Williams news., 1917-10-25
MORE WHEAT PRIZES
Honors for Western Canada
 Come Year After Year.

At the recent Soil Products Exposi- hon at Peoria, Ill.,, in keen contest for the coveted first prize for wheat, Western Canada has again carried off all the honors. Not only has she won the first, but also the second and third prizes. These were won by Mir. S. Lar combe, of Birtle, Manitoba. In past years the Province of Saskatchewan had the distinguished honor of carry ing off the initial prize.
 Harvesting and threshing are now completed in Western Canada, and while 1t Is early in the season to give exact figures as to the average yield per acre of wheat, oats, barley and flax 1t is safe to assume that the for mer will yield about 20 bushels per acre. The price to the farmer will be about $2.O0 per bushel, giving him S40.0O an acre of return. When it Is considered that the land upon which this wheat Is grown averaged less than $50 an acre, it takes very little agur- ing to arrive at an estimate of the profit there Is to the grain grower of Western Canada. The writer knows where farmer purchased 16O acres of land in the spring of 1916, broke 1t up the same year, put 1t in wheat in 1917. His crop was harvested a few days ago. It yielded 4,s0O bushels and he sold 1t at $2.05 per bushel, giving him $9,840. The land cost him $4,sOO. breaking, seeding, seed, cutting and threshing, $1,920. His profit was $3,120 after paying for his land and his costs of improving. He has now $3,120 to commence another season with paid for in full" improved farm.
 Never has farming offered such prof itable 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 investi- gate these 100% 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 fine and will be pleasant for a couple of months and a 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, 1t 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 a gross re- turn of from $40.OO to $s0O0 per acre Is purchasable at from $15 to $50 per acre. It can be seen at glance that such values cannot help but increase as they have done in the older agricul- tural districts of the United States The new settler will find himself sur rounded by same contented and pros porous neighbors. The expense of mak- ing one visit to look into Western Can ada's opportunities is small-a special reduced rate is available and you owe yourself holiday and a trip may do you good. You owe your dependents a right to better your condition and Western Canada offers that opportu- nity.-Advertiseme