The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-02-28
LAND IN DEMAND.
Opportunities Of Western Canada
Becoming Known.
Fertile Cell ~ Which Can pc PRO.
1ucsd Record Crops Offered 70 Set
taers q Prices Attractive 70
Farm 9eekers.

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Farm Seekera.
In the early months Of 1919 there
WAs . demand for farm lands In West
ern Canada. the greatest that has ever
bee1 In the history Of the country.
Ihis despite the fact that farm lands
have Increased In price, AS the value
81 Ne farm product has increased and
the virillty and productive value Of
Western Canada farm lands have come
0ore and into evidence. Farnr
Ing mere ID no longer an experiment.
Cos4 crops can be grown In al l0caii-
Ties. some probably q little more "a
verabls than others, but on the whole
= gs0d-more than good-generai ~.
srAge. Land elsewhere on the CONT
neAt Is used for the developing Of enc
hundred and twenty dollar steers,
thirty-five dollar hogs. two dollar aa1
twenty cent wheat and eighty-ave
cent oats, and Its price is anywhere
from one hundred and fifty to three
hundred dollars m acre. Western
Canada land sells at from twenty to
forty dollars an acre. and the farmer
cu~ltivating 1t gets one hundred and
twenty-five dollars for his steer. thirty
I'VE dollars for his hog. two dollars
snd twenty cents for his wheat. and
eighty-ivc cents for his oats. And he
grow corn, too, but Western Can
ada Il saying no more about 1t than
North Dakota did fifteen years ago.
whesa It was an experiment there. and
nee what North Dakota Is doing to-
day. The prediction is that in less
THAI q decade corn will be grown sue
c~essfully In NIL parts OF Western Can
ada. II IL, therefore, easy to account
for the increased demand for West
ern Canada lands. The wal Is ended,
and the food that the American and
Canadian fnrIser sent across to the
snldier. holding up his strength and
snaiataining his vitality. won the war.
Not It was Just a factor In winning
il. % was the soldier Of Italy. Of
Fraace. 81 Belgium, OF Great Britain.
Of Canada and Of the United States.
An important factor, nevertheless.
People generally have begun to real
ne what food means. means to every
b0dy-and It II grown ON the farm.
10 people today want farm lands, and
tlse3 want those that are good. The
great wide, open stretches OF wonder
{ally productive soil Of Western Cas-
sda are the chief attraction Of the
Hand seekers Of today. and It viii ~
- tomorrow. and Of NIL days. until
these vacant inviting acres are brs1ght
into fruition b. the hand OF maa and
1Ae multiplied effort Of steam and gas
cline power. to the influence and ep-
Grafton Of which these lands present
such : splendid opportunity.
The pulse Of today's desire 70 secure
farm lands may BE- seen to beat d the
columns Of the local Newspaper. re-
ecscing sales 81 many tracts Of lands,
Ianging from 100 to 1.2OO acres. A
Regina (Sask.l paper nays, In farm
lands there - % brisk . business b.
ing Aone that Il might - considered
heom.. Another paper reports the
cole q . section q raw pfafrie sevea
ms3eo go q 1egina fer - . acre,
ana 10 acres a. - - acre. %
.seei-eutA1e 0rn handed r Cree
weensf time over 060o acres e fa0
lnad4 III turnover bstng 1pwsg1 u
es6oy0oA. An improved fara neer Re-
9sna CHANGED hands ct el7 - acre.
er~ The nrst time u the histers e
No Aoosejaw district farn Lard Aas
- sold FOR e10o n acre. whes J. 3.
CAmeron q vIetesta. b. G.. soa1 half
= seetion, knewn - The Lett farn. .
J0hn Logan. TAe farm Was bonght .
yeoe ago fos - a aere anA = lecAt.
- t1Aree mtlee from The city. Il q
hgn1, Improved an1 has ne bsnA-
ineE
A extraet from I local paper saOs:
s1T1e novement e farm lands u eosar
- - well this oensoa and th1.e =
every indication that . large area e
iraifte property win be turned ever
1orln8 IT, mouths intsrvening bsfere
oee4ttsno.
The price received for farm lands
~ eaeh instance - considered ~ geeA.
pnktieula1sy for unipproved raw .prai-
6te, md shows ! considerable improve
Eent on prices for similar properties
aeld during the years Of the war;
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