The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-06-28
CULTIVATE! CULTIVATE!
Produce More Food, But at tho
Lowest Cost.

A trip through most Of the grain
growing districts Of Western Canada,
and Information received from authen.
tic sources. reveals TINT the spring
seeding Of wheat, barley and oats Is
finished and the grain In having q most
rapid growth. Men Of farming expe-
Renee here say that the conditions nrs
similar TO those years when there was
an abundant harvest reaped. During
the past year u number Of new settlers
came into the country, and they will
undoubtedly have n good crop this
year. This added to the normal mere
age, made considerably less by the
lack Of labor owing to the number who
have gone to the front, will give n
fair general yield. II Is surprising the
growth that this country Il capable Of
producing.
Wheat hns this spring terminated
and shown three or four inches growth
In five or six days. and with anything
like favorable weather, harvesting
should commence about the 18th Of
HukuN vi " lltit oNtE ont ~ufuTtu
days from first seeding. Hundreds of
farmers throughout this vast country
paid for their entire holdings out OF
n years crop and IL would not be
surprising II the same experience met
a great many more this year.
The best authorities on the wheat
situation give II as their opinion that
for many years TO come, wheat prices
will be high. They base their opinion
on n scientific calculation and their
reasoning seems to be sound. Anyway,
II Is quite evident that for some years
to come, the producer Of wheat will
be amply rewarded for any effort he
may make to develop this branch Of
agricultural industry. Money may he
made on the hlgh-priced lands of the
wheat-growlng districts of the United
States, but Il IL u question If these
high.priced lands would not be more
probably employed In other branches
Of farming than In growing the smaller
grains, leaving II Ia lands just ns pro-
ductlve for wheat, less expensive To op.
crate, and with II much smaller
initial price, To provide the world
with this necessity Of life. Here Is
where Western Canada, with It's vast
rich fertile plains. its low railway
rates, its exceptionally good shipping
privileges, It's excellent climate. and It's
perfect social conditions. has n com
bination of advantages not possessed
by any other portion Of the continent.
Furthermore. these lands. OF unex-
celled quality, are extraordinarily
cheap. while for the man who does not
care to undertake farming on so extern.
sive q scale there Is the free home
stead which offers him all the oppOrtu-
nifty for which he Is looking.
The prospective purchaser will have
no difficulty ut all In making II selec-
ton Of n fine piece Of land, well To-
Gated md convenient to transportation,
which mny be had for from S15 to 500
an acre. and the railway companies or
other holders Of large tract ure al
ways glad TO sell on easy terms. Or
II he desires n farm that Is already
under cultivation and improved, many
su't . w oC u ~
already have made comfortable for
tunes and are rendy to retire.
II Is not to the grain grower only
that Western Canada offers great OPP
p%ortunities. II one wishes 10 go In for
cattle raising. there are great stretches
OF range land both free and for lease
and In many sections Of the country
there are the finest of grazing lands
that may be purchased ut very low
prices.
The appeal which has been sent out
both by the United States and Cana
dim governments, for an unstinted. un-
limited production Of food stuYs TO pre-
vent what might otherwise be n fam
Inc throughout this great continent
and then consequently. throughout the
world-should In itself arouse all the
ambition and desire In the heart and
the front, to produce all he can. In
addition. there Is the potent fact that no
chances are being taken In answering
the appeal. Take II from either stand
point % nswer the country's call, nl-
though not fighting. and you are also
insured against any loss by the high
prices that are bound to exist for some
time. Whether II he In the United
States on It's excellent grain lands or
In Canadn on It's splendid grain lands.
all should do their blt.-AdvertIsement.
Two Kinds.