, 1917-12-20
GREATEREFF|C|ENCY.
REDUCED COST
Grow Grain in Western Canad,
Make Profits, and Show
Greater Patriotism.

The nationwide cry of 'MIore rm
cheney" has now reached even tho mo-.
remote agricultural sections and tboss
is a general interest amongst the forn
ers to increase their products and 70
reduce their expenses. The need =,
foodstuffs is greater than the vo,,a
has ever before known, and every ~
fort is being used to meet the world,,
food requirements, becoming mo,s
apparent every day. While 1t is trro
that this desire is attested by n gor
eral patriotism, there is an undor.
lying factor in this extension WORT
to secure some of the benefits that ara
being offered by a ready market M
maximum prices. Widespread atton'
ton has been given to the Opportunity
In this respect in Western Canada
where fortunes are being made in !
few crops out of grain at present
prices.
1t has been found that the oner
level prairie can be cultivated for
wheat and other small grains at n min.
imum price, and during the past few
years the yields have been more than
satisfactory. Wheat crops of forty
bushel to the acre have been common
In Western Canada in the last three or
-four years, and with a present avail.
able price Of ver $500 per bushel this
means a return on investment and
labor that cannot be duplicated else.
where. This is made possible by the
low priced lands that can be secured
for grain growing. The range In price
runs from SIS to S25 per acre, accord.
ing to location and other local condl.
tons. In this period of more agrlcul.
tural efficiency" it is apparent at a
glance that the farmer on low priced
but high grade lands, growing his
grain at a minimum cost, is reaping
a golden harvest with the highest per
centage of profit.
The c%ultivator of high priced farm
lands has a big handicap to overcome
in computing his profits on a 5000 an
acre farm as compared with the agri.
culturist reaping as great, If not
greater return from $25 an acre land.
1t therefore becomes a question for
the farmer himself to answer, whether
lie Is uOluS ulltlSCll anu Ills DuulTY Ilb
best service, by devoting all his ener.
gies to working high priced land that
yields no better return than LAND that
can be secured at one-eighth the
price. 1t is a case of getting either
minimum or maximum quantity. Many
have already decided on the alterna.
tive, and with their spare money in.
vactad in opd pow workinu lVactarn
Canada lands, they are allowed to
speak for themselves. Apparently they
are satisfied, for we learn of cases
where on a $4,000 investment, In one
year they have had their money back,
with a profit of from 500 to 1907.
Such is one of the steps in progressive
ness now being demonstrated in the
Canadian Government Is using every
effort to. bring these conditions to the
attention Of the agricultural world, In
order to secure the necessary increased
grain production so greatly needed.
The farmer in Western Canada is e1'
empt from all personal taxes. HIS
buildings, stock and implements are
not assessed; and every encourage.
ment Is given to farmers to Improve
and increase their farm output. Re
duced railway rates are being offered
to new settlers to look over the cOun'
try and to size up an un~precedentea
opportunity in farming. Advertise
ment.
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