Cheyenne record., 1918-05-30
increase N WESTERN
CANADA LAND VALUES
But Forty and Fifty Bushels Of
Wheat to the Acre.

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2 greater demand for farm lands in
Western Canada than for number Of
yeafs past. The demand IL for good
fArm lands improved or unimproved.
And at an increase Of from ten to hf-
teen dollars an acre more than the
same lands could be had for a couple
Of years ago.
The rise in the price Of every kind
o6 produce grown ON these Western
lands. in some cases to double and In
others to treble the price prevailing be-
4pte 1914, have attracted and are at
tracing in ever-increaxing proportions
me men who are anxious to invest
their money, and apply their energies
In the production Of wheat for which
the allied nations are calling with
voices which grow louder and more
anxious as the months roll on, and the
end Of the war still seems distant.
Beet. and more especially bacon. are
required In ever greater quantities.
and the price Of all these things has
scared, until 1t II not q question Of
what shall We produce, but how much
can We produce. Even should this
world calamity be brought to close
IN hx months from now, 1t will be
yoafs before normal pre-war prices
DfSvail. and meantime self-interest Il
cot patriotism is turning the minds Of
Thousands back to the land. The in
ovitable consequence has been the rise
ln value Of land, especially wheat
hand.
The Calgary Herald. commenting ON
tAsse eonditens says:
1rom inquiries made from leading
osalers in farming and rancAing prop
0ftaes, and from the Information gath
areA in other ways, It il knswn that
she value Of all land-whsat land,
mtxed farming properties and even
good grazing land-has risen in the
last two years 40 per cent. Wheat
hands In some districts have practical
b doubled In price. One dealer In
Darn lands recently sold three sections
Dor SO an acre, one extra good quar-
esr went a. high As $50, and another
brought 800. These are. of course,
large prices, but that they will be
sQualed or even surpassed In the near
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feature about this rush to the land
from which the most solid hope can
be drawn for the success Of the move
ment. The proper tillage Of land. to
produce large crops in climate like
ours is now understood and practiced
rs 1t never was in the early days Of
khe province. It would seem too that
with the increase Of land under culd-
walton, the seasons are changing
and the rainfall becoming greater and
more regular.
Crops are being harvested. especial
" In Southern Alberta, which would
have seemed impossible to the old-time
farmer, with his old-fashioned ideas
Of breaking and seeding. And at the
price now set by the government for
wheat and which possibly may be In
creased during the coming season. the
return to the practical skilled agricul-
turist must necessarily be very large.
''What matters SO or even 80 an
acre extra on wheat land when a 70
turn as high as 80 bushels and even
more may be taken from every acre
uown7 With hogs bringing $50 hum
dred pounds; beef on the hoof ut $12.
and mutton $16, while wool under the
new government arranged system OF
handling and sale brings 65 cents
pound land these values cannot fall
TO any great extent for some years)
the demand for land will continue and
values increase in a corresponding de-
gree.
There has never been in the history
of Canada 4 time 30 favorable for the
farmer a. the present; selfinterest,
the inspiration Of patriotic feeling, the
aid freely extended BY the govern
ment, who are permitting the import
Of certain agricultural implements
free, all these tend to still further
raise the price Of Alberta land."-Ad-
veftisement.
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