Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-27
MORE WHEAT,
MORE CATTLE
SG sS uuVOV'
Land Values Sure to Advance
Because Of Increasing De-
mand for Farm Products.

more of the AeceSSaries of life is a,,1ta
today; tomorrow it will be still more
insistent. and there will be no letup
after the war. This is the day for
n farmer. the day that he is COM
ing into his own. He is gradually
becoming the dictator as ii becomes
nor apparent that upon his indus
try depends the great problem OF
feeding Il great world. The farmer OF
Canada and the United States has it
within himself to hold the position that
stress OF circumstances has lifted him
into today. The conditions abroad are
such That thc utmost dependence will
rest upon the farmers of this continent
for some time after the war, and for
this reason there is no hesitation in
making the statement that wars de-
mands are. and for 81 long time will be.
~ineXhaustibte. aud the claims that will
be made upon the soil will with diff
Guilty be met. There are today %. 600
OO men in tho fighting ranks in the
OLD world. The best of authority gives
70 pei cent and Over as having been
drawn from the farms. There \ there
fore nearly Is per cent of the land for
merly titled now being unworked.
Much of his land is today in a devas-
tated condition and if the war should
end tomorrow it will take years to
bring it back to its former producing
capacity.
Instead of the farmer producer pro.
ducing. itc has become n consumer,
making the strain upOn those who have
been left to do the farming a very diff
ficult one. There nay be agitation as
to the higi, cost of living. and doubtless
there is reason Tor it i'm many cases.
The middieman nay boost the prices.
combines may organize To elevate the
cost, but n cannot get way 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 nave prevailed will not come
again for some time.
After the war the demand for cattle.
not alone for beef. but for stock pur.
l'O'SN'Ss W iSth(iltSN Nv NAkkdQ StCd IbCIIS
of Europe, will be keen. Farm c,l1aa-
tors and advisers are telling you to
prepare for this emergency. How much
better it can be done ON the low-priccd
lands OF today. on lands that cost from
ten to twenty Ollar per acre, than it
can on TWO n three Misunderstanding.
an-acre land. The lands of Western
Canada annOt s(l tl,n rnn,,iro,nnp.c
They are productive in every sense of
the word. The best of grasses can he
grown with abundant yields and the
grain can be produced from these soils
that beats the world. and the same may
be said of cattle and horses. The cli-
mate is all that is required.
Those who are competent to judge
claim that land prices will rise in value
from twenty TO fifty per cent. This is
looked for in Western Canada. where
lands are decidedly cheap today. and
those who are fortunate enough to Sc.
cure now Will realize wonderfully by
means OF such m investment. The
land that the Dominion Government is
giving away as free lsomesteads in the
pIOvkAkACo NJ
and Alberta are of u high class; they
are abundant in every constituent that
goes to make the most productive
soils. THE yields Of wheat. oats ana
barley that have been grown OH these
lands gives the hest evidence of tlleil
prOductiveness. and when backed uE
by the experience OF the thousands Of
settlers frO,u the United States who
have worked them and become wealthy
upon them, little more should be re-
Quired, tO,cOnvince those who are seek.
ing a home, even with limited means.
that nowhere can they secure anything
that will better equip them to become
one of tive army of industry TO assist
in taking care of the problem of fec
ing the world. These lands are free;
but to those who desire larger holdings
than 100 acres there are the railroad
companies and land corporations from
whom purchase can be made at rea.
sonabie prices. and information can be
secured from the Canadian government
agent, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere in this paper.-Advertise-
ment.
The majority Of us would have to
&r.n,.i, nvarfisnp if We undertook tO love