Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
AGRICULTURE THE
MA|NSTAY Of THE
NATION
The United States and Canada
Have a Great Responsibility.

never have been called deriSive, but
still there was in ii the infection that
he was occupying an inferior position.
The stiff upper lip that the farmer car
ried. warded off any %reproach that his
occupation was a degrading one. His
hour arrived, though, and for some
years past he has been looked up +" as
occupying IL high position.
Agriculture, by II natural trend of
economic conditions. stands out today
in strong relief, as the leader in the
worlds pursuits. Never in the nations
history have the eyes of the world
been so universally focused on the
farm. The farmer is the nan of i'm
p%Ortance; the manufacturer of it's most
necessary product, and he now enjoys
| the dual satisfaction of reaping II max
imum of profit, as a result of his opera
tionS, while he also becomes II strong
factor in mohling the worlds destinies.
Manufacturers, business men pro-
| feSSional men and bankers realize the
Importance of agriculture, and gladly
acknowledge ii as the twin sister to
commerce. In commercial. financial
md political crises, the tiller of the
soil takes the most important place.
Maximum prices, the highest i'm many
decades. show the worlds recognition
If the necessary requirement for more
farm stuffS. The time was coming
when this would have been brought
about automatically, but war time
conditions urged it forward, While the
farmer was able to secure land mt rea-
sonable prices. Throughout several of
the Western states this condition eN-
lists. as also in Western Canada.
Never has such n condition been
known in commercial life. 1t is truly
an opportunity of IL lifetime. Large
and small manufacturing ncerl and
practically every other line of bust
ness have been limited i'm their profits
to the point of almost heroic sacrifice.
while it is possible today to reap divi-
dends i'm farming u%ncqualed i'm n
other line.
Thirty. and as high as fifty bushels
If wheat per acre AT $40 per buShrl
and all other farm produce on IL SINH
lar basis, grown and produced on land
available mt from $50 To $40 per acre.
represents IL return of profit despite
higher cost of labor and machinery.
that. i'm many cases runs even higher
ihun 1907 of an annual return IN the
amount invested. Such is the present
lay condition in Western Canada. How
long III will last, no one can tOre1ell.
Prices for farm produce will likely re-
rain high for many years. Certainly,
The low prices of past years wilt no
:ome again i'm this generation. The
lands referred To. are low i'm price III
present. but they will certainly i'm.
rease TO their naturally productive
:alue as soOn us the demand for them
neccssitatcs this increase. and this day
| is not far distant. This demand is
growing daily; the farmer now oil the
, ground is adding To his holdings while
prices are low: the agriculturist ~
nigh priced lands is realizing that ht
Is not getting all the profit that his
neighhor i'm Western Canada is Secir
ing: the nan farmer is seeking {
home of his own. which lie ram bu!
IN what he was paying Out for rent
and many are fOrsaking the crowded
titles to grasp these unprecedented op
. portunities.
The tenanL farmer, and the owneI
Of high priced land, is now awnkenin:
10 the realization that he is not get
ting the return for his labor and i'm
, vestmcilt that it is possible To secure il
Western Canada. Thousands are max
ing trips of inspection to personally in
vestigate conditions and To ~acluain
themselves with the broadening bene
. fits derived by visiting Western Can
ada. Such trips awaken i'm i; progress
sive man that natural desire tn d,
bigger things, to accomplish as mucl
as his neighbor. and frequently res,ll,
In convincing and satisfying him tina
:;od's most fertile outdoors. with Il hi:
supply of natures best climatic AM
ienltI-giving conditions lies in West
rrn Canada.
The days of pioneering are Over tn.
. through all parts Of the country on tn.
$ salue good railway trains as he ha.
becn accustomed to at home. but III
which he has been accorded Il Specia
railway rate of yhOut one cent II mile
He finds good roads for automobilins
and other traffic; rural telephone line.
owned by the provincial governments
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