Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-17
TWO DOLLAR WHEAT
This Price win Hold For Some
Years.

\ we'll advised comn,ercinl authority
gives ii as his opinion. .as a slow
descent may be counted ON ia the
prices for grain when the war ends-
III may take several years to restore
lhe worlds stock of foo,1StufrS to nor
1hai-1llere is good ground for conf
dehce i'm the outlook for rapid devel-
oi'ilcnt i'm agricnliurc."
lf This be correct. ii follows that
the profession of farming will m,te-
rally Increase its ranks i'm the next
few years.
I"daN. The price of wheat is set by
the United States government AT 500
per bushcl, and i'm Canada the price
has been sci at $2.2l. This. of course.
Is less freight and handling charges
which brings the average to the farm
ers at about 5000 per bushel. This
price Will pay $ % long as land. mate
nal and labor can he secured at rea-
son'n's trIces. 1t remains for the
wo'1ld-h" producer to ascertain where
he cam 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 chat will give
nm !: Yield of wheat which when sold
at 500 per bushel, will return him a
lilr profit. Local and social condi-
tions VIII also enter into the considera-
tion. Finding what he wants he would
ne wise to make his purchase now.
Land prices in some portions of the
country are low, certainly as low as
they will ever he. City property and
town property will f1uctuate. but farm
property will hold it's own. The price
OF grain is as low as it will be for
some years. Therefore 1t would he
Well L" look about, and find what can
be done.
There are doubtless many opportu-
mites i'm the United States. especially
In the Western States. to purchase
good agricultural lands. that will pro-
duce we'll. at reasonable prices. II the
would-be buyer has the time to inves-
tisate. 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
'.''N '"N Nv W iiltI tittVi NNti
he nm :ISSet=while under cultivation he
can find nothing that will give better
results. He will ut the same tine ls
performing a patriotic act. IL ueclful
act. one that would meet Will, iitr fno,.
controllers plea to increase agrirul-
tural production and assist la reducing
the deficit of 10 million bushels of
wheat reported by the controller.
In addition To the vacan, ,a,ls in
the United States which should he
brought under cultivation. West.ra:
Canada offers today the greatest area
OF Just the land that is required. ani.
at lnw prices prices ilil! cannot last
long. Even now land prices are in
creaSlng, as their value is daily i,ncnna
ing more apparent. and their ,m,a,ioE
desirable.
AS I" the intrinsic value If land
i'm Western Canada, hundreds 'f con
crete cases could he cited. wl,irl, "a.
to prove that nj fifty and SiviE dollars
per acre Figures tl.a, haNe ,rcrntly
been paid for improved farnaS-.l,s
crops grown an them CAV" i; profit ui
from twenty tn thirty per cent ava
even higher. ~ such an investment
One Instance. is that of II Young Fang
llSi!'l:sn. nllaccllStulnel tO fartaian Ia.
fore he took his seal ON thr S,l,Sy
pillow with which he does most of his
work. after allowing himself $1,000 ru,
his w wages last year. made "A rrnii,
of S2.2tH ON IL S2O.OuW investment. Ills
total sales amounted To $1,000 and his
expense, which included the $1,WN
wages for himself. was x3..aN,. The
interest WAS 11h per cent.
lie the man who doeS not care to
buy 0r who has not the means to uur.
chase. but possesses wealth ia his own
harlilloOd. his muscle, and determjun
ton, there are the thousands OF free
homesteads of which, he may t,ave ths
pick on paying an entry fee of ten
dollars. These are high class lands
and adapted to all kinds of farming.
Send to your Fares Canadian Gov.
eminent Agent for literature. descrip
tive OF the splendid opportunities that
are still open in Western Canada. Adv.
His Present.