Cheyenne record., 1918-12-19
MAKE YOUR
FUTURE SECURE
Easy Farming Methods VI West.
ern Canada and Certain
Financial Benefits. "

With your crop harvested and ~
keted. with the disposal Of your csefie
and hogs completed, you are ready y
prepare your financial statement ID
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 VIII: 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 de-
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 sx-
pect. The excellence Of the soil o6
Western Canada. which comprises the
Provinces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta, can only partially be told
by the knowledge Of some facts.
Every year for some years past the
worlds highest prises for wheat oats
and barley have been carried OF BY
grain grown on Western Canadian
Praines. 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 and mutton.
Is recognized. To recite what indi-
vidual farmers have done. the Riches
they have acquired would MI volumes.
The case Of James Wishart Of Portage
10 Prairie is not an exceptional one.
His wheat crop this past season Yield
ed him forty-five bushels per acre, and
the land upon which II was grown was
broken forty-four years ago, and 1t has
been continuously under crop except
for an occasional summer fallow. At
Moose Jaw. Saskatchewan, samples o6
the wheat Of 1918 weighed 6e pounds
to the bushel, others 66 and some 66N
pounds. Wheat crops at Coaldals.
Alberta, went as high as SS bushels
acre, while wheat crops near Barons,
Alberta, had yields Of from Is 10 50
bushels.
Records such as these speak in glow
ing terms of the excellence Of the soiI
Of Western Canada.
The war is over, and we are all
settling down to a peace basis. There
is great world beyond the seas to
feed and clothe, and thus is afforded
the opportunity to lend a hand in the
great work. Aside from the philan-
thropy in which you can play a part.
there is 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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