Williams news., 1918-01-24
GREATEREFF|C|ENCY,
 REDUCED COST
Grow Grain in Western Canada. Make Profits, and Show
 Greater Patriotism.

The nationwide cry of "MOre Eh- cfency" has now reached even the most remote agricultural sections and there Is general interest amongst the farm CTS to increase their products and to reduce their expenses. The need Of foodstuffs is greater than the world has ever before known, and every ef- fort Is being used to meet the worlds food requirements, becoming more apparent every day. While it is true that this desire is attested by a gen. era1 patriotism, there is an under lying factor in this extension work to secure some of the benefits that are being offered by a ready market at maximum prices. Widespread atten- tion has been given to the opportunity In this respect in Western Canada. where fortunes are being made in a few crops out of grain at present prices.
 It has been found that the open. level prairie can be cultivated for wheat and other small grains at min imum price, and during the past few years the yields have been more than satisfactory. Wheat crops of forty bushel to the acre have been common In Western Canada in the last three or four years, and with a present avail able price of over $2.00 per bushel this means a return on investment and labor that cannot be duplicated else where. This is made possible by the low priced lands that can be secured for grain growing. The range in price runs from $15 to S25 per acre, accord ing to location and other local condi- tons. In this period of more agricul- tural efficiency it is apparent at a glance that the farmer on low priced but high grade lands, growing his grain at minimum cost, is reaping a golden harvest with the highest per centage of profit.
 The cultivator of high priced farm lands has big handicap to overcome in computing his profits on a $2OO an acre farm as compared with the agri- culturist reaping as great, if not greater return from $25 an acre 1and.
 It therefore becomes a question for the farmer himself to answer, whether he is doing himself and his country the best service, by devoting all his ener- gies to working high priced land that yields no better return than land that can be secured at one-eighth the
  minimum or maximum quantity. Many have already decided on the alterna- tive, and with their spare money in- vested in and now working Western Canada lands, they are allowed to speak for themselves. Apparently they are satisfied, for we learn of cases where on a $4,OOO investment, in one year they have had their money back, with a profit of from 50% to 1009o. Such is one of the steps in progressive ness now being demonstrated in the effort to create greater efficiency. The Canadian Government is using every effort to bring these conditions to the attention of the agricultural world, in order to secure the necessary increased grain production so greatly needed The farmer in Western Canada is ex- empt from all personal taxes. Ills buildings, stock and implements are not assessed; and every encourage ment is given to farmers to improve and increase their farm output. Re duced railway rates are being offered to new settlers to look over the coun- try and to size up an unprecedented in farming. = Advertise ment.