The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
MORE WHEAT,
MORE CATTLE,
MORE HOGS
Values Sure to Advance
Because of Increasing De-
mand for Farm Products.

The CRY from countries abroad for
more of the neceSSarieS or lie is acute
today; tomorrow it will be still more
| insjstent. and there will be no letup
after the war. This is the day for
the farmer, the day that he is conn
ing into his own. lie is gradually
becoming The dictator as 1t becomes
more apparent hat upon his INDUS
try depends the great problem OF
feeding q great world. The farmer OK
Canada and the United St>tes has It
within himself to hold the position that
stress of circumstances has lifted nm
into today. The conditions abroad are
such that the utmost dependence VIII.
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-
mand~ are, ana for i long time will be,
i~neNhaustiblc. and the claims that will
be made upon the soil will with difli-
Guilty he met. There are today 5000
900 men in the fighting ranks in the
Old world. The best Of authority gives
- per cent and over as having been
Drawn from the farms. There is there
fore nearly - per cent Of the land for
merly titled NOW being unWorked.
Much Of this land is today in Il dcvlS-
tatrd condition and if the VAR should
end tomorrow it Will AXE years To
bring it back to it's former producing
capacity.
Instead Of the farmer producer pro-
ducine. ne has become Il consumer,
making the strain upon those who have
been left to 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 wlient-in fact. all
grain>-as Well us 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. ii, replenish the exhausted herds
of Europe, will he keen. Farm cduca
tors and advisers are telling YOU to
prepare for this ~ How much
better it can be lone on the loW-pricel
lands of today, on lands that cost from
ten TO twenty dollars per acre. than it
can Oh two and three hundrpd-dollar-
an-acre land. The lands of Western
Canada meet all the requirements.
They are productive III 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 nay
be said of cattle and horses. The eli
mate is MI 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 an investment. The
land that the Dominion Government is
giving away as free hoInesteads in the
provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta are Of Il high class; they
are abundant in every constituent that
gOeS IT, make the most productive
soils. The yields of wheat, oats and
barley hat have been grown on these
lands gives the best evidence OF their
prOductiveness, and when backed IN
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 a home, ever With limited means,
that nowhere can they secure anything
that will better equip them to become
II 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
han 100 acres there are the railroad
companies and land corporations from
whom purchase can be made ut rea-
SOnable prices, and information can BIZ
secured from the Canadian government
agent, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere in this paper.-Advertise-
ment.