The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-21
GREATEREFF|C|ENCY
REDUCED COST
Grow Grain In Western Canada.
Make Profits, and Show
Greater Patriotism.

e~N MI vi A3VkC 12AI4o
<fency" has now reached even the most
remote agricultural sections and there
ts . general interest amongst the farm
err to increase their products and 10
re1oce their expenses. The need OF
1ssdstufRs IL greater than the world
has ever before known, and every ef-
fort IL being used to meet the worlds
foed requirements. becoming more
apparent every day. While It is true
that this desire is attested by 4 gen.
eral patriotism. there is an under
lying factor In this extension work
TO secure some Of the benefits that are
being offered by a ready market at
maximum prices. Widespread atten-
ton has been given to the opportunity
In this respect In Western Canada,
where fortunes are being made In a
few crops out Of grain at present
prices.
h has been found that the open
level prairie can be cultivated for
wheat and other sman grains at q min
fnam 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 over 800 per bushel this
means q return on investment and
labor that cannot be duplicated else
where. This IL made possible BY the
low priced lands that can be secured
fer grain growing. The range In price
runs from SIS to $25 per acre, accord
ing to location and other local condi-
tions. In this period Of "more agricul-
tural efficiency" It is apparent at a
Eiance that the farmer on low priced
but high grade lands. growing his
grain at q minimum cost, IL reaping
. golden harvest with the highest per-
ce1tage Of profit.
The c~ultlvator Of high priced farm
lands has a big handicap to overcome
IN computing his profits on q 500 an
acre farm rs compared with the agri-
cuIturist reaping al great, IL not
greater return from SIS an acre land.
1t therefore becomes q question for
the farmer himself to answer, whether
he is doing himself and his country the
best service. by devoting all his ener-
giles to working high priced land that
yjeEds no better return than land that
q be secured at one-eighth the
price. It Is a case Of getting either
minimum or maximum quantity. Many
have already decided on the alterna-
tive. and with their spare money in
vested in and now working Western
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 q Of the steps In progressive
ness n0w being demonstrated in the
effort to create greater efficiency. 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 10 ex-
empt from all personal taxes. His
buildings. stock and implements are
not assessed; and every encourage
ment Ia given to farmers to improve
md Increase their farm output. Re-
dsced railway rates are being offered
to new settlers to look over the coun-
try and to size up an unprecedented
opportunity In farming. - Advertise
ment.