The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-03-27
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 to
Farm Seekers.

In the early months of 1919 there
was u demand for farm lands In West
ern Canada. the greatest that has even
been In the history of the country
This despite the fact that farm lands
have Increased in price. rs the value
Of the farm product has increased aud
the Nirility 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 locali.
ties. some probably II little more fa.
vornhlc than others. hut on the whole
n EOod-morc than good-grncral nv.
cragc. Land elsewhere on the cont.
ncnt Is used for the developing of one
hundred and twenty dollar steers,
thirty-firc dollar hogs, two dollar and
twenty cent wheat and c~lghty.tive
cent oats, and It's price Is anywhere
from II hundred and fifty to three
hundred dollars an acre. Western
Canada land sells ut from twenty To
forty dollars IN acre, and the farmer
cultivating II gets one hundred aud
twenty-five dollars for his stoar, thirty.
five dollars for his hog. two dollars
and twenty cents for his wheat. and
cighty-iive cents for his oats. And he
can grow corn, too. but Western Can.
Il Is saying no NOR" about IL than
North Dakota did fifteen years go.
when II 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.
ccsSfully In all parts of Western Can.
ada. II Is, therefore, easy TO accorl,
for the increased demand for West.
ern Canada lands. The war Is ended,
and the food that the American and
Canadian farmer sent across to the
soldier. holding up his strength and
maintaining his vitality. won the war.
No! 1t was just n factor IN winning
II, as was the soldier of Italy, ot
France. nf Belgium, Of Great Britain,
Of Canada and of the United States.
An important factor, nevertheless.
People generally have begun to real.
lie what food means. means TO every.
hoCy-and 1t Is grown on the farm.
So people today want farm lands, and
they want those that are good. The
Gieat. wide, open stretches Of wonder.
fully productive soil of Western Can.
ndT are the chief attraction of the
LAM seekers of today. and 1t will be
so tomorrow. and of all days, until
these vacant inviting acres are brought
into fruition by the hand Of man and
the multiplied effort of steam and gus.
oline power, Ia tn" influence and op.
Grafton OF which these lands present
such n splendid opportunity.
1iic pulse Of today'S desire 10 secure
farm lands may hc seen To beat in the
column Of the local newspaper, re-.
cordlng sales of many tracts of lands,
ranging from 100 to loo acres. A
Regina tSaSk.) paper says. "Iu farm
'lhEdS there is 50 brisk u business he
Ing don" that 7 might hc considered
n BOOM Another paper reports the
sale OF II section of raw Irairi" seven
miles east of Regina for SO an acre,
and o acres at $50 I'm acre. one
rral-cStnr" firm handled in three
weeks time over $500 acres of farm
lands, the turnover being upward of
Sloo,Ucn. An Improved farm near Re.
gen changed hands at SlT an acre.
Ton tn" first tim" ia tie history of
the MoOSciuw district farm land has
zen sold tor 500 m acre. when !. :.
Cameron of Victoria, Il. C.. sold half
II section, known as the Lett farm, to
John Logan, The farm was bought Il
year ago for So an acre and is locat.
cl three miles from the city. It Is
highly improved and has the build.
lngS."
An extract from n local paper says:
9Th" movement of farm lands Is open
Ing NJ well tins season and there Is
every Indication that II large area of
prairie property viii bee turned uycr
during ia" months intervening before
~crdtilur.
'Thc prize" received for farm lands
In each instance B., considered u- good,
particularly for uuimpruvcd raw prai.
,ic, and shows 20 considerable Improve.
m"ut uu prices for similar properties
sold during the years of the war
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