The Arvada enterprise., 1922-03-23
FARM CHEAP LAND
Why Western Canada Agricuitu.
rists Are Smiling.
Low Overhead Expense and Bountlfur
Crops havs Enabled Them to
Overcome Agricultural
osprsssion.

The recent agricultural depression
brought to the eyes VI tho. world the
fact tina, one OF Its basic Industries
was likely to suffer n severe blow un.
less steps We're taken to secure II REM
edy. Physician after physician up
piled remedies, but oven parliaimentn.
rtans and newspapers were unnbla
to place their finger on the pulse that
would respond. AS 1t appears todny.
It was spasmodlc wave due to tho
ebb and flow Of the tide Of readjust-
ment that was bound to follow u dis
turbnnce such MS the Great War
caused.
PsychOlOgica,ly It wna bound to
change; there was certain to be re-
fiex movement that would briRg agri-
cultural conditions back to the place
where they aOrmally and rightly I've
long.
Efficiency and sound business juds-
ment are needed more In agriculture
to-day than ever before and are a. i'm
pOrtant to the farmer ax to \ railroad
company. or to . great steel corpora.
tion.
The farmer must endeavOr to secure
an equal footing In the cOmpetltion
for \ lower cost Of production. In
Western Canada the farmer has come
through the dark era with that f0rti.
tude and determination ~ peculiar to
. new country. and 10 meeting the
changed situation With energy and
smile. In Western Canada the farmer
10 not hampered by an annual over
head expense Of heavy interest %
high-priced land. He In able to prs,-
duce at a minimum. because hts land
value seldom exceeds $50 an acre.
Owing to the fact that he II farming
land the pricc Of which In from 80
TO $50 an acre. producing crOpa oe
wheat running from 20 to 20 bushels
per acre. and other grains In proper
tion. he In able to produce at low.
cost. In addition to this. . fact whicA
should not be lost sight of. II the large
AREA that he can farm at low cost. CIV.
Ing him an added advantage In reduc-
ing the cost Of production.
The corn that the farmer fully sx.
pected to bring him over q dollar
bushel. he saw carried away to the
market, and bring back 10 or 10 cent
check. Wheat for the whole Of Can
ada averaged ~ cents 4 buHhei In 1871
a. compared with el.62 In 1920: oats
81 cents a. against - cents: barley
Il cents az against 83 cents. Othee
grim prices similarly fell. While
other parts Of the continent. whsro
grain.growinG Ia carried on. have suf.
fered In like manner BY denation 10
prices. they have had 10 face q mucA
higher cost In production. such ~ high
rents. hIRh.priced farms. and hisA
taxes. Farmers had calculated on ~.
ceiving war or nearly war figures for
their grain and therefore were amply
Justified In submitting to the tax that
soaring land prices set upon them.
Western Canada fortunately did not
suffer from inflated land prices. There
fore. when grain prices fell. the Losses
sustained were not ~ great: they did
not cut out the margin Of proht. u.
| ceptinR In @0me cases where some cii'
matte conditions caused II.
Why not tnke advantage Of tho
IlOmcseekers rate to any print In
Western Canada. Of return rate single
fare plus $500. and xet information
from the nearest Canadian Govern.
ment agcntf--Advcrtisement.