The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-04-07
FARM CHEAP LAND
Why Western Canada Aqricultu-.
rists Are Smiling.
Low Overhead Expense and oountifuI
Crops Have Enabled Them to
Overcome Agricultural
Depression.

The recent agricultural depression
brought to the eyes of the world the
fact that one Of its basic industries
was likely to suffer severe blow un.
less steps were taken to secure rem
edy. Physician after physician az.
piled remedies, but even parliamenta.
rians and newspapers were unable
to place their finger on the pulse that
would respond. As it appears today.
1t was spasmOdic wave due to the
ebb anu flow Of the tide of readjust.
,nent that was bound to follow u dis.
turbance such as the Great War
caused.
PsychOlOgically It was bound tn
change: there was certain to he Il re-.
fiex movement that would bring agri.
cultural conditions back to the place
where they normally and rightly be.
long.
Efficiency and sound business judg.
ment are needed more in agriculture
today than ever before and are as i'm.
portnnt t. the farmer as to railroad
company, or to Il great steel corpora.
ton.
The farmer must endeavOr to secure
an equal footing in the competition
for Il lower cost of production. In
through the dark era with that fOrti.
tude and determination SO peculiar tn
q new country. and is meeting the
changed situation with energy and II
smile. In Western Canada the farmer
is not hampered by an annual over.
head expense of heavy interest on
high-priced land. He Is able to pro-
duce at minimum. because his land
value seldom exceeds $50 IN acre.
Owing to the fact that he is farming
land the price of which Is from $25
to $50 an acre. producing crops Of
wheat running from 20 to 40 bushels
per acre. and other grains in proper.
ton. he is able to produce Mt u low
cost. In addition to this, a fact which
should not be lost sight Of. Is the large
area that he can farm ut low cost. Civ
ing him an added advantage in re,luc
ing the cost If production.
The corn that the farmer fully ex-
pected tn bring him over Il dollar II
buShel he saw carried away to the
market. and bring back Il 30 or 40 cent
check. Wheat for the whole of Can
ada averaged Sc cents Il bushel in 1921
as compared with S1.62 in 1920: oats
81 cents rs against 53 cents: barley
~ cents as against 81 cents. Other
grain prices similarly fell. While
other parts Of the continent, where
grain-growing is carried on. have suf
fered in like manner by deflation in
prices. they have had to face much
higher cost in production. such as high
rents. high-priced farms, and high
taxes Farmers had calculated on re-
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 We're not so great: they did
not cut out the margin of profit, ex-
cepting in some cases where some eli
matte conditions caused it.
Why not take advantage Of the
HOmeseekers' rate to any point in
Western Canada, Of return rate single
fare plus $500. and get information
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