The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-05-30
INCREASE IN WESTERN
CANADA LAND VALUES

But Forty and Fifty Bushels Of
Wheat to the Acre.
During the past year there has been
. greater demand for farm lands in
Western Canada than for q number of
years past. The demand Is for good
farm lands improved or unimproved.
And at an increase Of from ten to If
teen dollars an acre more than the
same lands could be had for couple
Of years ago.
The rise in the price Of every kind
Of produce grown on these Western
lands. in some cases to double and in
others to treble the price prevailing be-
fore 1914, have attracted and are at
tracing In ever-increasing proportions
the men who are anxious to invest
their money. and apply their energies
In the production Of wheat for which
the allied nations are calling with
voices which grow louder and more
anxious as the months roll on, and the
end Of the war still seems distant.
Beef, and more especially bacon, are
required In ever greater quantities,
and the price Of all these things has
scared, until It IL not a question Of
what shall We produce, but how much
can We produce. Even should this
world calamity be brought to close
IN six months from now, 1t will be
years before normal pre-war prices
prevail. and meantime selfinterest II
cot patriotism is turning the minds Of
Thousands back to the land. The In
svitAble consequence has been the rise
IN value Of land, especially wheat
hand.
The Calsary Herald. commenting on
tAsss conditions says:
From inquiries made from leading
dealers In farming and ranching prop
critics, and from the information gath
scsd In other ways, 1t Is known that
the value Of all land-wheat land,
nixsd farming properties and even
good grazing land-has risen in the
last two years 10 per cent. WheGt
hands In some districts have practical.
b doubled in price. One dealer In
fArm lands recently sold three sections
eoe so an acre, one extra good quar-
tsf went a. high a. $50. and another
brought 800. These are. Of course,
large prices. but that they will be
eQualed or even surpassed In the near
future u beyond question. There IL q
feature about this rush to the land
from which the most solid hope can
b drawn for the success Of the move
msnt The proper tillage Of land. to
produce large crops In climate like
ours Il now understood and pract1ced
- It never was In the early days Of
he province. It would seem too that
with the increase Of land under cult
walton. the seasons are changing
aud the rainfall becoming greater and
n6ke regular.
Crops are being harvested. especial
u in Southern Alberta, which would
have seemed impossible to the old-time
farmer. with his old.fashioned ideas
q breaking and seeding. And at the
pgice now Get BY the government for
wheat and which possibly may b In
creased during the coming season. the
return to the practical skilled asfieul-
tnEist must necessarily b vsey large.
"What matters 80 or sven 80 an
acre EXTRA On wheat land when Q n.
turn O. high % 80 bushels and even
moro may be taken from every acre
sownf With hogs bringing 80 hun
ared pounds; bssf on the hoof at $12.
md mutton $1d while wool under the
asw government arranged system Of
handing and sale brings IS cents .
pound land these values cannot fall
b any great extent for some yeafs)
sAs demand for land viii continue and
Sulues increase In Q corresponding de-
UFoA
'.Thsrs has never bssn In the history
Of Canada time 20 favorable for. he
earmer - the present: self-interest,
The Inspiration Of patriotic feeling, he
aid freely extended BY the govern
ment, who are permitting the import
Of certain agricultural implements
frse, all these tend to stu further
raise the price Of Alberta land."-Ad.
VQetiooment.
Unusual Weapon.
John was asked to 60 to the store to
81 q dozen eggs. On his way Q boy
leok away his hat and John began to