conditions. might
find it difficult to keep the cost down
to this figure, and (for that reason
they are raised % per cent and put
up to $3.50 per acre), is can still
be seen at a glance that there are
splendid profits in. raising wheat in
the Saskatchewan Valley.
Taking the average wheat yield
of the District at % bushels per
acre, and the market price \at the
home elevator at so cents-each acre
of grain will yield in cash each sea-
son $40, a return of 100 per cent to
the farmer in a single season! Where
in all North America can more
profitable farming be found?
Moreover, it should be borne in
mind that while Saskatchewan VAL
lev farms produce such magnificent
returns on the original investment,
and on the labor of the farmers,
ing in value every year, and the In
crease will be more rapid as settle
ment continues to rush into the
country and more and more land
becomes occupied. A farm bought
for SIS an acre now will be worth
perhaps double that in five years.
Thus in the Saskatchewan Valley not
only is the productiveness of the
land positively proved, but the in
vestment itself is one of the most
profitable today offered to the in
vesting public.
HOW TO GET TO THIS DISTRICT
People from the States have the
choice of two ways:
From Minneapolis or st. Paul to
Winnipeg, Manitoba, beautiful
city of $4,000. thence west to
Moose Jaw and north to Outlook
, The other way is mostly used as II
is closer. From Minneapolis or st.
Paul over the 500 Line to Moose
Jaw, and then north to Outlook.
The Canadian railroads give a
rate of about 1 cent mile to land
seekers.