The Keota news., 1917-10-05
MORE WHEAT PRIZES
Honors for Western Canada
Come Year After Year.

At the recent Soil Products Exposi.
ton at Peoria. H., In a keen contest
for the coveted first prize for wheat.
Western Canada has again carried OF
all the honors. Not only has she won
prizes. These were won by Mr.. 8. 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 in Western Canada. and
while It 10 early in the season to give
exact figures as to the average yield
per acre Of wheat. oats. barley and
max 1t 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 busfe4. giving him
5000 an acre Of Q return. When It IL
considered that the land upon which
this wheat IL grown averaged less than
$50 an acre. 1t takes very little hgur-
Ing to arrive at an estimate Of the
profit there. Is to the grain grower Of
Western Canada. The writer knows
where farmer purchased 100 acres
Of land In the spring Of 1919. broke It
up the same year. put 1t in wheat In
1917. His crop was harvested q few
days ago. It yielded 1900 bushels and
he sold It at sos per bushel. giving
him $3.50. The land cost him $500.
breaking. seeding. seed, cutting and
threshing. $1,000. His profit was
1920 after paying for his land and
his costs Of improving. He has now
$3.50 to commence another season
with . paid for In full" improved
farm.
Never has farming offered such prof.
table returns for labor as at present
and nowhere IL the large profit equal
to that Of the low priced. high yielding
lands Of Western Canada.
There has been q big rush during
the past few weeks Of renters and
owners Of high priced lands in many
parts Of the United States to investi-
gate these 1O0% profit reports. No
better season Of the year could be
selected by anyone desiring to better
their condition and wishing to give
Western Canada the "0nce over"
Threshing Is now completed and the
grain being marketed. The weather il
flne and will be pleasant for q couple
Of months and visit now to person.
ally investigate the conditions will he
convincing and profitable. While old
home ties and family associations are
one Of the first considerations In the
mind Of the reader. who feels that
the old I'VE or ten per cent return u
sufficient. It behooves the modern and
progressive farmer always to be on
the alert to grasp the opportunities Of
the hour. Land in Western Canada
that IL annually producing a gross re-
turn Of from $4,000 to 5000 per acre
il purchasable at from SIS to $50 per
acre. It can be seen at glance that
such values cannot help but increase
AZ they have done in the older agricul-
tural districts Of the United States.
The new settler will ind himself sur.
rounded by same contented and pros
porous neighbors. The expense of max.
ing one visit to look into Western Can.
ada's opportunities is small-a special
reduced rate Is available and you owe
yourself holiday and a trip may do
you good. You owe your dependents .
right to better your condition and
Western Canada offers that opportu-
nity.-Advertisement.
Has Another Think Coming.
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