The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-17
TWO DOLLAR WHEAT
This Price Will Hold For Some
Years.

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A well advised commercial authority
gives Ii as his opinion, "as a slow
descent may he counted on In the
prices for grain when the war ends
IL 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 devel-
opment in agriculture"
II this be correct, 1t follows that
the profession Of farming will mate
rally increase its ranks In the next
few years.
Today, the price Of wheat is set by
the United States government at $3.50
per bushel, and In Canada the price
has been set at 1921. This, Of course,
Is 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 at rea-
sonable prices. 1t remains for the
would-be producer to ascertain where
he can secure these at prices that will
make the production Of grain profit
able. He will estimate what price he
can afford to pay for land that will give
him a yield OF wheat which when sold
at $500 per bushel, will return him q
fair profit. Local and social condi-
Ions 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 AZ
they will ever be. City property and
town property will fiuctuate, but farn
property will hold Its own. The prics
Of grain IL as low as 1t will be for
some years. Therefore 1t would be
well to look about, and find what car
be 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. II the
would-be buyer has the time to inves-
tigate, and that is needed, for these
lands do not exist In any considerable
area, he would be well repaid. Not
only will his land certainly increase In
value-the unearned increment would
be an asset-while under cultivation he
can find nothing that will give better
results. He will at the same time be
performing a patriotic act, q needful
act, n 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.
In addition to the vacant lands In
the United States which should be
brought under cultivation, Western
Canada offers today the greatest area
of just the land that is required, and
at low p~rices-prices that cannot last
long. Even 10Y land prices are In
creasing, as their value is daily becom
ing more apparent. and their location
desirable.
As to The intrinsic value OF land
In Western Canada. hundreds OF con.
crete cases could be cited, which 20
TO prove that at fifty and sixty dollars
per acre-figures that have recently
been paid for improved farms--ths
crops grown on them gave q profit OF
from twenty TO thirty per cent and
even higher. on such an investment
One instance, is that of n young Eng
lishman, unaccustomed to farming be
fore he took his seat on the sulky
pillow with which he does most OF VII
work, after allowing himself $1,000 fO
his W wages last year, made q prof
of 5000 on a $4,000 investment. HI.
total sales amounted to S5,700'and hi,
expense. which included the S1,0W
wages for himself, vas $500. Th.
interest a 11h per cent.
To the man who does not care Il
buy or who has not the means to pur
chase, but possesses wealth In his own
hardihood, 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 tel
dollars. These are high class lands
and adapted to all kinds of farming
Send TO your nearest Canadian Gov
eminent Agent for literature, descrip
tive of the splendid opportunities tina,
are still open in Western Canada. Adv