The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
MORE WHEAT PRIZES
Honors for Western Canada
Come Year After Year.

tion ut Peoria, H.. In n keen contest
for the coveted first prize for wheat,
Western Canada has again carried on
NIL the honors. Not only has she won
the first. but also the second and third
prizes. These were won by Mr.. y. Lar
combc, of Brittle. Manitoba. In pnst
years the Province " Saskatchewan
had the distinguished honor of carry
ing of the initial prize.
Harvesting and threshing nre now
completed In Western Canada, and
while II IL enrly In the season TO give
exact figures as 90 the average yield
per acre Of wheat, oats, barley and
AJAX II In safe TO assume that the for
mer will yield about 20 bushels per
acre. The price to the farmer will be
about 500 per bushel. giving him
$4,000 an acre of n return. When II Is
considered that the land upon which
this wheat IL grown averaged less than
$50 an acre, Il takes very little fgur-
! Ing TO arrive mt nm estimate Of the
profit there Is to the grain grower Of
Western canndn. The writer knows
where n farmer purchased 100 acres
of land In the spring of 1915, broke II
MP the same year. put II In wheat In
1917. His crop was harvested n few
days ago. II yielded 1880 bushels and
he sold II NJ S2.Oj per bushel. giving
him $3.50. The land cost him $500.
breaking, seeding. seed. cutting and
thrcshing. 1890, His profit was
S3,120 after paying for his land and
his costs Of improving. lie has now
So, 12O tn another season
with n paid for In fur improved
farm.
Never has farming offered such prof
liable returns for labor ms Mt present
and nowhere Is the large profit equal
to that of the low priced, high yielding
lands Of Western Canada.
There has been n big rush during
the past few weeks of renters and
owners Of high priced lands In many
parts Of the United Stntcs to lnvesti-
gate these 1000 profit reports. No
better season of the year could he
selected by anyone desiring To better
their condition aud wishing to give
Western Canada the once over"
Thrcshlng Is now completed and the
grain being marketed. The weather Is
fine and will he pleasant for u couple
of months and n visit now to person
ally investigate the conditions will he
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 IL
sufficient. II bchooves the modern and
progressive farmer always to be on
the alert 10 grasp the opportunities of
the hour. Land In Western Canada
that IL annually producing n gross re-.
turn OF from $1,000 To $1,000 per mere
Is purchnsnblo ut from S15 to $40 per
acre. II can be seen AT u glance that
such values cnnnO 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 max
Ing n visit ia look into Western Can.
reduced rate Is available and you owe
yourself Il holiday and q trip may do
you. good. You owe your dependents n
right To better your condition and
Western Canada offers that opportu,
Observation-Disclosures.