Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-07
MORE WHEAT, MORE CATTLE,
 MORE HOGS
Land Values Sure to Advance Because of Increasing De-
 mand for Farm Products.

The cry from countries abroad for
 more of the necessaries of life Is acute
 today; tomorrow 1t will be still more
 insistent, and there will be no letup
 after the war. This Is the day for
 the farmer. the day that he is com
 Ing into his own. He Is gradually
 becoming the dictator as it becomes
 more apparent that upon his indus try depends the great problem of
 feeding a great world. The farmer of Canada and the United States has 1t
 within himself to hold the position that stress of circumstances has lifted him into today. The conditions abroad are such that the utmost dependence will rest upon the farmers of this continent for some time after the war, and for | this reason there is no hesitation in making the statement that wars de- l mands are. and for long time will be. inexhaustible. and the claims that will be made upon the soil will with diff cu!ty be met. There are today 25.000,- 900 men in the fighting ranks in the old world. The best of authority gives a per cent and over as having been drawn from the farms There is there fore nearly 75 per cent of the land for merly tiled now beng unworked. Much of this land is todly in devas- tated condition and If u Q war should end tomorrow 1t will take years to bring il back to its former producing capacity.
 Instead of the farmer producer pro- ducing. he has become a consumer, making the strain upon those who have been left to do the farming n very diff ficult one. There may pe agitation as to the high cost of living: and doubtless there Is reason for it in many cases. The middleman may boost the prices, combines may organize to elevate the cost. but one cannot get away from the fact that the dem'nd regulates the supply. and the supply regulates the price. The price of wheat-in fact. all grains-as well as cattle. will remain high for some time, and the low prices that have prevailed will not come again for some time.
 After the war the demand for cattle, not alone for beef, but for stock pur- poses, to replenish the exhausted herds of Europe, will be keen. Farm educa- tors and advisers are telling you to prepare for this emergency. How much better 1t can be done on the low-priced lands of today. on lands tha. cost from ten to twenty dollars per acre, than t can on two and three hundred-dollar- an-acre land. The lands of Western Canada meet all the requirements. They are productive in every sense of the word. The best of grasses can be grown with abundant yields and the grain can be produced from these soils that beats the world, and the same may be said of cattle and horses. The eli mate is all that Is required.
 Those who are competent to judge claim that land prices will rise in value from twenty to fifty per cent. This Is looked for in Western Canada, where lands are decidedly cheap today. and those who are fortunate enough to se- cure now will realize wonderfully by means of such an investment. The land that the Dominion Government is giving away as free homesteads in the provinces of Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta are of a high class; they are abundant in every constituent that goes to make the most productive soils. The yields of wheat, oats and barley that have been grown on these lands gives the best evidence of their productiveness. and when backed up by the experience of the thousands of settlers from the United States who have worked them and become wealthy upon them, little more should be re- quired to convince those who are seek ing a home, even with limited means, that nowhere can they secure anything that will better equip them to become one of the army of industry to assist In taking care of the problem of feed Ing the world. These lands are free; but to those who desire larger holdings than 1G0 acres there are the railroad companies and land corporations from whom purchase can be made at req sonable prices, and information can be secured from the Canadian Government agent, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in this paper.-Advertise- ment.