Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-12-28
MORE WHEAT,
MORE CATTLE.
MORE HOGS
Land Values Sure to Advance.
Because of Increasing De-
mand for Farm Products.

The cry from countries abroad for
more of the necessares Of life is acute
today; tomorrow it will be still more
! insistent 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 II becomes
more apparent that upon his indus
| try depends the great problem OF
! feeding a great world The farmer of
! Canada and the United States has 1t
| within himself to hold the position that
stress of circumstances has lifted him
! into today. The conditions abroad are
| such that the utmost dependence will
rest upon the farmers Of this continent
for some time after me war. and for
| this reason there is no hesitation in
making the statement that wars de-
mands are, and for a iohg time will be,
! ineNhaustible, and the claims that will
be made upon the soil will with dill
Guilty be met. There are today $4,000
900 men ia the fighting ranks in the
old world. The best of authority gives
70 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 land is today in devas-
tated condition and If the war should
end tomorrow it will take years to
! bring 1t back 10 its former producing
capacity.
Instead of the farmer producer pro-
dueing, he has become a consumer,
making the strain upon those who have
been left TO do the farming a very diff
ticult 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 tie
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 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 pur-
poses. TO repleniSh the exhausted herds
of Europe. will be keen. Farm educa-
tors and advisers are telling you 70
( 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 ii
! can on two and three hundred-dolar-
an-acre land. The lands of Western
Canada meet all the requirements.
| They are 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 cattle and horses. The eli
mate is all that is required.
! grhose who are competent to judge
claim that lard prices will rise in value
! from twenty 20 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 homesteads IN the
provinces of Manitoba. Saskatchewan
! and Alberta are of a high class; they
( are abundant in every constituent that
/ goes to make the most productive
! soils. The yields of wheat, oats and
I barley that have been grown on these
! lands gives the best evidence of their
| productiyeneSs, and when backed up
! by the experience of the thousands of
I settlers from the United States who
| have worked them and become wealthy
! upon them, little more should be re-
/ auired to convince those who are seek
| ing home. even with limited means,
I 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;
! bur 10 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
J secured from the Canadian government
agent. whose advertisement appears
elsewhere in this paper-Advertise-
ment
I VIA an the GtSnP.