The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
CHANGE IN THE
FARMERS LIFE
making a Living" Idea Has De-
veIOped Into money
Making Fact"


at that-most farmers were satisfied
If they saw ahead of them the oppor-
tunity to make fair living, a reason
| able competence in their failing years.
aud an assurance OF an existence for
| their families. They worked hard.
and titled their acres with this end i'll
view. Honest struggle, earnest eff
fort and a true conception of upright
manhood. together with the increas-
| ing knowledge that upon fhe fruits OF
| their .endeavor rested the structure or
the world. whose people had to be fed
| and maintained Economy in method,
| improved conditions of working. have
added to the farmers possibilities and
| today instead of being a plodder for
an existence, which his early training
had bred into him, he has become the
| bulwark of the nation, and as such.
| has become elevated TO position
| where his word and his work are rec
| ogniZed as the factors it was always
| intended they should be. He is now
the man of busness-Of big business
lie has forced an appreciation OF his
| work, and the true value has been
| placed upon it. The big men of the
country today are the farmers, who,
with business acumen and forensic
! forethOught are able to tell you--frOm
their books-what it costs to produce
a bushel of wheat or pound of wool.
All of which is intended to prove
| that farming is a business, as much
as banking or selling Il suit of clothes.
| II is an industrial business, with more
! certain profits than accompany any
other line of trade. 1t is manufac-
! turing enterprise, devoid of any of the
| dangers that the frills of fashions
| follieS and desires force upon ordinary
! pursuits. Food is something that all
| must have and the farmer produces it,
! The cheaper it can be produced the less
| Will be the cost to the consumer. And
this is one of the chief thoughts of the
! farmer. Within the memory of the
ten-year-old boy there have been inn
| provements in machinery. changes In
methods, scientific discoveries of chem
icals as adapted TO agriculture, all OF
which have lessened cost of production
and made possible the cultivation OF
| increased acres. In some parts these
things have brought about more inten-
Sifed agriculture, growing heavier
crops on less acres. Improved machin-
cry and demand for greater production
have led another class in search of
| Jaeger areas, where their ability may
cope with the growing of a greater
number of bushels That is one of the
reasons why Western CaLada lands
have recently come into such demand.
These. at from twenty to thirty dol Pc
lars an acre, and producing the pro-
| digous crops that are claimed for
them, have attracted thousands OF
American settlers, while other thou
sands have gone out into the lands in
the Western states. But, as to the Can
ada lands, there is this TO say of them.
today they are cheap and If they will
| yield sufficient in one year to pay the
cost of the entire purchase why should
not there be demand. The country
is well settled and settlement is in
creaSing. As evidence of the growth
of the three Western Provinces into
whose territories the Canadian Govern
ment invites settlers. recent reports
show the following increases from 1913
10 1917 inclusive:
Value of Field CrOnS