The Elbert County tribune., 1919-02-28
land IN DEMAND
Opportunities 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 an/experiment.
Good crops can be grown in all Iocaii-
Ties, some probably little more IA
vorabfe thnn others, but on the whole
good--more than g2od--general nv,
ernge. 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-fve
cent oats, and its price is anywhere
from one hundred and fifty 10 three
hundred dollars an acre. Western
Canada land sells at from twenty to
forty dollnrs an acre. and the farmer
cultivating 1t gets one hundred aud
twenty-five dollars for his steer. thirty
i've dollars for his hog. two dollars
and twenty cents for his wheat and
sighty-five cents for his oats. And he
can grow corn. too. but Western Can
ada is saying no more about 1t than
North Dakota did fifteen years ago,
when 1t wns an experiment there. and
see what North Dakota is doing to-
day. The prediction is that in less
than 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
srn Canada lands. The war is ended,
and the food that the American and
Canadian fnrmee sent across to rhe
soldier. holding up his strength and
maintaining his vitality. won the war.
No! II was just factor in winning
IT,, ms 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
ze what food means, means to every
| body-and 1t is grown on the farm.
So people today want farm lands, and
tl,ey want those that are good. The
great, wide. open stretches of wonder
fully productive soil of Western Can
Bdn are the chief attraction of the
| land seekers of today. and it will be
so tomorrow, and of all days. until
these vacant inviting acres are brought
INTO frultion by the hand of man and
the multiplied effort of steam and gas
oline power, to the influence and OPP
grafton of which these lands present
such d 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-
cor6ing sales of many tracts of lands,
tanging from 100 to 1,2O0 acres A
Regina (Sask.) paper says, In farm
ands there is SO brisk business be-
ing done that it might be considered
BOOM" Another paper reports the
sale of section of raw prairie seven
miles east of Regina for $35 an acre,
and 200 acres at 500 an acre. One
rea,-estate firm handled in three
weeks time over $500 acres of farm
ands. the turnover being upward of
$4,000 An improved farm near Re
gina changed hands at SAT an acre.
For the first time in the history of
| .he Moosejaw district farm land has
been sold for 500 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
year ago for SS5 an acre and is locat-
ed three miles from the city. 1t Is
highly improved and has fine build
ngs."
An extract from local paper says:
The movement of farm lands Is open
ing up well this season and there is
every Indication that large area of
prairie property will be turned over
Turing the months intervening before
seedtime.
1.-The price received for farm lands
N each instance is considered as good,
particularly for unimproved raw prai-
rfe, and shows n considerable improve
n:ent on prices for similar properties
sold during the years of the war;
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