Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
MORE WHEAT, n
MORE CATTLE
MORE HOGS
Land Values Sure to Advance
Because of Increasing De.
mand for Farm Products.

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The cry from countries abroad for
more OF the necessaries of life is acute
today; tomorrow it will be still more
'nslstent, and there will be no letup
after the war. This is the day for
the farmer. the day that he is COM
ing into his own. He is gradually
becoming the dictator as it becomes
more apparent that upon his indus
Try depends the great problem Of
leedlng a great world. The farmer OF
canada n the United States has it
within himself TO hold the position that
stress OF circumstances has lifted him
into today. ihe conditions abroad are
Such that the utmost dependence will
rest upon the iarmers of this continent
for m time after the war, and for
this reason there is no hesitation in
making the statement that wars de-
mands are, and for q long time will be,
ineXhauStibte, aud the claims that will
be made upon the soil win with diff
Guilty be met. There are todny 5,000,-
OO men in The lighting ranks in the
old world. The best of authority gives
IS per cent and over as having been
drawn from the farms. There is there
fore nearly 70 per cent of the land for
merly titled now being unworked.
Much OF this iand is today in q devus-
tated condition. aud if the war should
end tomorrow it will take years to
bring it back to its former producing
capacity.
Instead of the Turner producer pros
ducing. he has become Il consumer,
making the strain upon those who have
been left to do the farming Il 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 middIeman may boost the prices.
combines may organize to elevate the
cost, but one c&nnO get away from the
fact thar the demand regulates the
supply, and the supply regulates The
price. The price of wllpat-in fast. all
grainS-aS Well as cattle. viii remain
high for some time, and the low prices
that have prevailed VIII not come
again for SOM" time.
After the WIZ The demand for cattle,
not alone for beef. hut for stock pur-
poses, TO repieniSh the exhausted herds
OF Europe. will be keen. Farm etuca-
tors and advisers are telling you 10
prepare for this emergency. How much
better it can he done on the lOW-Ericel
lands of today, on lands that cost trum
ten to twenty dollars per acre. than !,
can ON two and three iundrch-tloI}ar,
an-acre land. Hlse lands of Western
Canada meet all the requirements
They arc productive in every sense of
the word. The best of grasses can be
grown with abundant yields and the
grain can be produced from these soils
that beats the world, and the same may
be said Of cutie and horses. The eli
mate is ali ttiat is required.
Those who are competent to judge
claim that land prices will rise ia value
from twenty % fifty per cent. This is
looked for in Western Canada, where
lands are decidedly cheap today, and
those who are fortunate enough to Sc.
ell lo" NAi 't.titLt "plltti luilS uy
means of such an investment. The
land that the Dominion Government is
giving away as Tree homesteads in the
provinces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta are of n high class; they
are abundant in every constituent that
goes tn nuke the most productive
soils. The yields OF wheat, oats and
barley that have been grown on these
lands gives the best evidence of their
prOductiveneSS. and when backed ur
by the experience of the thousands OF
settlers from :hc United States who
have worked them and become wealthy
upon thetu. little more should be re.
auired"to convince those who are seek.
ing a home. eve with limited means
that nowhere can they secure anything
that will better equip them to become
In taking care of the problem of feed
ing the world. These lands are free
but to those who desire larger holdings
than 100 acres there are the railroad
companies aud land corporations from
whom purchase can be made at rea'
sonable fMiceS, aud information can be
secured from the Canadian government
agent. whose advertisement appears
elsewhere in this paper.-Advertise
ment.
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