The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-10-12
MORE WHEAT PRIZES
Honors for Western Canada
Come Year After Year.

At the recent Soil Products EXPOSE
ton at Peoria, ILL.,, in Keen confess
for the coveted first prize Tor wheat.
Western Canada has again carried OIL
all the hOnors. Not only has she WON
the first, but also the second ana thiru
prizes. These were won by Mr.. .. Lar
combe, Of Brittle, Manitoba. In past
wears the Province of Saskatchewan
had the distinguished honor OF carry
ing off the initial prize.
Harvesting and threshing are now
completed in Western Canada, anu
while it is early in the season to give
exact figures as to the average ylelu
per acre of wheat oats, barley anu
flax 1t is safe to. assume that the lot
mer will yield about 20 bushels per
acre. The price to the farmer VIII ne
about $500 per bushel, giving MIN
$4,000 an acre of a return. when IL IS
considered that the land upon whlch
this wheat is grown averaged less IMAM
$50 an acre, it takes very little figur-
ing to arrive at an estimate or 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 II
ND the same year, put 1t in wheat III
1917 His crop was harvested rev
DAVIS ago. 1t yielded 1880 bushels and
he sold it at $2O5 per bushel, giving
him $3.50. The land cost him $4'Soo,
breaking, seeding, seed, cutting ana
threshing, 1920. His profit was
$500 after paying for his land and
his costs of improving. He has now
$500 to commence another season
with 'paid for in fulP' improved
farm.
Never has farming offered such prof.
table returns for labor as at present
and nowhere is the large profit equa'
to that of the low priced, high yielding
lands of Western Canada.
There has been big rush during
the past few weeks of renters anu
owners of high priced lands in many
parts of the United States to lnvesti'
gate these 1000 profit reports. NC
better season of the year could OF
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 Il
fine and will be pleasant for a coupl'
of months and visit now to person
ally investigate the conditions will NJ
convincing and profitable. While OF
home ties and family associations arr
one Of the first considerations in tn
mind of the reader, who feels tina
the old five or ten per cent return i
sufficient, it behOoves the modern ant
progressive farmer always to be OF
the alert to grasp the opportunities 0
tho hour Land in Western Canad'
that is annually producing a gross re
turn of from $4,000 to $4,000 per acr
Is Durchasable at from $15 to $3O pc
acre. 1t can be seen at a glance ina
such values cannot help but lncreas
as they have done in the Older agrlcuI
+urol districts of the United States
The new settler will find himself SUI
rounded by same cOntented ana pros
nervous neighbors. The expense of mah
ing one visit to look into Western Car
ada's opportunities is small--a specla
reduced rate is available ana you oW
Yourself a h )liday and trip may q
YOU good. You owe your dependents
right to better your condition an
Western Canada offers that opportt
nity.-Advertisem