The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-01-24
TWO DOLLAR WHEAT
This Price Will Hold For Some
Years.

gives it as his opinion, "as a slow
descent may be counted on In the
prices for grain when the war ends
it may take several years to restore
. the worlds stock of foodstuffs to nor
mal-there is good ground for conf
dence In the outlook for rapid deVei-
opment in agriculture"
II this be correct, it follows that
the profession of farming will mate
rally increase its ranks In the ue1t
few years.
. Today, the price Of wheat is set by
the United States government at $2.|O
per bushel, and in Canada the price
has been set at 1921. This, of course
ds less freight and handling charges
which brings the average to the farm
.ers at about $500 per bushel. This
price will pay so long as land, mate
rial and labor can be secured Mt rea'
sonable prices. It remains for the
would-be producer to ascertain where
he can secure these at prices that Will
make the production of grain pront-
able. he will estimate what price ne
can afford to pay for land that Will give
him a yield Of wheat which when SOLD
ut $500 per bushel will return him a.
fair profit. Local and social condi-
tons will also enter into the considera-
ton. Finding what he wants he would
be wise to make his purchase now.
Land prices in some portions of the
country are low, certainly as low rs
they will ever be- City property and
town property will fluctuate, but farm
property will hold it's own. The price
OF grain Is as low as 1t will be for
some years. Therefore 1t would be
we'll to look about, and find what can
he done.
There are doubtless many OppOrtu'
mites in the United States, especially
in the Western States, to purchase
good agricultural lands that will pro.
duce well, at reasonable prices. If thu
world-be buyer has the time to inves'
tigate, and that Is needed, for these
lands do not exist in any considerable
aren, he would be well repaid. Not
only will his land certainly increase In
value-the unearned increment would
be an asset-while under cultivation ne
can find nothing that will give better
results. 1t Will III tHC SuLIC tAhS w
performing a patriotic act. needful
act, one that would meet with the food
controllers plea to increase agricul'
tural production and assist in reducing
the deficit Of IS million bushels OF
wheat reported by the controller.
Tn addition to the vacant lands In
the United States which sfv'uld be
brought under cultivation, Western
Canada offers today the greatest area
of lust the land that Is required, ana
Mt low prices--prices that cannot last
long. Even now land prices are In
creasing, as their value is daily becom-
Ing more apparent, and their locator
desirable.
As to the intrinsic value of land
In Western Canada, hundreds OF con-
crete cases could be cited, which 60
to prove that ut fifty and sixty dollars
per acre-fgures that have recently
been paid for improved farms-the
crops grown on them gave proht OF
from twenty to thirty per cent ana
even higher, on such an investment
One instance Is that of young Eng
1ishman, unaccustomed to farming be-
fore he took his seat on the sulky
blow with which he does most OF his
work, after allowing himself $1,000 FOR
his own wages last year. made proht
of $1,000 on $4,000 investment. His
total sales amounted to $500 and MS
EXPENSE, which included the $l.OOV
wages for himself. was $1,000. The
interest was l11L per cent.
TO the man who does not care to
buy or who has not the means to pur-
chase, burt possesses wealth In his own
. hartihood, his muscle, and determine
ton, there are the thousands of free
homesteads of which he may have the
pick on paying an entry fee OF ten
. dollars. These are high class lands
and adapted to all kinds of farming.
. Send to your nearest Canadian Gov
eminent Agent for literature. descrlp'
tive of the splendid opportunities that
arc still open in Western Canada. Adv
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