The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-14
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 q 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 IN experiment.
Good crops can be grown in oil locali-
ties, some probably n little more IA
yorable than others, but IN the whole
a good-more than gOod-generai av-
erage. Land elsewhere on the CONT
nent is used for the developing OF one
hundred and twenty dollar steers,
t~hirty-five dollar hogs, two dollar and
twenty cent wheat and eighty-hve
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 grow 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, ana
see what North Dakota is doing to-
day. The prediction is that in less
than Il decade corn will be grown sue
cessfully in all parts of Western Can
ida. 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 a factor in winning
it, rs 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
w ia lOOu llCdllS, llculS u cNtIS-
boCy-and it is grown on the farm.
So people today want farm lands, and
they want those that are good. The
Gfeat, wide, open stretches Of wonder
fully productive soil Of Western Can
ado 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 fruition 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 q splendid opportunity.
The pulse of today's desire TO secure
farm lands may be seen to beat in the
columns of the local re-
cording sales of many tracts of lands,
ranging from 16O to 1000 acres. A
Regina (Sask.) paper says, SIN farm
lands there is SO brisk Il business be-
ing done that it might be considered
n BOOM" Another paper reports the
sale of a section of raw prairie seven
miles east of Regina for $50 an acre,
ard 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.
"Tol the first time in the history of
the MoOsejaw district farm land has
leen sold for 500 an acre, when J. S.
cameron OF Victoria, Il. c., sold half
q section, known as the Lett farm. to
John Logan. The farm vas bought q
year ago for $50 an acre and is lOcat-
ed three miles from the city. 1t is
highly improved and has fine build
ings."
An extract from a local paper says:
The movement of farm lands is g
ing up we'll this season and there is
every indication that a large area of
prairie property will be turned over
during the months intervening before
seedtime.
The price received for farm lands
In each instance Is considered as good.
particularly for un%improved raw prai-
Tie, and shows a considerable improve
>ment on prices for similar properties
sold during the years of the war;
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