The Raymer enterprise., 1918-12-19
Make YOUR
FUTURE SECURE
Easy Farming Methods ln West
srn Canada and ct&aln
Financial BenefitS.N

With your crop harvested ana mar
keted. with the disposal Of your cattle
and hogs completed. you are ready to
prepare your financial statement for
the year. You win soon know what yon
have gained, and II the gain made In
your farming operations has been up
to your expectations and will mest
your requirements. Probably you may
have been the loser. Your land may
have bsen productive but II may havs
been too high priced. Ths cost Of pro-
duction has been too great Il you
have had the remuneration you sought
and are satsned this article may not
interest you. II your returns have not
been sati6actory. or II your ambition
leads you to the laudable desire Of bst-
tering your condition. II you have de-
psndents for whose future you have
anxiety. you will naturally look around
for some place, some opportunity that
offers greater advantages and brings
sat6actory 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 ex.
pect. The excellence Of the soil Of
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 prizes for wheat oats
and barley have been carried Of by
grain grown on Western Canadian
Pnines. Beef fattened on the grasses
Of these same prairies recently brought
the highest prices ever paid on the
Chicago market. Throughout the en-
tire world the quality Of Canadian
grain, and Canadian beef and mutton.
10 recognised. To recite what indi-
vidual farmers have done, the riches
they have acquired would oil volumes.
The case Of James Wishart Of Portage
Ia PMirie is not an exceptional one.
Ills wheat crop this past season yield.
ed him forty-i,ve bushels per acre, and
the land upon which 1t was grown was
broken forty-four years ago. and It has
been continuously under crop except
for an occasional summer fallow. At
Moose Jaw. Saskatchewan, samples Of
the wheat Of 1918 weighed 6s pounds
to the bushel. others 66 and some 06k
pounds. Wheat crops at Coaldale,
Alberta, went AZ high as 50 bushels
acre, while wheat crops near Barons,
Alberta, had yields Of from rs to 80
bushels.
Records such as these speak in glow.
Ing terms Of the excellence of the soil
Of Western Canada.
The war Is lover, 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 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 NAV
be dependent upon you. Greater prog.
ress can be made In this and your own
development by availing yourself Of
the advantages that Western Canads
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 thu
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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