The Keota news., 1917-01-26
THE BASIS OF
CANAOA'S RICHES
A Theme Discussed by the Wall
Street Journal.

riches IL 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 source as
this eminent financial journal. With
n land area exceeding that OF the
United States and with tillable areas
coming under cultivation. the wealth
of Cnnada's 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 Mt from $15 to $50
an acre produced crops worth $40 to
$75 an acre. Stock raising and dairy
Ing were equally profitable.
The year 1915 saw most wonderful
crops and magnificent yields over the
entire country. and many farmers
wiped out indebtednesses that had
hung over them long before they came
to the country, and the year 1915 put
them in a condition OF absolute inde-
pendence. A report to hand verified
by high official might seem marvel
Gus, were the particulars not we'll
known, and where are not other cases
that would seem almost as phenOm-
enal. This is southern Alberta story:
A farmer wished to rent an adjoining
farm on which loan company held a
mortgage. The applicant said he want
ed the first ten bushels Of wheat. after
which he would divide, giving the loan
company one-thlrd. After threshing
he paid into the bank ut Calgary $16
per acre for every acre cultivated. to
the credit of the loan company, as
their share or their third Of the crop.
Sixteen dollars per acre rent. His
two-thIrds was $50 and in addition the
first ten bushels OF wheat. Land on
this same security can be purchased
for from $40 to $50 per acre. Won
derful yields are reported from oil
parts of this district. Recently 4.64O
acres of a ranch were sold to an ILL.,
nOls farmer; 300 acres Of wheat in
1916 produced yield that averaged
42h bushels OF wheat per acre. George
Richard. formerly Of Providence, Il. l.,
on a southern Alberta farm got 2.O52
bushels of wheat from 5O-acre field,
or over 40 bushels per acre. and from
5O-acre field OF oats got n return Of
76 bushels per acre and still had some
sheaves left over for feeding.
A report just issued by the Alberta
government gives the yield of wheat in
the showing OF 1916 as % bushels per
acre; As bushels of oats and 80 bushels
Of barley.
Travellers through Alberta's wheat
belt have had revealed to them scenes
of agricultural productiveness unnp-
preached in any other part of the
world.
Alberta farms. selected with even
moderate discretion, have raised men
to independence and affluence with rec
oris Of wonderful development unsur-
passed amongst the phenomenal indus
trial success Of which Canada well may
boast.
Many almost incredible yields have
been reported by reliable authorities
wheat exceeding 20 bushels per acre
and oats 145 bushels.
Numerous records show that the cost
of farms has been more than repaid by
this years crop. In one instance, land
purchased for $500 produced wheat
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