The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1916-12-29
MORE WHEAT,
MORE CATTLE
MORE HOGS

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Because Of Increasing D.
mand for Farm Products.
The cry from countries abroad ~
more Of the necessaries Of life 10 aesso
today: tomorrow 1t will be still NOSE
insistent. and there will be no letuo
after the war. This IL the day to
the farmer. the day that he 70 Con-
ing into his own. He IL gradually
becoming the dictator as 1t becomes
more apparent that upon his indus
try depends the great problem q
feeding q great world. The farmer q
Canada and the United States. has. Il
within himself to hold the position that
stress Of circumstances has lifted him
into today. The conditions abroad arc
such that the utmost dependence WIN
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 d.
mands are. and for long time win b.
inexhaustible, and the claims that Win
be made upon the soil will with dim
Guilty be met. There are today 25.O00-
600 men In the fighting 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 IS per cent of the land for
merly titled now being unwOrked-
Much Of this land is today In a devasi
tated condition and If the war should
end tomorrow 1t will take years to
bring II back to it's former producing
capacity. - ~
Instead of the farmer producer pro
ducing, he has become a consumer.
making the strain upon those who have
been left to do the farming a very DIFF
fcult one. There may be agitation a.
to the high cost of living, and doubtless
there is reason for 1t in many caseA
The middleman may boost the prices,
combines may organize to elevate tho
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, an
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 purS.
poses, to replenish the exhausted herds
Of Europe. will be keen. Farm educa-
tors and advisers are telling you .
prepare for this emergency. How much
better It can be done on the low-priced
lands of today, on lands that cost from,
ten to twenty dollars per acre, than \
can on two and three hundred-dollsIc
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 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 cattle and horses. The eii-
mate is all that Is required. N',s%
Those who are competent to judge
claim that land prices will rise In valne
from twenty to fifty per cent. This 10
looked for in Western Canada. where
lands are decidedly cheap today, and
those who are fortunate enough to ~
cure now will realize wonderfully by
means Of such an investment. The
land that the Dominion Government Is
giving away as free homesteads in the
provinces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta are Of high class; they
are abundant in every constituent that
goes to make the most productive
soils. The yields Of wheat, oats and
barley that have .been grown on these
lands gives the best evidence IT their.
productiveness, and when backed up
by the experience of the thousands Of
settlers from 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 home, even with limited means,
that nowhere can they secure anything
that will better equip them to become
one OF the army of industry to assist
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 and land corporations from
whom purchase can be made at rea-
sonable prices, and information can be
secured from the Canadian Government
agent, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere In this paper.-Advertise-
ment,