The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-03-23
FARM CHEAP LAND.
Why Western Canada AgricuItu-
rists Are Smiling.
lew Overhead Expense and Bountifu'
Crops Have Enabled Them to
Overcome Agricultural
Depression.

The pscsnt agricultural depression
brought 10 the eyes Of the world the
fact that ons OF It's basic Industries
was likely TO suffer II severe blow un-
less steps were taken to secure u rem
edy. Physician after physician ap'
piled remedies, but even parIiaInenta-
rians and newspapers IRE unable
20 place their finger on the pulse y 4
would respond. AS It appears today,
Il was a spasmodic wave due TO the
ebb and flow OF the tide Of readJust-
ment that was bound to follow a dis
tnrbance such AZ the Great War
caused.
Psychologicaliy IT was bound to
change: there was certain TO be a 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 Inn
portnnt 10 the farmer as 10 a railrond
company, or to a great steel corpora
a1on.
The farmer must endcSvsf TO secure
al equal footing In the competition
for a lower cos Of production. In
Western Canada the farmer has come
through the dark era with that forti-
tnde and determination SO peculiar to
a new country. and IL meeting the
changed situation with energy and a
smile. In Western CanadT the farmer
Is not hampered by nm annual over
high-prlced land. He rs able 10 pro-
duce at q minimum. because his land
value seldom exceeds 500 an acre.
CeSing TO the fact that be is farming
hand the price of which is from Se5
20 $50 an acre, producing crops OF
wheat running from 20 TO 40 bushels
per acre, and other grains In proper
Sion, he Is able to produce at a low
cost. In addition 10 this. q fact which
should not he lost sight OF, Is the large
area that he cnn farm at how cost. Civ
ING him Nh added advantage in reduc-
Ing the cost OF production.
The corn that the farmer fuIly ex-
pected to bring him over q dollar a
bushel. he saw carried away to the
market, and bring back a 30 or 40 rent
check. Wheat for the whole Of Can
ada averaged SO cents n hrShel in 1921
as compared with $1.G9 In 1920: oats
81 cents as against SO cents; barley
At cents ms against So cents other
grain prices similarly fell. While
other parts OF the continent. where
krnIn-gfow,ng is cerrisd on. have suf-
fered In IKE manner by d~efiatIon In
prices. they have had TO face a much
Higher cost In production. such as high
Eents, hieh-priced farms, and high
taxes. Farmers had calculated ON re-
eeiving war or nearly war figures for
their grain and therefore were amply
justified IN xubmlttin. 10 the tax thar
soaring land prices set upon them.
Western Canada fortunately did not
suffer from inflated land prices. There
fere. when grain prices fell. the losses
sustained were not 30 great; they did
cut o.: the margin " profit. eS-
eepting In some cases where some eli
matte conditions caused It..
Why not take advantage OF the
Homeseekers' rate 10 any point in
Western Canada. Of retura rate single
fare plus $500. and get information
from the nearest Canadtan Govern
meAt agent Observation-Disclosures.