The Benson signal., 1919-03-01
Land IN DEMAND
0pportunities-of Western Canada
Becoming Known.
Fertile Soil on Which Can Be Pro-
duced Record Crops Offered to Set
tiers at Prices Attractive to
Farm Seekers.

In the early months Of 1919 there
was demand for farm lands in West
ern Canada. the greatest that has ever
been in 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 Of
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 a little more fa-
vOrable than others, but ON the whole
a good-more than good-general av-
erage. Land elsewhere on the conti-
nent is used for the developing of one
hundred and twenty dollar steers,
thirty-five dollar hogs, two dollar and
twenty cent wheat and eighty-five
cent oats, and it's 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
cultivating it gets one hundred and
twenty-five dollars for his steer, thirty
five dollars for his hog, two dollars
and twenty cents for his wheat and
eighty-five cents for his oats. And he
can grow corn, too, but Western Can
ada is saying no more about it 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 a 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 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 factor in winning
1t, as was the soldier of Italy, of
France, of Belgium, of Great Britain,
Of Canada and of the United States.
An important factor, nevertheless.
People generally have begun to real
body-and it is grown 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, and it will be
SO tomorrow, and of all days, until
~. ,rI,f
into fruition by the hand of man and
the multiplied effort of steam and gas
oline power, to the influence and op-
GRAFTON of which these lands present
such splendid opportunity.
The pulse of today's desire to secure
farm lands may be seen to beat in the
columns of the local newspaper, re-
cOrGing sales of many tracts Of lands,
ranging from 16O to 1,2OO acres. A
Regina (Sask.) paper says, "In farm
lands there is so brisk a business be-
Ing done that it might be considered
BOOM" Another paper reports the
sale of a section Of raw prairie seven
miles east of Regina for $35 an acre,
and 200 acres at $50 an acre. One
real-estate 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 SAT an acre.
"For the first time in the history of
the Moosejaw district farm land has
been sold for $1OO an acre, when j. S.
Cameron Of Victoria, B. c., sold half
section, known as the Lett farm, to
John Logan. The farm was bought a
year ago for $50 an acre and is locat-
ed three miles from the city. It is
highly improved and has fine build
lngs."
An extract from a local paper says:
1.-THE movement of farm lands is OPEN
| Ing up we'll this season and there Is
every indication that large area Of
prairie property will be turned over
during the months intervening before
seedtime.
1.-THE price received for farm lands
In each instance is considered as good,
particularly for unimproved raw prai-
rie, and shows a considerable improve
nent on prices for similar properties
sold during the years Of the war;
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