The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-12
MORE WHEAT PRIZES
Honors for Western Canada
Come Year After Year.

At the recent Soil Products ExpoSi-
ton at Peoria. H.. In n keen contest
for the coveted first prize for wheat.
Western Canada has again carried on
nil the honors. Not only has she won
the first. hut also the second and third
prizes. These were won by Mr.. s. Lar
combe. of Brittle. Manitoba. In past
years the Province Of Saskatchewan
had the distinguished honor of carry
ing of the Initial prize.
Harvesting and %threshing are now
completed I'm Western Canada. and
while IL Is early i'm the season TO give
exact figures as To the average yield
per acre Of wheat, oats, barley and
flax II Is safe TO assume that the for
mer will yield about 20 bushels per
acre. The price to the farmer will be
about 500 per bushel. giving him
5000 AN acre Of n return. When ii is
considered that the land upon which
this wheat is crown averaged less than
$50 an acre. IL takes very little figur-
Ing TO arrive at IN estimate of the
profit there Is to the grain grower Of
Western Canada. The writer knows
where n farmer purchased 100 acres
Of land I'm the spring Of 1916. broke II
up the same year. put 1t in wheat in
1917. His crop was harvested n few
days ago. II yielded 1900 bushels and
he sold II at sos per bushel. giving
him $3.50. The land cost him $500.
breaking. seeding, seed, cutting and
threshing. 1920. lis profit was
$3.50 after paying for his land and
his costs of improving. He has now
1920 TO commence another season
with a paid for in full" improved
farm.
Never has farming offered such prof
fable returns for labor as nj present
n nowhere is the large profit equa.
TO TINT Of the low priced. high yielding
lands of Western Canada.
There has been Il big rush during
the past few weeks of renters ant
owners Of high priced lands in many
parts Of the United States 70 investi
gate these 1000 profit reports. NJ
better season of the year could b'
selected by anyone desiring TO bette
their condition and wishing to give
Western Canada the "once over.
Threshing Is now completed and tn
grain being marketed. The weather |
fine and will be pleasant for n coupl,
OF months md n visit now to person
ally investigate the conditions will b.
convincing and profitable. While oil
home ties and family associations ar
one OF the first considerations i'm tn
mind Of the reader. who feels tina
the old five or ten per cent return |
sufficient. IL behooves the modern an
progressive farmer always To be O
he alert to grasp the opportunities q
the hour. Land i'm Western Canad
that Is annually producing n gross RI
turn OF from $1,000 10 $4,000 per acr
is purchasahle ut from $15 to $50 pc
acre. II can be seen ut q glance the
such values cannot help but lncreas
as they have done i'm the older agricu
tural districts of the United State
The new settler Will find himself su
rounded by same contented and pro
porous neighb0rS. The expense of ma
ing one visit To look into Western Car
ada's opportunities is small-a speci;
reduced rite is available and you ov
yourself a holiday and Il trip may &
you good. You owe your dependents
right 10 better your condition m
Western Canada offers that opport'
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES