Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-03-06
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.

EGTS at TEtSSo EhAt SShNS
Farm Seekers.
In the early months of 1919 there
was a 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 n
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 IA
vorable than others, but on the whole
a gOOd-more than goOd-general av-
erage. Land elsewhere IN the CONT
nent is used for the developing Of n
hundred and twenty dollar steers,
thirty-five dollar hogs, two dollar and
twenty cent wheat and eighty-ive
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
%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 grown corn, too, but Western Can
ada is saying no more about 1t than
North Dakota did fifteen years ago,
when it was an experiment there, and
day. The prediction is that in less
than a decade corn will be grown sue
cessfully in all parts Of Western Can
ada. It 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 a factor in winning
it, 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
ize what food means, means to every
t body-and it is grown on the farm
So people today want farm lands, anC
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 thu
land seekers of today, and 1t shall b'
} so tomorrow, and of all days, unit
: these vacant inviting acres are brough
e into fruition by the hand Of nan ant
e the multiplied effort of steam and gas
g oline power, to the influence and op
Grafton of which these lands presen
r such a splendid opportunity.
0 The pulse of today's desire to secur
farm lands may be seen TO beat in tn
f columns of the local newspaper, re
:, cording sales of many tracts Of lands
ranging from 100 to 1900 acres. /
Regina (Sask.) paper says, SIN farr
}, lands there is so brisk a business be
ing done that it might be considere
d a boom" Another paper reports tn
e sale of a section of raw prairie seve
miles east of Regina for $50 an acr'
IS and 200 acres at $50 an acre. On
e real-estate firm handled in thre
d weeks time over $500 acres of farI
S, lands, the turnover being upward Q
n 100000. An improved farm nea RI
gina changed hands at SAT an acr'
"For the first time in the history c
the Moosejaw district farm land ha
It been sold for $100 an acre, when ].
Cameron of Victoria, B. c., sold ha'
a section, known as the Lett farm, t
j. John Logan. The farm was bought
J. year ago for $50 an acre and is loca
ed three miles from the city. 1t
highly improved and has fine bull
;e ings,"
e An extract from a local paper says
"The movement of farm lands Is opeI
ing up well this season and there
d every indication that a large area
d prairie property will be turned ov,
IS during the months intervening befoi
seedtime.
er "The price received for farm Liant
id in each instance is considered as goo
Of particularly for unimproyed raw pri
TO RE, and shows a considerable improv
It ment on prices for similar properti
lie sold during the years of the war"
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