The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-03-01
Land N DEMAND
Opportunities Of Western Canada
Becoming Known.
Fsrtile Soil on Which Can es Pro-
dvee1 Record Crops Offered to Set
tless at Prices Attractive to
Farm Seekers.

In the early months Of 1910 there
was a demand for farm lands In West.
ern Canndn. the greatest that has ever
been In the history Of the country.
This despite the fact thnt farm lands
have Increased In price. MS the value
Of the farm product has Increased and
the virility and productive vnlue OF
Western CANADA farm lands have come
more and more Into evidence. Farm.
Ing there Is no longer nm experiment.
Good crops Gun be grown In all lOcaii-
ties. some probably little more fa-
vOrable than others. but on the whole
q go0d-mOre than gOOtl-gencral av-
erage. Land elsewhere on the CONT
nent 10 used for tho developing Of one
hundred md twenty dollar steers.
thirty-five dollar hogs. two dollar and
twenty cent wheat and cighty-five
cent oats. and Its price is anywhere
from one hundred and fifty to three
hundred dollars an ncre. Western
Canada land sells ut from twenty TO
forty dollars mn acre. ind tile farmer
cultivating 1t 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 IL saying no more about 1t than
North Dnkotn did fifteen years ngO.
when 1t was I'M experiment there. md
zee whnt North Dakota Is doing to-
day. The prediction Is that In less
tbnn n 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 Cannda lands. The war Is ended.
and the food that the American and
Canadian Turner sent across to the
soldier, holding up his strength and
maintaining his vitality, won the war.
No! 1t was just factor In winning
II, as was the soldier OF Italy. OF
France, of Belgium, of Great Britain,
Of Canada and OF the United States.
An important fnctOr, nevertheless
People generally have begun to renl
| Ice what food means, means to every
body-and 1t Is grown on the farm
SO people today want farm lands. and
they want those TINT 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 1t will bt
no tomorrow. and Of NIL days. until
these vacant inviting acres are brought
into fruition by the hand Of man nnd
the multiplied effort Of stenm md gas
olIne power. to the influence and OPP
Grafton OF which these lands present
sucl, a 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
hanging from 100 to 1900 acres. A
Regina (Sask.) paper says, "ln fnril
lands there is so brisk II business he
Ing done that 1t might be considered
a BOOM" Another paper reports the
sale of n section of raw prnirie seven
miles east of Ieginn for $50 mn acre
and 200 acres mt $50 nm acre. One
rea..estate firm handled In three
weeks time over $500 acres of farn
lands, the turnover being upward OF
$IOO.OOO An improved farm near Re
gina changed hands ut SAT I'M acre
"For the first time In the history OF
the AIoosejuw district farm land has
been sold for 800 M acre. when ]. S
Cameron OF Victoria, b. c.. sold halt
a section, known as the Lett farm. ia
John Logan. The fnrm was bought {,
year ago for $s5 m acre and is locat
ed three miles from the city. 1t Is
highly improved and las fine build
Ings."
An extract from local paper says
'The movement OF fnrm lands Is open
ing up well this season and there Is
every Indication TINT large nren OF
prairie property will be turned over
during the months intervening before
seetltimc.
"The price received for farm lands
| In each instance is considered as good
| particularly for unimprOved raw prai'
| rie, and shows considerable improve
ment on prices for similar properties
sold during the years OF the war;
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