Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-27
LAND IN DEMAND
Opportunities of Western Canada
Becoming Known.
Fertile Soil on Which Can Be Pro-
auced Record Crops Offered to Set
tiers at Prices Attractive to
Farm Seekers.

IN ule Early months OF WV tNFEe
was a demand for farm lands in West
ern Canada, the greatest that has cvcs
been in the history of the country.
rms 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 of
Weston CANADA farm lands have come
more and more into evidence. Farm
ing there is no longer an experiment.
Good crops can be groMn in all locali-
ties, some probably q little more ia
vorable than others, but ON the whole
q sood-more than good-gcneral "
erage. Land elsewhere on the CONT.
nent is used for the developing of n
hundred and twenty dollar steers,
thirty-five dollar hogs, W. dollar and
twenty cent Wheat and eighty-flve
cent oats. and Its price is anywhere
from one hundred and fifty TO three
hundred dollars an acre. Western
Canada land sells at from twenty TO
forty dollars an acre, and the farmer
cul,ivating it gets 70 hundred and
twenty-five dollars for, his steer. thirty
five dollars for his hog, two dollars
and twenty cents for his wheat. and
eighry-five cents for his oats. And he
can grow corn, too, but Western Gao
d is saying no more about il than
North Dakota did fifteen years ago.
when it was an experiment there, and
see what North Dakota is doing to-
day. The prediction is that in less
than n decade corn will be grown sue
cessfully IN all parts of Western CAN
ada. 1t Is, therefore, easy to account
for the increased demand for West
ern Canada lands. The war is ended.
and the food hat the American and
Canadian farmer sci across to the
soldier. holding up his strength and
maintaining his vitality, won the war.
No. 1t was just q factor in winning
it, as was the soldier of Italy. of
France, of Belgium, of Great Britain.
of Canada n of the United States.
An important factor, nevertheless.
People generally have begun TO real
ize what food means. means to every.
b%ody--and it is grow on the farm.
SO people today want farm lands. and
they want those that are good. The
great, wide, open stretches Of wonder
fully productive soil of Western Can
ada are the chief attraction of the
land seekers of today, ard it will be
so tomorrow. and of all days, until
these vacant inviting acres are brought
into fruition hy the hand of me and
the multiplied effort Of steam and gas
oline power, 10 the influence and op-
GRAFTON of which these lands present
such a splendid opportunity.
The pulse of today's desire TO secure
farm lands may he seen to beat in the
columns of the local newspaper, re-
cording sales of many tracts nf lands.
ranging from 100 10 loo acres. A
Regina {Sask.) paper says. "In farm
lands there is so brisk a business he
ing done that it might be considered
a BOOM" Another paper reports the
sale of a section of raw prairie seven
miles east of Regina for $50 an acre.
and 200 acres at $50 an acre. One
real-estnte firm handled in three
weeks time over $500 acres of farm
lands. the turnover being upward of
100000. An improved farm near Re.
gina changed hands at $47 an acre.
"ITor the first time in the history nf
the Moosejaw district farm land has
been sold for 500 an acre when i. s.
Cameron OF Victoria, B. c.. sold half
81 section, known MS the Lett farm, to
John Logan. The farm was bought n
year ago for 1856 an acre and is locat-
ell three miles from the city. 1t is
highly improved and has fine build
ings."
An extract from a local paper says:
THE movement Of farm lands is omen
ing up we'll This season and there is
every Indication hat Il large area Of
prairie property will be turned owe:
during the months Intervening before
scedtime.
THE price received for farm lands
in each instance is considered ms good.
particularly for uniniprovel raw prai-
RTE. and shows n considerable improve
ment on prices or similar properties
sold during the years OF the war
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