Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-05
MORE WHEAT,
MORE CATTLE.
MORE HOGS
Land Values Sure to Advance
Because of Increasing De-
maRd for Farm Products.

The cry from countries abroad for
today; tomorrow it will be still more
inststent, and there will be no letup
after the war. This is the day for
the farmer, the day that he is com
ing into his own. He is gradually
becoming the dictator as it becomes
more apparent that upon his indus
try depends the great problem of
feeding a great world. The farmer o.
Canada and the United States has it
within himself to hold the position that
stress of circumstances has lifted him
into today. The conditions abroad are
such that the utmost dependence will
rest upon the farmers of this continent
for some time after the war, and for
this reason there is no hesitation in
making the statement that wars de-
mands are, and for a long time will be.
ineXhausible, and the claims that will
be made upon the soil will with diff
Guilty be met. There are today 20,0O0,.
NO men in the fighting ranks in the
I'D world. The best of authority gives
lrawn from the farms There is there
lore nearly IS per cent of the land for
nerly titled now being unworked,
Much of this land is today in devas-
ated condition and if the war should
end tomorrow it will take years to
Dring it back to its former producing
'apacity.
Instead of the farmer producer pro
ducing, he has become Il consumer,
making the strain upon those who have
been left to do the farming very diff
icult one. There may be agitation as
to the high cost of living. and doubtless
there is reason for it in many cases
The middleman may boost the prices,
.ombines may organize to elevate thu
cost, but one cannot get away from the
TACT that the demand regulates the
supply. and the supply regulates the
| price. The price of wheat-iDf fact. all
grains-as well as cattle, will remain
| high for some time, and the low prices
that have prevailed will not come
again for some time.
After the war the demand for cattle,
not alone for beef, but for stock .pur-
poses, to replenish the exhausted herds
of Europe, will be keen. Farm educa-
tors and advisers are telling you to
prepare for this emergency. How much
better it can be done on the low-priced
lands of today, on lands that cost from
ten to twenty dollars per acre, than it
| AN on two and three hundred-dollar
an-acre land The lands of Western
| Canada meet all the requirements.
| They are productive in every sense Of
/ he word The best of grasses can be
grown with abundant yields and the
grain can be produced from these soils
that beats the world, and the same may
be said of cattle and horses. The eli
mate is all that is required.
Those who are competent to judge
claim that land prices will rise in value
from twenty to fifty per cent. This is
looked for in Western Canada. where
lands are decidedly cheap today. antl
those who are fortunate enough to Sc
cure now will realize wonderfully by
means of such an investment. The
Hand that the Dominion Government is
giving away as free homesteads in the
provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta are of high class; they
are abundant in every constituent that
goes to make the most productive
soils. The Yields of wheat, oats and
barley that have been grown on these
lands gives the best evidence of their
| productiveness, and VIXEN backed ID
by the experience Of the thousands OF
settlers from the United States who
have worked them and become wealthy
upon them, little more should be re.
ouired to convince those who are seek
ing a home, even with limited means
that nowhere can they secure anything
that will better equip them to becom'
one of the army of industry to assis
In taking care of the problem OF feed
ing the world. These lands are free
but to those who desire larger holding
than 100 acres there are the railroas
companies and land corporations from
whom purchase can be made at res
sonable prices. and information can b
secured from the Canadian Governmen
agent, whose advertisement appear
elsewhere in this paper.-Advertise
ment.