The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-27
The United States and Canada
Have a Great Responsibility.

worlds pursuits. Never in the nations
history have the eyes Of the wUrlt
been so universally focused on thu
farm. The furmpr is the man Of i'm
nortanCe; the manufacturer of its mos
necessary product. and he now enjoys
me dual satisfaction Of rPaplng u max
'mum Of profit. as result of his opera
iions. while he also becomes strong
fnctor in molding the worlds destinies
manufacturers. business men. prO.
teSSinnal men and bankers realize the
Importance Of agriculture. and gladly
acknowledge 1t as III" twin sister tn
commerce. In commercial. financial
and political crisis. the tiller Of the
soil takes the most important place.
Maximum prices. the highest in many
decades. show the worlds recognition
NJ the necessary requirement for more
farm Stuffs. The time was coming
when this would have been brought
lh0ut automatically. hut war time
conditions urged II forward. while the
farmer wns able 10 secure land Mt ren-
Sonahle prices. Throughout several Of
the Western stntes this condition ex-
lists. M also In Western Canada.
Never has such condition been
known In commercial life. 1t is truly
an opportunity Of q lifetime. Large
and small manufacturing concerns md
practically every other line Of bust
ness have been limited in their profits
10 the point Of almost heroic sacrifice,
while 1t Is possible today to reap divi-
dendS in farming uneQualed in any
other line.
Thirty. and as high as fifty bushels
or wheat per acre at 500 per buShel
and all other farm produce on n SINH
Mr basis. grown and produced on land
available at from SO to $40 per acre
represents return of profit despite
higher cost Of labor and machinery
mat. In many cases runs even high.
than 1000 of an annual return ON the
amount invested. Such is the present
day condition in Western Canadn. How
long IT will last. no one can foreteII.
PriceS for farm produce will likely re-
main high for many years. Certainly.
the low prices of past years will not
come again In this generation. The
lands referred to, are low in price Mt
present, but they will certainly In
crease to their naturally productive
value rs soon as the demand for them
neceSSitateS this increase, and this doy
Is not far distant. This demand is
growing daily; the farmer now on the
ground Is adding to his holdings while
prices are low; the agriculturist OH
high priced lands is realizing that he
Is not getting all the profit that his
neighhor In Western Canada Is secur-
Ing; the tenant farmer is seeking n
home Of his own. which he can buy |
IN what he was Caying out for rent,
md many are fOrSaking the crowded |
'ities to grasp these unprecedented on
lOrtunitIes.
lie tenant farmer, and the Ownr, !
If high priced land, is now awakenin.
o the realization that he IS not get
ing the return for his labor and In
'estment that II is possible to secure in
Western Canada. Thousands are max.
ng trips of inspection to personally IN.
eStigate conditions and TO acounint
themselves with the broadening bene-
rs derived by visiting Western Can
da. Such trips awaken in n progress
I've man that natural desire to do
lgger things, to accomplish as much
8 his neighbOr, and frequently result
convincing and satisfying him that
od's most fertile outdoors, with n big
lpply of natures best climatic md
conditions lies in West
rn Canada.
The days of pioneering are over; the
ECKER after new home travels
trough all parts of the country on the
lme good railway trains as he has
aen accustomed to at home, but on
hich he has been accorded a specIaI
Itlway rate of about one cent a mile.
e finds good roads for automobilinc
I'd other traffic; rural telephone lines
vned by the prOvinci.l governments
Irnl schools and churches situ1teJ
'nVenlently to all we'll appointed and
'melike buildings, and everywhere ali
dicatiOn of general prosperity; cities
Id towns with all modern improve
ents, and what is the most convirc-
& factor in his decision. a satisfied
III prosperous people, with n whole
'arted welcome 70 that country OF e,
rger life and greater opportunities.
To western Canada belongs the dis q
lguiShed honor OF being thH holder q
all worlds championships in wheat z
d oats for both quality and Quantity, -
II many years in succession Western -
NADIA has proven her claim for su- Z
emacy in the most keenly contested
tiOnal exhibitions and 70 her Is cred r,.
q the largest wheat and Oat Yields sit
leriCa has known The natural con- -
ions peculiar to Western Canada an
SO adaptable to grain growing has
IN an insurmountable barrier for her
npetitors to overcome. In the last -
V years the yields of wheat and T,
S per acre have surprised the aSri- II
tural world. A9 Euch rs sixty bush
OF wheat per acre has been grown
some farms, while others have fur
ned athdavits showing over fifty
'hels Of wheat per acre, and oats as
h as one hundred and twenty bush L
per acre. One reputable farmer :
kes affidavit to crop return of over
y-four thousand bushels of wheat
N a thousand acres. While this is K
her the exception than the rule.
Sc yields serve to illustrate the fer.
y Of the soil and the possibilities -
the country, when rNOd farming w.