The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-07
LAND IN DEMAND
Opportunities Of Western Canada
Becoming Known.
Fertile Soil on Which Can Be Pro.
dueed Record Crops Offered to Set
tiers at Prices Attractive 70
Farm Seekers.

was demand for farm lands In West
ern Canada. the greatest that. has ever
been I'm the history of the country.
This despite the fact that farm lands
have increased in price. as the value
OF the farm product has Increased and
the virility and productive value ~
Western Canada farm lands have come
more and more into evidence. Farm
Ing there Is no longer an experiment.
| Good crops can be grown In all locall-
| ties, some probably little more t.
vorable than others. but on the whole
q good-more than good-generai ~
erage. Land elsewhere on the CONT.
nent Is used for tho developing of one
hundred and twenty dollar steerA
thirty-five dollar hogs. two dollar ard
twenty cent wheat and eighty-dve
cent oats, and its price Is anywhere
from one hundred and fifty to three
hundred dollars an acre. Westeru
CANADA land sells at from twenty 20
forty dollars nm acre. and the farmer
cultivating IL gets one hundred and
twenty-five dollars for his steer. thirty
i've dollars for his hog. two dollars
and twenty cents Tor his wheat. end
eighty-five cents for his oats. And ~
can grow corn. too. but Western CNn-
ada Is saying no more about II than
North Dakota did fifteen years ara.
when II was an experiment there. ana
see what North Dakota Is doing to
day. The prediction Is that In leo
than decade corn will be grown sue
cessfully In all parts OF Western Can-
ada. Ii is therefore. easy To account
for the increased demand for West
ern Canada lands. The war is ended.
and the food that the American au1
Canadian farmer sent across 10 the
soldier. holding up his strength and
maintaining his vitality. won the war.
Mol II was just factor In winning
II. MS was the soldier Of Italy. -
France. OF Belgium. of Great Brltain. l
OF Canada and OF the United Stntea l
An important factor. nevertheless. |
People generally have begun 10 reol- /
lie what food means. means to every
body-and IL is grown on the farm.
80 people today want farm lands. and L
tbey want those that are good. The
tttatt "thtt olfth VI NbuutF l
fully productive soil of Western Can |
sda are the chief attraction OF the
land seekers of today. and II will ~
% tomorrow. and OF all days. uno1l i
these vacant inviting acres are br6nG11
Into fruition By the hand q maa or
the multiplied effort u steam and %
pline power. TO the Influence and o.
rratioa u which these lands prssea<
such splendid opportunity. III.
The pulse of today's desire to secure
farm lands may be seen to beat In the
columns OF the local newspaper, re
'orcing sales of mnny tracts of lands. |
Angling from 100 to 1000 acres. A.
tegina (Snsk.) paper says. I'm farm
ands there is so brisk business be-
ng done that II might be considered
BOOM" Another paper reports the
ale Of section of raw prairie seven
niles east Of Reglna for $50 an acre.
nd 200 acres at $50 an acre. One
ea!-estnte firm handled In three
ieeks' time over $500 acres Of farm
lnds. the turnover being upward of
10000. An improved farm near Re
INA changed hands Mt s47 nn mere.
For the first time In the history OF
he Moosejaw district farm land has
cen sold for 800 an acre. when ]. :.
amcron OF Victoria, II. c.. sold half
section, known as the Lett farm. 10
Ohm Logan. The farm was bought n
enr ago for ss5 an acre and Is locnt.
4 three miles from the city. II II ,
Ighly improved and has fine build 9
lgs."
An extract from a local paper says:
The movement of farm lands II open Z
IL up well this senson and there Is
Fery indication that n large area Of
rairie property will be turned over
Iring the months Intervening before
'edtime.
The price received for farm lands
each instance IL considered rs good. E.
Irticulnrly for unImproved raw prai-
?. and shows n considerable improve 1,
emf on prices for similar properties n
ID during the years OF the war q
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