The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-01-26
THE BASIS OF
CANADA'S RICHES
A Theme Discussed by the Wall
Street Journal.

statement that THE basis Of Canada's
riches is the fertility of the soil, and
no freak Of warfare can injure that,
while her grain will increase In de-
mand as the population of the world
grows. As an investment field Canada
is worthy of consideration" These
words are well worthy Of attention, es-
pecially coming from such a source as
this eminent financial journal. With
a land area exceeding that of the
United States and with tillable areas
coming under cultivation, the wealth
Of Canada future can scarcely be esti-
mated, while the wealth today is such
as to bring her most prominently be-
fore the world.
During the past year thousands of
farmers In Western Canada sold their
crops for more than the total cost of
their land, Lands at from S15 to $50
an acre produced CROPS worth $40 to
$75 an acre. Stock raising and dairy
ing were equally profitable,
The year 1918 saw most wonderful
crops and magnificent Yields over tho
entire country. and many farmers
wiped ont indebte,,nesses that had
hung over them long before thew came
to the country md the vear 1915 nut
them in n condition Of sbsolute inde-
pepdence. A report TO hand verified
by n high official might seem marvel.
ous were tho norticu,ars NOT va,,
known. and where are not other cases
that would seem almost as pbenom.
email. This is n southern Alberta story.
A farmer wished to rent an adjoining
farm on which a loon comnanv hold q
mortgage The snnl,cont said ho want
ed the first fen bushels Of wheat after
which he wou,d divide giving tho l,,,,
romnonv opo.th,rd Aft.r .hr.sh,nE
he noid into tho hant ~ CALGARY s1e
DER acre for every acre cnltivoted IN
the Credit Of the loan comnonv No
their share or their third NJ the cron
Sixteen DELAYS nov oo., 49,. u,a
two-tbirds was $40 and In odd,tio, ,ta
first fen bushels NJ wheat land On
this Same security con no ,,rcbosod
for from s1e IN 600 nor ooro W.,
detful Yields are renorted from al,
norts of tbis dI.tr,ct Rooont,,, GO
ocros NJ a ro,c,, ,,,o-. sa,d =. y. M,
nois farmer. aOO ocres of wboo+ In
1915 nroduced vIeld that ovorooad
4o1k husbe,s ~ wbaot ,,.r 900 Co.
R,cbard forn,or,, ~ pro,,,don.o
on a southern AIhort. torn, aot . oro
busbo,s of ,,,hoo+ rro,,, IN 80 az,
nv oyor An h,,sho,s no., go .s 80
n .o.ocro eo,a ~ oata ~. - -.
70 bnsbo,s nor ooro ons st,,I hos na
.h.oyos 1ort orar 49, toad,n. ''
A rsnort irst ,s.u.a nv th" .rho
government o,ves Tho ,,,oia ~ ,rhoot T.,
Tho sbo,,,no -, 1o1e =, 90 $500. -
ocro Ak busba,s ~ oots 80 On h,,.,.o,.
NJ borlav
TroveIers +broroh A,,or+o,, whoa.
holt have nod rovaoIod 20 tho,, $50
of ,gr,cnltur.I ACKNOWLEDGMENT 49,
nroocbed in anv otbor nart ~ ~.
world
Alberta farms se,ec+od ,,+, .,o,
moderate discretion have raised mon
To ;ndenendence and n a1uonco ,,,,tt, -.o
ords NJ wonderful deveIonmort ,,rs,,r
nassed AMONGST tho nbonomono, ,ndms
t-,.1 s,,oo.s. - - A. -,
boost
MANY almost incred,b,a v,e,ds have
been renorted nv reliable .utboritios
wbeot exceeding 70 busbels nor ocra
and oats lax bushels q
Numerous records show That tho cost
of farms has been more than renaid hv
this year's cron. Tn one Instance land
purchased for s3 2OO nroducad wboot
which was sold for n LITTLE over $40 OOO
During the year 1917 there will no
an immense amount of labor reouired
to take care of the cron in Manitoba
Saskatchewan and Alberta.
One of the problems which Western
Canada has to face every year is the
securing of an sdeousta sunn,v of
labor to handle the harvesting and
threshing Of its big crops. This prob-
lem, indeed. is always present in anv
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