The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-03-07
LAND IN DEM
Opportunities Of Western 1,
Becoming Known
Fertile Soil on Which Can 81
duced Record Crops offered !.
tiers at Prices Attractlv. 4
Farm Seekers.

In the early months OF 1o,.
was a demand for farm lands 4
ern Canada. the greatest thar /.
been in the history Of the
This despite the fact that f..~
have increased In price, az =.
of the farm product has incre,.,
the virility and productive -
Western Canada farm lands ~
more and more into evidence
Ing there is no longer an EN-.
Good crops can be grown in a
ties. some probably q little 9.
vorable than others. but on n.
a good--more than good--eep.,
erage. Land elsewhere on -
ntnt is used for the deyeloplns
hundred and twenty dollar
thirty-five dollar hogs, two deal,
twenty cent wheat and Eli,
cent oats. and Its price is anv'
from one hundred and fifty 4
hundred dollars an acre. "
Canada land sells at from tv,s
forty dollars an acre. and the
cultivating 1t gets one hundrsx
twenty-five dollars for his steer 4
five dollnrs for his hog, two
and twenty cents for his whent
eighty-fiye cents for his oats. n
can grow corn, too, but Weston
ada is saying no more about Il
North Dakota did fifteen yean
when II was an experiment then
see what North Dakota is dom
day. The prediction Is that 4
than a decade corn will be grown
cessfully in all parts Of Weston
ada. 1t is, therefore, easy to al
for the increased demand for
ern Canada lands. The war il
and the food that the Americsa
Canadian farmer sent across s
soldier. holding up his strengih
maintaining his vitality, won The
No! 1t was just factor In VII
II, as was the soldier of ItallI
France. of Belgium, of Great BIZ
of Canada and of the United 81
An important factor, neverthe
People generally have begun to
lie what food means, means to n
body--and it is grown on the d
So people today want farm landS
they want those that are good.
great, wide, open stretches Of Won
fully productive soil of Western
ada are the chief attraction Of
land seekers of today, and 1t viii
so tomorrow, and of all days.
these vacant inviting acres are bro
into fruition by the hand Of man
the multiplied effort Of steam and
oline power. to the influence and
GRAFTON Of which these lands prs1
such a splendid opportunity.
The pulse of today's desire to I'D
farm lands may be seen to beat lll
columns of the local newspaper,
corGing sales of many tracts Of u
hanging from 16O to 1000 acres
Regina (Sask.) paper says, I'm 4
lands there Is so brisk a business
ing done that it might be consida
boom." Another paper reports
sale of section of raw prairie y
miles east of Regina for $35 an \
and 200 acres at $50 an acre.
rea!-estate firm handled In U
weeks time over $500 acres Of 4
lands, the turnover being upward
100000. An improved farm near
gina changed hands at SAT an .
For the first time In the histor!
the Moosejaw district farm land
been sold for 500 an acre, when ]
Cameron of Victoria, b. c., sold
a section. known as the Lett farm
John Logan. The farm was boug'
year ago for $S5 an acre and is i
ed three miles from the city. J
highly improved and has fine D
ingS."
An extract from a local paper y
The movement of farm lands Is o
Ing up well this season and ther
every indication that a large ara
prairie property will be turned
during the months intervening Be
seedtirue.
"The price received for farm 7
In each instance Is considered as :
particularly for unimproved raw
RE, and shows a considerable impr
n.ent on prices for similar props
sold during the years of the wal
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