The state herald., 1916-12-29
more WHEAT,
MORE CATTLE,
MORE HOGS
Land Values Sure to Advance
Because Of Increasing De.
mand for Farm Products.


Inc cry from countries abroad for
n'ore OF the necessaries Of life is acute
today; tomorrow 1t will be still more
ihsistent. and there will be no letup
alter the war. This Is the day for
.ne farmer, the day that he is com.
lug into his own. He is gradually
oecomihg the dictator us 1t becomes
more apparent that upon his indus
try depends the great problem of
leeding n great world. The farmer of
oahada and the United States has 1t
within himself to hold the position that
s'tcss OF circumstances has lifted him
INTO today. The conditions abroad nre
SUCH that the utmost dependence will
rest upon the farmers of this continent
ior some time after the war, and for
this reason there Is no hesitation in
making the statement that wars de-
mands are, and for long time will be,
inexhaustible, and the claims that will
oe made upon the soil will with diff
Guilty be met. There are today 25.OOO.-
wv men In the fighting ranks In the
old world. The best of authority gives
10 per cent and over as having been
drawn from the farms. There Is there
fore nearly 70 per cent Of the land for
merry tlled now being unworked.
Much Of this land is today in devas-
tated condition and II the war should
end tomorrow 1t will take years to
bring It back to its former producing
capacity.
Instead Of the farmer producer pro-
ducfng, he has become a consumer,
making the strain upon those who have
been left to do the farming a very DIFF
hcuN one. There may be agitation as
to the high cost Of living. and doubtless
there Is reason for 1t 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 MS 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 replenish the exhausted herds
Of Europe, will be keen. Farm educa-
tors and advisers are telling you to
prepare for this emergency. How much
better II can be done ON the low-priced
lands Of today. on lands that cost from
ten to twenty dollars per acre. than 4
can on two and three hundred-dollar-
an-acre land. The lands Of Western
Canada meet all the requirement..
They are productive In every sense Of
the word. The best Of grasses can be
grown with abundant yields and the
grain ear be produced from these soils
that beats the world. md the same may
be said Of cattle and horses. The ell
mate Is all that Is required.
Those who arc competent TO judge
claim that land prices will rise In value
from twenty to fifty per cent. This Is
looked for In Western Canndn. where
lands are decidedly cheap tocuy. md
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 us free h0Iiesteads In the
provinces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta are Of high class; they
are abundant In every constituent that
eA IN nPnluRft
soils. The yields Of wheat. oats and
harley that have been grown on these
lands gives the best evidence OF their
productiveness. md when backed up
By the experience Of the thousands Of
settlers from the United States who
have worked them and become wealthy
upcn them. little more should be re-
auired 10 convince those who nre seek.
Ing a 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 10 those who desire larger holdings
thau 100 ncrcs there nre the railroad
companies and land corporations from
whom purchase can be made at rca-
sonuhie prices. and Information can be
secured from the Canadian Government
agent. whose advertisement appears
eiscwhcre In this pnpcr.-Advertisc-
meut.