The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-05
MORE WHEAT PRIZES
Honors for Western Canada
Come Year After Year.

At the recent Soil Products Exposi-
ton ut Peoria. H.. In keen contest
for the coveted first prize for wheat.
Western Canada has again carried or
all the honOrs. Not only has she won
the first. bun also the second and third
prizes. These were won by Mr.. :. 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 III is early in the season 10 give
exact figures rs TO the average yield
per acre OF wheat oats. barley and
max IL Is safe 10 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.O0 an acre of return. When Ii Is
considered that the land upon which
this wheat Is grown averaged less than
$50 an acre. II takes very little figlIr-
ing 10 arrive ut 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 1916. broke II
up The same year. put II in wheat in
1917. His crop was harvested n few
days ago. II yielded 4 1900 bushels and
ne sold II at sos per bushel. giving
MIN $3.50. The land cost him $500.
brenking. seeding. seed. cutting and
threshing $1,000. His profit was
S3,12o after paying for his land and
his costs of improving. lie has now
1920 to commence another season
with n paid for in full" improved
farm.
Never has farming offered such prof
itnble returns FOR labor as at present
and nowhere Is the large profit equa;
to that of the low priced. high Yielding
lands of Western Canada.
There has been big rush during
the past few weeks Of renters and
owners of high priced lands in many
parts Of the United States to lnvesti-
gate these 1000 profit reports. No
better season of the year could be
selected by anyone desiring TO better
thtii touuitIO0 dDiE Wishing 10 give
Western Canada the "once over
Threshing is now completed and the
grain heing marketed The weather is
fine and will be pleasant for q couple
of months and n 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
the old five or ten per cent return is
sufficient. II 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 n gross re-
turn Of from $1,000 To $4,000 per acre
is purchasable ut from So ia $50 per
acre. 1t can be seen ut Il glance that
such values cannot help hut Increase
rs they have done in the older agricul-
tural districts of the United States
The new settler will find 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 Specia!
reduced rute is available and you owe
yourself holiday and Il trip may do
you good You owe your dependents Il
right TO better your condition and
Western Canada offers that Opportu-
ty.-AdvertSement.