The Keota news., 1919-02-28
LAND IN DEMAND
Opportunities Of Western Canada
Becoming Known.
Fertile Cell On Whleh Can D Pre.
duoo6 Record Crops oSFered g 81.
Tiers q Prices Abrasive -
Farm oeelsers.

In the early months Of 1919 there
was a demand for farm lands In West.
crn Canada. the greatest that has ever
been In the history Of the country.
This despite the fact that farm lands
have Increased In price. 40 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 II no longer IN experiment.
Good crops can be grown In all local..
ties. some probably little moro Il.
vornble than others, but on the whole
a good-more than good-general ~.
craSc. Land elsewhere On the cont.
nent II used for the developing Of one
hundred and twenty dollar steers.
thirty.livc dollar hogs. two dollar and
twenty cent wheat and eishty.6ve
cent oats. and It's price II anywhere
from ono hundred and fifty to three
hundred dollars IN acre. Western
Canada land sells at from twenty 10
forty dollars an acre. and the farmer
cultivatinE Il gets one hundred and
twenty-five dollars for his steer. thirty.
hve dollars for his hog. two dollars
and twenty cents for his wheat. and
eighty.lve cents for his oats. And be
can grow corn. too. but Western Can.
ada II saying NO more about Il than
North Dakota did fifteen years ago.
when It was an experiment there. and
SEQ what North Dakota 10 doing to-
day. The prediction II that In leas
than . decade corn will b grown sue.
cessfully In all parts Of western Can.
ada. Il n, therefore. easy to account
for the Increased demand for West.
ern Canada lands. The war II ended.
and the food that the American and
Canadian farmer sent across to the
soldier. holding up hts strength and
No: It was Just factor In winning
Il. ~ 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
Ire what food means. means to every.
b0dy-and Il II grown on the farm.
30 people today want farm lands, and
tl,e3 want those that are good. The
great. wide. open stretches Of wonder.
fully productive soil Of Western Can
sdn are the chief attraction Of the
land seekers Of today. and It will b
q 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 Sas.
oline power. to the influence and oT'-
GRAFTON Of which these lands preseot
such a splendid opportunity.
The pulse Of today's desire to secure
farm lands may b. seen to beat In the
columns Of the local newspaper. ~
cort:lnH sales Of many tracts Of lands.
hanging from 100 to 1.2O acres. A
Reginn (Sask.) paper says. I'm farm
lands there II 80 brisk business be-
Ing done that It might be considered
q BOOM" Another paper reports the
sale Of . section Of nav prairie seven
rnilss east Of Regina for - an acre.
and 200 acres at $50 an acre. One
rea!.estate Arm handled In three
weeks time over $500 acres Of farm
lands. the turnover being upward Of
$4,000. An improved farm near Re-
gina changed hands at at an acre.
'Eor the first time In the history OF
the Atooscjaw district farm land has
heen sold for 500 an acre. when ]. y.
Cameron Of Victoria, h. c.. sold half
a section. known % the Lett farm. to
1ohu f.oRnn The farm MAS hOt1ght q