Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-01-18
OPPORTUNITIES
THAT ARE MISSED
My Wait? Why Not Go to West.
ern Canada New?

The writer has frequently heard the
remark that after the war We will go
to Western Canada" 1t does not oc-
III to those making the remark that if
they wish to secure lands in Western
Canada. whether by homestead or pur-
chase, the best time to go is now After
the wal the welcome Will be just as
hearty Is ever, but the chances are
that land values will increase and to-
day homesteads are plentiful and land
is reasonable in price. There is no
| question about what the land in Mani
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta will
do, what it will give under proper cul-
tivation.
Farmers in Western Canada are pay
ing for their land holdings with the
| proceeds of last years crop. That this
is no idle statement may be CLEANED
from the three following, items, which
are picked out at random:
I'm the spring of 1916 q half-section
| Of land was offered for sale at $17.0U
per acre. There We're 1876 acres of
sulnmer-fallow, which, because the
owner could not at the time find Il
| buyer, were seeded to wheat. A yield
of 40 bushels per acre. 1920 bushels
all told, grading No. 1, was obtained.
The price the day the grain was sold
(Which a very early in the season,
before grain prices advanced 10 round
about 5000 was SLIGO, which brought
the handsome total Of So, 720O0. Three
hundred and twenty acres lat SLIGO
equals $4,000, so that a buyer, by
placing less than half of the whole
under crop, would have made a profit
Of $1,2SO.OO."-Robson Messenger.
Robson, Sask.
"That the Indiana Boys farm this
year raised sufficient epop to pay for
the land, all the machinery and all
overhead expenses as we'll as make a
handsome profit, is the Information
given by N. B. Davis, the. manager.
The wheat yield was over 22,0O0 bush
els. OF twelve ears already sold, nine
graded No. /, and Mr.. Davis has sold
over 1000 bushels locally for seed at
$500. Naturally, when lie gets to In
diana he will be a big booster for AL
berta."-Bassano Mail, Bassano, Alta,
"Oscar Castalor, who Bought land at
Blusson after the crop had been put
in last spring, for $3,sO0.o0, has
threshed $500 bushels of wheat, which
is worth at present prices about
S7,5OO.O0. He refused an offer Of
100000 for the land after the crop
had beer taken of."-Lethbridge Her
aid, Lethbridge, Alta.
Reports from the wheat fields are
highly encouraging and show that the
wheat crop of many farmers in West
ern Cnl;ada was highly satisfactory.
Coblenz, Sask.-W. A. Rose has
threshed an average Of 33 bushels per
acre and So bushels OF. oats.
Gleichen, Alberta.-Up to date 237,-
S12 bushels of grain have been received
by local elevators, of which nearly
10000 bushels were wheat. Seventy
| one cars of grain have already been
shipped.
Stoop Creek, Sask.-James McRae
has ttreshed $500 bushels of grain,
1000 bushels of which were wheat,
grading No. L Northern. One field
averaged Al bushels per acre. and Il
large field Of oats averaged So bushels.
If information as to the best loca-
ton is required, it will be gladly fur
| nished by any Canadian Government
Agent, whose advertisement appears
Observation-Disclosures.