Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
MORE WHEAT,
MORE CATTLE,
MORE HOGS
Land Values Sure to Advance
Because of Increasing De-
mand for Farm Products.

The cry from countries abroad Tor
more of the ne~cessaries of life is
today; tomorrow it will be still more
insistent, and there will be no letup
after the war. This is the day lor
the farmer. the day that he is COM
ing into his own. He is gradually
becoming the dictator as 1t becomes
more apparent that upon his lnous.
try depends the great problem VI
feeding a great world. The farmer ol
Canada and the United States mas II
within himself to hold the position ina
stress of circumstances has lifted MN
into today. The conditions abroad are
such that the utmost dependence VIII
rest upon fhe farmers of this continent
for SOME time after the war, n TOT
this reason there is no hesitation III
making the statement that wars ue-
mands are, and for a long time Will De,
~inexhaustible, and the claims thar VIII
be made upon the soil will with dlIl-i
Guilty be met. There are today Zo'Voo'-
900 men in the fighting ranks IN the
old world. The best of authority gives
IS per cent and over as having oeen
drawn from the farms. There is there
fore nearly IS per cent of the land TOT
merly titled now being unworked'
Much of this land is today in a devas-
tated condition and if the wal should
end tomorrow it will take years TO
h,ya. - hoa1r Ra tie f0rmpr nr00llClnE
capacity.
Instead of the farmer producer pro-
ducing, he has become a consumer,
making the strain upon those who have
been left 10 do the farming a very diff
ficult one. There may be agitation as
to the high cost of living, and doubtless
there is reason for it in many cases.
The middleman may boost the prices,
combines may organize to elevate the
cost, but one cannot get away from the
fact that the demand regulates the
supply, and the supply regulates the
price. The price of wheat-in fact, all
grains-as well as cattle, will remain
high for some time, and the low prices
that have prevailed will not come
again for some time.
After the war the demand for cattle,
not alone for beef, but for stock pur-
poses, to re,llenish the exhausted herds
of Europe, will be keen. Farm educa-
tors and advisers are telling you tc
prepare for this emergency. How much
I'D l.-Lko. : 4,- 10 dow ~, fhn IL ~ 0rsi nnf
lands of today, on lands that cost from
ten II. twenty dollars per acre, than II
can on two and three hundred-dollar
an-acre land. The lands of Western
Canada meet all the requirements
They. are productive in every sense O
the word. The best of grasses can b.
grown with abundant yields and thu
grain can be produced from these soil
that beats the world, and the same ma.
be said of cattle and horses. The eli
mate is all that is required.
Those who are competent to judg
claim that land prices will rise in valu
from twenty to fifty per cent. This !
& looked for in Western Canada, wher
lands are decidedly cheap today, an
] those who are fortunate enough to Sc
cure now will realize wonderfully b
means of such an investment. Th
. land that the Dominion Government !
/ giving away as free homesteads in th
| provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
/ and Alberta are of a high class; the
are abundant in every constituent tha
goes to make the most productiy
soils. The yields of wheat, oats an
barley that have been grown on thes
lands gives the best evidence of the
/ productiveness, and when backed U
I by the experience of the thousands {
settlers from the United States WI
have worked them and become wealth
upon them, little more should be r
quired to convince those who are see
] ing a home, even with limited mean
that nowhere can they secure anythir
that will better equip them to becon
8 one of the army of industry to asst
u in taking care of the problem Of fee
a ing the world. These lands are FIRE,
but to those who desire larger holdinI
than 100 acres there are the railroi
n companies and land corporations fro
q whom purchase can be made at re
u sonable prices, and information q
secured from the Canadian Governme
n agent, whose advertisement appea
elsewhere in this paper.-Advertls
II ment.