The Keota news., 1918-03-22
The Big WORK
N THE War
The War Lord Statutes the Field
Marshall.

Such u the striking tttle to Q well
timed cartoon In IN agricultural pa
per. allowing the War Lord In salute
to the farmer. The meaning Of It u
that without the assistance that the
farmer renders In the matter Of pro-
viding food for the army the lighting
ability Of that body would be proper
tionally decreased. While the army
IL fighting. the farmer IL busy. The
promptness With which he sprang
into the breach was q patriotism equal
to that Of the man who enlisted and
the farmers record In this particular
was worthy Of the high record that
has become his. All over the United
States the appeal II being met by more
production. Fields are enlarged, inten.
sive agriculture has taken the place.
Of slipshod methods, more cattle are
being fattened, more hogs grown. veal
and lamb have become scarce COM
modities. This II all in keeping with
the food-controllers demands, and
with the heartiness that IL now preva.
lent, Il would seem ~ II the require
ments Of the boys at tho front and the
allies In Europe would be fully met.
Not only are the titled acres Of the
United States being brought into
reQuisition. but the Wild pasture lands
are doing tribute with their cattle and
sheep. Working in conjunction with
the United States, Western Canada Ii
also doing Its share and q pretty large
share Il II, too. BY an arrangement
With the United States Government 1t
win now be possible through it, en-
ployment bureau 20 secure for the
Western Canada fields such help as
can be spared. II II thought In this
way Canada win have Its help to seed
it, millions Of acres Of wheat land
fairly well met. The large number
Of young men Of the farms who have
enlisted and gone to the front has left
many Of the Western Canada farms
weak In the matter Of man power
This means that Canada can take all
that the United States can spare. The
wages will be good and the housing
comfortable.
In addition to this the free home.
stead lands Of Western Canada offer
the greatest inducement to the man
with limited means who II willing to
undergo some Of the hardships natu.
rally accompanying this enterprise.
There = also the large AREA Of uncul.
tivated lands that arc waiting the
man with sunicient means to purchase
and. equip. And this II not expensive.
The cheap lands are cheap and the
terms very reasonable. Equipped with
tractor or horse power the cultivation
cost II slight when the return IL con.
sidered. Yields Of wheat varying from
20 to 10 bushels per acre may be re
lied upon. and with . Get price Of over
800 per bushea. It II IN easy matter
to arrive at the cost. Production, in.
Guiding interest on land. has been esti.
mated at figures not exceeding ten
dollars an acre. With 4 twenty bushel
yield. at two dollar price-forty dol.
lars. Ten from forty and you have
the profits many farmers made In
Western Canada the past year.
The Dominion and Provincial Gov.
efnpents are working conjointly in IN
increased production propaganda.
Among the important steps that have
been taken to bring this about IL the
recent order BY which It II made pos.
sible to take into Canada tractors that
eosa fourteen hundred dollars and less
In the country Of production. This
will Give those reading In the United
SfafAa 0vnin1 1anAa IN CAneA~ ~.