The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-07-11
INCREASE IN WESTERN
CANADA LAND VALUES
But Forty and Fifty Bushels OF
Wheat 10 the Acre.

Daring the past year there has been
. grenter demand for farm lands in
Western Canada than for a number Of
years past. The demand Is for good
farm lands improved or unimproyed.
And at on Increase of from ten 20 fif-
tecn dollars an acre more than the
sarne lands could be had for a couple
Of years ago.
The rise in the price Of every kind
Of produce grown on these Western
lands. In some cases to double and IN
others ., treble the price prevailing be-
fore 1914. have attracted and are at
tracing ia ever.lncreaJng proportions
the men who are anxious 10 invest
their money. and apply their energies
IN the production Of wheat for which
the allied nations are calling With
voices which grow louder aud more
anxious ms the months roll on. md the
end Of the war still seems distant.
Reef. rnd mere especially bacon. nre
Yeqnired In ever greater quantities,
and the price Of oil these things has
a,srd. until II Is not question Of
what shall we produce. but how much
enn we produce. Even should this
world calamity be brought TO close
In six months from now. II will bv
years before normal pre-war prices
prevail. and meantime self-lnterest II
not patriotism II turning the minds Of
thousands back to the land The In
evitnbfe consequence has been the rise
ln values OF land. especially wheat
land.
The Calgary Herald. commenting on
these conditions says.
'From Inquiries made from leading
critics. and from the information gath
cred In other why's. II Is known that
the vnlue of all land--wheat land.
mixed farming properties. and even
good grazing Innd-hns risen In the
last two years 40 per cent. Wheat
lands In SEINE districts have practical
ly doubled In price. One dealer In
farm lnBds recently sold three sections
for $40 an acre. one extra good quar-
ter went MS high ms 500. and another
brought 800. These are. of course.
1arge prices. but that they will be
equaled or even surpassed I'm the near
future Is beyond question. There Is
feature about this rush to the land
from which the most solid hope can
he 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
ss II never was In the early days Of
the province. II would seem too that
with the Increase Of land under cult
vntion, the seasons nre changing
and the rainfall becoming greater and
more regular.
Crops are being harvested. especial.
H In Southern Alberta. which would
have seemed impossible to the old-time
farmer. with his old-fashloned 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 agrlcul-
turist must necessarily be very large.
"Whnt matters so or even $40 an
acrc extrn on wheat land when n re-
turn as high ms 80 bushels and even
more may be taken from every acre
sownf With hogs bringing $50 hun
dred pounds; beef on the hoof Mt So
and mutton $40. while wool under the
new government arranged system of
handling and sale brings O. cents
pound (nnd these values cannot fall
60 any great extent for some yenrs)
the demand for land will continue and
values Increase In corresponding de-
gree.
There has never been In the history
Of Canada n time so favorable for the
farmer ns the present; self-lnterest.
the Inspiration Of patriotic feeling, the
aid freely extended by the govern.
ment, who nre permitting the Import
Of certain agricultural implements
free. all these tend to still further
Snise the price OF Alberta land."-Ad-
vertisement.