Gilpin observer., 1918-12-19
MAKE YOUR
FUTURE SECURE
Easy Farming Methods In West.
ern Canada and Certain
Financial Benefits. ;

With your crop harvested and mar
keted. with the disposal Of your cattle
and hogs completed, you are ready to
prepare your financial statement for
the year. You will soon know what you
have gained, and II the gain made In
your farming operations has been up
to your expectations and win meet
your requirements. Probably you may
have been the loser. Your land may
have been productive. but It may have
been too high priced. The cost Of pro-
duction has been too great. II you
have had the remuneration you sought
and are satisfied this article may not
interest you. II your returns have not
been satisfactory. or II your ambition
leads you to the laudable desire Of bet
tering your condition. II you have do
pendents for whose future you have
anxiety. you will naturally look around
for some place, some opportunity that
offers greater advantages and brings
satisfactory returns. To the north and
west Of you lie hundreds Of thousands
Of unbroken acres In Western Canada
awaiting the husbandman, and ready
to give of its richness to place you
where you desire to be placed. For
thousands Of farmers from nearly ev-
cry state in the Union the prairies Of
Western Canada have afforded wealth
beyond what they had been led to ex-
pect. The excellence Of the soil Of
Western Canada, which comprises the
Provinces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta, can only partially be told
BY the knowledge Of some facts.
Hvery year for some years past the
worlds highest prises for wheat, oats
and barley have been carried of BY
grain grown on Western Canadian
Prair1es. Beef fattened ON the grasses
Of these same prairies recently brought
the highest prices ever paid on TIE
Chicago market Throughout the en-
tire world the quality Of Canadian
grain. and Canadian beef ana mutton,
Is recognised. To recite what indi-
vidual farmers have done. the rlchss
they have acquired would M volumes.
The case Of James Wishart Of Portage
Ia Prairie is not an exceptional one.
His wheat crop this past season Yield
ed him forty-f1ve bushels per acre, and
the land upon which It was grown was
broken forty-four years ago. and II has
been continuously under crop encspt
for an occasional summer fallow. At
Moose Jaw. Saskatchewan, samples oR
the wheat Of 1918 weighed es pounds
to the bushel, others 90 and some 06k
pounds. Wheat crops at Coaldals,
Alberta, went as high as 88 bushels
acre, while wheat crops near Barons,
Alberta, had yields of from Is to 90
bushels.
Records such as these speak In glow
ing terms Of the excellence Of the soil
Of Western Canada.
The war is over, and we are an
settling down to a peace basis. There
is a great world beyond the seas to
feed and clothe, and thus is afforded
the opportunity to lend hand in the
great work. Aside from the philan-
thropy in which you can play a part,
there IL the satisfaction of knowing
you are amply providing for yourself
and for the future of those who may
be dependent upon you. Greater prog-
ress can be made In this and your own
development by availing yourself Of
the advantages that Western Canada
offers In its low-priced lands and high
yielding values. There are good
schools, desirable social conditions, low
taxation (none on improvements)
with an enjoyable climate, and the
satisfaction of possessing a well titled
soil capable of producing abundant
crops for which good prices prevail, at
easily accessible marketing places
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