Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-10-11
MORE WHEAT PRIZES
Honors for Western Canada
Come Year After Year.

p At the recent Soil Products EXPOSE
ton at Peoria. H.. in Il keen contest
for the coveted first prize for wheat,
Western Canada has again carried on
all the hOnors. Not only has she won
the first, but also the second and third
prizes. These were won by MI. 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 in Western Canada. and
while 1t Is early In the season to give
exact figures as to the average yield
per acre Of wheat, oats. barley and
flax It Is safe to assume that the FOR
iner will yield about 20 bushels per
acre. The price to the farmer will be
about $500 per bushel. giving him
$1,000 an acre of q return. When 1t Is
considered that the land upon which
this wheat Is grown averaged less than
$40 an acre. It takes very little figur.
ing to arrive Mt m estimate OF the
profit there Is to the grain grower OF
Western Canada. The writer knows
where a farmer purchased 100 acres
Of land In the spring Of 1916, broke 1t
up the same yenr. put 1t In wheat IN
1917. His crop was harvested a few
days ago. 1t yielded 4,S00 bushels and
he sold It ut sos per bushel. giving
him $3.50. The land cost him $A,sOO.
breaking, seeding. seed. cutting and
threshing. $500. His profit was
$500 after paying for his land and
his costs Of improving. He has now
$500 to commence another season
with a "paid for in full' improved
farm.
Never has farming offered such prof
table returns for labor as Mt 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 investt'
gate these 1000 profit reports. Nc
better season of the year could be
selected by anyone desiring to better
their condition and wishing to give
Western Canada the "once over
T%hreshing Is now completed and the
grain being marketed. The weather !:
fine and will be pleasant for a couple
OF months and a visit now to person
ally investigate the conditions will 81
convincing and profitable. While ole
home ties and family associations arr
one Of the first considerations in tn
mind of the reader, who feels tina
the old FIVE or ten per cent return i
sufficient, 1t beho0ves the modern ant
progressive farmer always to be OF
the alert to grasp the opportunities o
the hour. Land in Western Canals
that is annually producing n gross re
turn of from $4,000 to $4,000 per acr
Is purchasable ut from $15 to $50 pc
mere. 1t can be seer ut a glance tina
such values cannot help but increas
as they have done in the older agricu
tural districts of the United States
The new settler will find himself SUI
rounded by same contented and pro-
porous %neighbors. The expense of nal
ing one visit to look into Western Cal
ada's opportunities is small-a specii
reduced rate Is available and you oW
yourself a holiday and a trip may d
you good. You owe your dependents
right to better your condition an
Western Canada offers that opport'
Observation-Disclosures.