Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
OPPORTUNITIES
THAT ARE MISSED
Why Waltz Why Not Go to West.
ern Canada NoW7

The writer has frequently heard ,h..
Remark that after the war We will g,
to Western Canada" 1t does no, me-
cur To those making the remark tha, II
they wish to eur lands In Wcs,.r,
Canada. whether by homestead ~ Inn.
chase. the best time to go Is now. After
The war the welcome will be just sc
hearty as ever. but the chances ara
that land values Will Increase aud IA.
day hUmcsteads are plentiful and land
is reasonable in price. There Is n,
question about what the land in Mani.
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta viii
do, what it viii give under proper cul.
iivatiOn.
Farmers In Western Canada are ray.
ing for their land holdings Wit, The
proceeds of last years crop. Tint This
il no idle statement may he CLEANED
from the ihrce following items. Which
are picked out al random:
In The spring Of 1916 II half.sxll, -
of land was offered for sale aHcl70u
per acre. There were ln5 acres az
snmiher-fallow. which. because the
owner could not at the time find d
buyer, were seeded TO wheat. A yield
of 40 bushels per acre. 400 busNris
all told, grading No. 1. was obtained
The price the day the grain was sold
(Which was very early In the season
before grain prices advanced 10 round
about 5000 was S1.dU. which bruugAt
the handsome total of Sj.72UU. The,
hundred and twenty acres at S1T.Im
equals SJ,At0.W, $ % that Il buyer. hy
placing less than half of the whole
under crop. would have made A prolt
of $1,2Sn,0m ."~~Robson Messenger
Robson, Sask.
THAT the Indiana Boys farm this
year raised sufficient crop to puy for
The land, all the machinery aud MI
overhead expenses as well as make y
handsome profit, Is the information
given by \. i. Davis, the manager.
The Whea, yield was over = 1000 b,lsl
els. OF twelve cars already sold, nI9e
graded No, |. and Mr.. Davis has sold
over 1000 bushels locally for seed ut
500. Naturally, when he gets To Ia.
diana he Wili b" u big booster for AZ
herta."--Bns>ano Mail, Eassano, Alta,
oscar taSialor, who bought land at
HluSson after the crop had been tm,
in last spring, for S3,StN.00, has
throshed 5000 bushels Of wheat, which
is worth at present prices ahuut
si,JNltb, He refused in offer oF
S3,euV.oo for the land after the crpn
had been taken Of. "~-~Lethbridge IIpy.
aid, Lethbriose, Alta.
Reports from the wheat fields are
mighty encouraging and show that the
wheat crop Of many farmers IN West.
ern Canada was highly satisfactory.
toblenl, Sask.~-W. \. Rose has
tlreshed an average of ~ bushels pei
and So bushels of oats.
Gleicacn, Alherta.--up 10 date o3r,.
ST. bushels OF grain have been received
by local elevators, of which nearl,
10000 bushels were wheat. Seventy.
one cars Of grain have already beer
sbinlmA
Stoop Creek, Sask.--James McItae
has thr"sbcd 5,i0D bushels of grain
1000 bushels Of which were wheat
grading No. | Northern. One field
averaged ~ bushels per acre. and .
large field Of oats averaged S3 bushels
u information rs to the best loca.
ton Is required, it viii be gladly fur.
nisl'eI by any Canadian Government
Agent, whose advertisement appears
elscWh Observation-Disclosures.