The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-19
MAKE YOUR
FUTURE SECURE
Easy Farming Methods in West
ern Canada and Certain
Financial Benefits.

with your crop harvested and ma,
Rffed. with the disposal Of your catti
sad hogs completed. you are ready t
rfepare your financial statement 70
ne year. You will soon know what yov
hi.Ve- gained, and IL the gain lnade 1,
your farming operations has been III,
80 your expectations and will me
your requirements. Probably you me-.
nave been the loser. Your land mn,
nave beer productive, but 1t may have
been too high priced. The cost of pro
suction has been too great. IL 70,
s'nve had the remuneration you sought
ana are satisfied this article ma not
interest you. If your returns have mol
.oeen satisfactory. or IL your ambition
reads you to the laudable desire Of bet.
setliig your condition, IL you have de
pfndenfs for whose future you have
anxiety. you will naturally look around
Q some place. some opportunity that
oHefs greater advantages and brings
satisfactory returns. To the north and
vest OF you lie hundreds of thousands
81 unbr0ken 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 ey,
cry state In the Union the prairies OF
western Canada have afforded wealth.
beyond what they had been led to ex,
sect. The excellence Of the soil of
western Canada. which comprises the
PROVINCES Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta. n only partially be told
~ the knowledge of some facts.
avery year for some years past tho
worlds highest prizes for wheat, oats
and barley have been carried off by
srain grown on Western Canadian
.t'rairies. Beef fattened on the grasses
d these same prairies recently brought
The highest prices ever paid on the
Chicago market. Throughout the en-.
are world the quality Of Canadian
grain, md Canadian beef and mutton.
Is recognized. To recite what indt.
Slduai farmers have done, the riches
they have acquired would fill volumes.
lhe case of James Wishart Of Portage
TX Hrairte Is not an exceptional one.
nus wheat crop this past season yield
fd him forty-five bushels per acre. and
aie land upon which 1t was grown was !
broken forty-four years ago, and It has |
neen continuously under crop except
TOR an occasional summer fallow. At |
Moose Jaw. Saskatchewan, samples of
the wheat of 1913 weighed 68 pounds
70 the bushel, others G6 and some 65m |
pounds. Wheat crops at CoaIdale,
Alberta. went as high as 80 bushels |
scre. while wheat crops near Barons. !
Alberta, had yields Of from 25 to 80
bushels.
records such as these speak In glow
ing terms Of the excellence of the soil !
nf Western Canada.
The war lis over, and we are all
tetfHng down to q peace basis. There
70 a great world beyond the seas to
feed and ciothe. and. thus is afforded |
the opportunity to lend a hand In the
treat work. Aside from the philan-
naropy In which you can play a part, |
there lS the satisfaction Of knowing
Fou are amply providing for yourself
ana Tor the future Of those who NAV
dependent upon you. Greater prog
ress can be made In this and your own
development by availing yourself Of
the advantages that Western Canada
sfFers In Its low-priced lands and high |
Welding values. There are good !
schools, desirable social conditions. low
taxation (none on improvements, !
with an enjoyable climate, and the
i~atizfaction OF possessing a well TILED
soil capable Of producing abundant
tor Which good prices prevail, at
sasily accessible marketing Places
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