Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
MORE WHEAT PRIZES
Honors for Western Canada
Come Year After Year.

AT the recent Soil Products EXPOSE
tlon at Peoria, Ill., in a keen contest
Tor the coveted first prize for wheat,
western canada has again carried of
all the honors. Not only has she won
the hrSt, but 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 off the initial prize.
Harvesting and threshing are now
completed in Western Canada, and
Wnlie 1t is early in the season to give
exact figures as to the average yield
per acre of wheat, oats, barley and
tax 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 bushel, giving him
S4O.OO an acre of a return. When it is
considered that the land upon which
thls wheat is grown averaged less than
| aou an acre, it takes very little figur-
| ing 10 arrive at an estimate of the
pfoht there is to the grain grower of
| western Canada. The writer knows
"here farmer purchased 160 acres
OF land in the spring Of 1916, broke it
up the same year. put. it in wheat in
1917. His crop was harvested a few
days ago. 1t yielded 4,8O0 bushels and
ne sold it at $2.05 per bushel, giving
MIN $9,o4O. The land cost him S4,S00,
breaking, seeding, seed, cutting and
thresh1ng, $1,920. His profit was
S3,I2O after paying for his land and
his costs of improving. He has now
S3,12O to commence another season
with a "paid for in full" improved
farm.
Never has farming offered such prof
liable returns for labor as at present
and nowhere is the large profit equal
to that of the low priced high yielding
lands of Western Canada.
There has been a 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 1000 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 "once over"
Threshing is now completed and the
grain being marketed. The weather is
fine and will be pleasant for a couple
of months and a visit now to person
ally investigate the conditions will be
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 five or ten per cent return is
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 is annually producing a gross re
turn of from $4,000 to $4,000 per acre
/ is purchasable at from SIS to $50 pei
: acre. 1t can be seen at a glance that
D such values cannot help but increase
| as they have done in the older agricul-
: tural districts of the United States
A The new settler will find himself sur
: rounded by same contented and pros
y porous neighbors. The expense of max
t ing one visit to look into Western Can
! ada's opportunities is small-a special
. reduced rate is available and you owt
+ yourself a holiday and a trip may d.
J. you good. You owe your dependents s
!. right to better your condition ant
Western Canada offers that opportu
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