Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-26
MAKE YOUR
FUTURE SECURE


via your crop harvested and MAJ.
kstsd. With the disposal Of your eattls
and hogs completed. you ore ready -
prepare your financial statsmaat fee
tAs ysae. You viii sooa know what -
have gainsd. and Il The gaia made h
your farming operations hos bsa0 -
to your expscta0ons and Win 0sse
your rsQuirsmsntR Probably yo1 uAay
have bsen the loser. Your land nay
have been productive. but II nay have
been too high priced. TIE cost Il pRo-
ductioo has BEEN too great n yo1
have had The rsmunerA3on you sought
md are satisfied this article may not
interest you. II your returns have sok
been satisfactory. or Il your ambitoa
leads You to the laudable desire Of bet.
tering your condition. II you have DE-
psndents for whose future 700 have
anxiety. you will naturally look around
for some place. some opportunity that
offers greater advantages and brings
satisfactory 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 x
pect. The excellence of the soil Of
Western Canada. which comprises the
Provinces Of Manitoba. Saskatchewan
and Alberta, a only partially be told
by the knowledge Of sone facts.
Every year for some years past tho
worlds highest prizes for wheat, oats
and barley have been carried of BY
grain grown on Western Canadian
Pratries. Beef fattened on the grasses
Of these same prair1es 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.
Is recognized, To recite what indi-
vldual farmers have done, the richea
LANJ iufC uIQulAE GU Wuulb Ait tVluAlES~
The case Of james Wishart Of Portage
la Prairie Ia not an exceptional M
Ills wheat crop this past season yield
ed him forty-lve bushels per acre. and
the land upon which 1t was grown was
broken forty-tour years ago. and 1t has
been continuously under crop except
for an occasional summer fallow. At
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. samples Of
the wheat Of 1918 weighed IS pounds
to the bushel. others 66 and some 85h
pounds. Wheat crops at Couldale,
Alberta, went us high as 80 bushels
acre. while wheat crops near Harons,
Alberta, had yields Of from 25 to 80
bushels.
Records such as these speak In glow
ing terms Of the excellence of the soil
Of Western Canada.
The war Is over. and we are all
settling down to q peace basis. There
Is a great world beyond the seas ia
feed and clothe, and thus Is afforded
the opportunity to lend Il hand In tbs
great work. Aside from the philan.
thropy in which you q play a part
there Is the satisfaction of knowing
You are amply providing for yourself
and for the future Of those who ma,
be dependent upon you. Greater prog
ress can be made in this and your owl
development by availing yourself o1
the advantages that Western Canad,
offers in its low-priced lands and hiyt
yielding values. There are goot
schools, desirable social conditions. low
taxation (none on improvements,
with an enjoyable climate, and thu
satisfaction of possessing a well tillet
soil capable Of producing abundan
crops for which good prices prevail, d
easily accessible marketing Places
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