The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-19
OPPORTUNITIES
THAT ARE MISSED
Why Wait? Why Not Go to West
ern Canada Now?

The writer has frequently heard the
remark that "after the war We will 60
To Western Canada" II does not oc-
cur To those making the remark that If
they wish TO secure lands In Western
Canada. whether by homestead or pur-
chase, the best time To 20 is now. After
the war the welcome will he just as
hearty as ever. but the chances are
that land values will increase and to-
day homesteads are, plentiful and land
is reasonable in price. There is no
question about what the land In Mani
toba, saskatchewan and Alberta will
DO, what il will give under proper cul-
tivatioh. e
! FarI8ers in Western Canada are pay
Ang for theiN land holdings with the
proceeds of last years crop. That this
Is n1 ipe statfanept nay be, gleaned
5rorh the three following 1tefns, which
fare picked out u rapdon:
4 an the slning of i9lG<a half-section
fpf land was offered for sale at S17.00
efHcreA YiTire We're M5ancres sof
summerfallow, which because the
gowner. could not at the time find IA
buyer, .were seeded toswheat A'Sield
of 40 bushels per acre, 4,200 bushels
H1l told. grading No. l. was obtained.
The price the day the grain was sold
Rwhich WIS very early in the season.
before grain prices advanced To round
about S2.0O) was SLIGO, which brought
ahe handsome total Of $4,000. Three
Ssundred and twenty acres AT Sl7.U
equals st. $4,000, SO that IA buyer, by
placing less than half OF the whole
under crop. would have made a profit
of S1,2S0.O0." - Robson Messenger,
Robson. Sask.
THAT the 'Indiana Boys farm THIS
year raised sufficient crop TO pay for
the land, all the machinery and all
overhead expenses as well as make a
handsome profit, Is the information
given by N. Il. Davis, the manager.
The wheat yield was over 22,0O0 BUSH
els. OF twelve cars already sold, nine
graded No. 1, and Mr.. Davis has sold
over 1000 bushels locally for seed at
$500. Naturally, when he gets to In
diana he will be big booster for AL
berta. ."--Bassano Mail, Bassano, Alta.
oscar Cnstalor, who bought land at
Blusson after the crop had been put
In last spring, for $3,SO000. has
threshed $500 bushels of wheat, which
Is worth mt present prices about
S7,5OOOO. He refused an offer OF
$5,000OO for the land after the crop
ha1 tnIx Off nfh brfJn
aid. Lethhridge, Alta.
Reports from the wheat fields are
highly encouraging and show that the
wheat crop of many farmers in West
ern Canada was highly satisfactory.
Coblenz, Sask.-W. A. Rose has
threshed an average of 33 bushels per
acre and SO bushels of oats.
Gleichen, Alberta.-Up to date 237,-
Sr2 bushels of grain have been received
by local elevators, of which nearly
10000 bushels were wheat. Seventy
one cars of grain have already been
shipped.
'Stoop Creek, Sask.-James McRae
has threshed j.4O0 bushels of grain,
2,000 bushels of which were wheat,
Sfading No. l Northern. one field
averaged a bushels per acre, and a
large field of oats averaged SO bushels.
1T information as To the best loca-
ti0h is required, it will be gladly fur
nished by any Canadian Government
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