The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
MORE WHEAT PRIZES
HonorS for Western Canada
Come Year After Year.

At the recent Soil Products Exposi-
ton at Peoria. Ill, In a keen contest
for the coveted first prize for wheat,
Western Canada has again carried or
all the honors. Not only has she won
the first, but also the second and third
prizes. These were won by Mr.. s. Lar
cOmbe, of Brittle, Manitoba IN past
years the Province Of Saskatchewan
had the distinguished honor OF carry
ing of the initial prize.
Harvesting and threShing are now
completed in Western Canada, and
while it is early in the season to give
exact figures as TO the average yield
per acre of wheat, oats, barley and
fax it is safe to assume that the for
mer will yield about 20 bushels per
acre The price to the farmer viii be
about $500 per bushel. giving him
$4,000 an acre of q return. When it is
considered that the land upon which
this wheat is grown averaged less than
$50 an acre, it takes very little figur-
ing to arrive at an estimate Of the
profit there is to the grain grower Of
Western Canada. The writer knows
where a farmer purchased 16O acres
VI -eAAA1 III l1lC SDLlA1S VI lO4Os DLOhC II
up the same year, put it in wheat In
1917. His crop was harvested a few
days ago. 1t yielded $500 bushels and
he sold it at sos per bushel, giving
him $3.50. The land cost him 1880.
breaking, seeding. seed. cutting and
threshing, $1.92O. His profit was
S3,120 after paying for his land and
his costs OF improving He has now
SS,12 to commence another season
with a paid for in fulI' improved
farm.
Never has farming offered such prof
table returns for labor as at present
and nowhere is the large profit equal
to that of the low priced, high yielding
lands Of Western Canada
There has been a big rush during
the past few weeks Of renters and
owners Of high priced lands In many
parts Of the United States to fnyesd-
gate these 1907 profit reports No
better season Of the year could be
selected by anyone desiring to better
their condition and wishing to give
Western Canada the "once over"
Threshing is now completed and the
grain being marketed. The weather Is
Of months and g visit now to person
ally investigate the conditions will be
convincing and profitable While old
home ties and family associations are
one Of the first considerations in the
mind Of the reader, who feels that
the old five or ten per cent return Is
sufficient, it behOoves the modern and
progressive farmer always to be on
the alert TO grasp the opportunities OF
the hour. Land in Western Canada
that Is annually producing q gross re-
turn OF from $4,000 to 5000 per acre
is purchasable at from SIS TO $50 per
acre. It can be seen at a glance thst
such values cannot help but increase
as they have done In the older egricul-
turaI districts Of the United States
The new settler viii find himself sur
rcdRded by same contented and pros
porous neighbors- The expense Of max
ing one visit TO look into Western Can
ada's opportunities is smaIl-a special
reduced rate is available and you owe
yourself a holiday and a trip may do
you good You owe your dependents
right to better your condition ana
Western Canada offers that opportu-
Observation-Disclosures