The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-06-07
INCREASE IN WESTERN
CANADA LAND VALUES
But Forty and Fifty Bushels OF
Wheat to the Acre.

During the past year there has been
a greater demand for farm lands In
Western Canada than for number OF
years past. The demand Is for good
farm lands improved or unimprOved.
And az an Increase Of from ten 10 M.
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 Ia
others to treble the price prevailing be-
fore 1914, have attracted and are at
iracting In eyer-increasing proportions
the men who are anxious 10 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, aad the
end Of the war still seems distant.
Beef, and more especially bacon, are
required Ia ever greater quantities,
and the price of all these thtags has
scared, until II Is not question OF
what shall we produce, but how much
eau We produce. Even should this
world calamity be brought TO a close
In six months from now. 1t viii be
years before normal pFe.war prices
prevail, aud meantime self-interest II
not patriotism IL turning the mlnds OF
thousands back 10 the land The In
cFitahie consequence has been the rise
In values Of land. especially wheat
land
The Calgary Herald. commenting on
these conditions says:
From inquiries made from leading
dealers Ia farming and ranchlng prop.
critics, aud from the information gath.
cred In other ways, II Is known that
the value OF oil land wheat land.
mixed farming properties, and even
good grazing land~has risen In tho
last two years 80 per cent. Wheat
lands In some districts have practical.
~ doubled In price. One dealer In
farm lands recently sold three sections
Tor $40 an acre, one extra good quar-
ter went as high as 500, and another
brought 500. These are, OF course.
inrfe prices, but that they will be
eqnaled or even surpassed In the near
future Is beyond question. There IL a
feature about this rush TO the land
from which the most solid hope can
he drawn for the success of the move.
ment. The proper tlllage Of land, 10
produce large crops In climate like
ours Is now understood and nractlced
~ II never wns Ia the early DAYS of
the province. II would seem too TINT
with The Increase OF land under cult,
vntion. the. seasons are changing auC
the rainfall becoming greater aud NOR
regular.
Crops are being harvested, especial.
~ Ia Southern Alberta, which would
have seemed impossible to the old.tims
farmer, with his old.fashloned ideas
Of breaking aud seeding. Aud at tho
price now set by the government for
wheat and which possibly may be In.
creased during the coming season, the
return 10 the practical skilled agrlcul.
turist must necessarily be very large.
What matters $40 or even SO an
acre extra ON wheat land when re-
turn as high rs so bushels and even
more may be taken from every acre
sownG With hogs bringing SO hun.
dred pounds; beef on the hoOf az SD.
aud mutton $40, while wool under the
new government arranged system Of
handling and sale brings 63 cents
pound lend these values canAot faN
TO any great extent Tor some years.
the demand FOR land win continue and
values Increase Ia a corresponding de.
gree.
There has never been In the history
Of Canada a timo 80 favorable for the
farmer as the present; self.Interest,
the Inspiration OF patriotic feeling. tho
Md freely extended by the govern.
ment who are permitting the Import
III certain agricultural implements
free, all these tend 10 stln further
raise the price of Alberta land. "--Ad
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