The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-01-18
TWO DOLLAR Wheat
This Price Win Hold For Some
Years

siNes II rs his ppiniaa, "!S . slow.
descent uuy hc counted On in tbs
| prices for grain wh's The Uar ends
II may take several years 10 vcstoss
! the worlds stock of ron,lst Mis- 60 sss-
mai-thrrr is good ground FOR eOnR-
dence in the outionk fur rapS.i acvsL
opincnt in ngricuture.n
II This br correct. u fosSOws that
| the profession OF farming VIII mate
! rally increase its ranks In the next
| Few years.
Today the price Of wheat b. set by
The United States government vt S2-ae
| per huShrl and in CaaletI the price
has been set AT S22l. Tihs. Of eesrSSs.
! is less freight and ksssssiiing charge.
which brings the average 10 the fars-
crs AT about 500 per bpSicf T'hA-
price viii pay so hong as land mate
rial and labor can he secured at s,.-
~onahle prices. II prns'lns fOr The
WOuld-be producer to a~creain where
he can secure these NJ prices thai VIII
| make the production OF grain pv0ht-
able. lie will estimate wint price hs
can afford to pay for hind that win give
'm yield of wheat which when soit
NJ 500 per bushcl. will peturp him =
fair profit. Local aud seeint eOn,k-
iionS Will ulso enter into the rOnsidcra-
tinn. Finding what he wants he wostt
he wise To mnke his purchase uOw
Land prices in same portions 0f the
country are low, ccrtaiaiy IN low rs
they viii ever De. CITY property ana
town property VIII nucilnte, IN, far1
property will hold Its owA- The pries
of grain is rs low ms u win be for
some years. Therefore 10 wOs,d be
well to look about, and find what eas
be done
There are doubtless many epporiu-
mites IN the Cnitcd States especially
in the Western States, 10 purchase
good agricultural lands thai will pre-
duce well. nt reasonable prices. if The
wOuid-be buyer has the time 30 lnvcs-
tigatc, and that is needed, Tor these
lands do not exist in any considerable
area, he would be well repaid Not
only Wiz his hand certainly increase il
Nah uArarncc mrc"mrnl would
be; -'t while Indcr "ulli'.,i' he
,'.iu rhu% inat will p'c tier
rrS,.o lI. wiz ~ the s:lar - be
performing II patriotic aci, II HrcdfM
act, one that would meet with thc food
controllers plea to increase agricu,-
tural production and assist iD reducing
the deficit OF 70 million bushels of
wheat reported by the controller.
In addition TO the vacant lands IN
the United States which should he
brought under cultivation, Western
Canada offers today The greatest area
OF just the land That is required, and
al low prices prices that cannot hast
long. Even now land prices are in
creusing as their value is daily beeom-
ing more apparent, and their location
desirable
As To the intrinsic value Ut knd
in Western Canada. hundreds of con
crete cases could be- cited, which gs
TO prove that NJ fifty nnd sixty dollars
per acrc-iigures that have recently
been paid for improved farms the
crops grown on them gave "A profit Of
from twenty TO thirty per cent and
even higher, on such an investment
One instance. Is that Of young Eng
liShman. naccuStomcd 10 farming be.
fore he TOOK his seat on ilr' sulky
plOw with which hc does most OF his
work, after allowing himself 81 1000 for
bis own wages hast year, made "A profit
Of 5000 on a $4,000 Investment His
total sales amounted 10 $1,000 ana his
expense, which included the $l0N
wages for himself, was $500 1bG
interest was ~ pcr cent
10 the man who docs not care 10
buy or who has not the means to pnr
chase, but possesses wealth in his own
hardihOod his MUSCLE and dCtcraiiul-
dion, there arc the thousands OF free
homcSiradS of which be may have the
pick on paying an entry fee % zen
dollars. These are high class lands
and adapted 10 All KINDS Of farming
Send to your nearest Canadian COY
rrnment Agent for literature, hcscrip
tive OF the splendid opportunities thaI
are stiil open in Western Canada. ADV