The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-05

Why Western carada AgricuItu-
rlstS Are Smiling.
Low Overhead Expense sno BounsifuI
Crops Have Enabled Them to
Overcome Agricultural
Depression.

The recent agricultural depression
brought 10 the eyes of the world h
fact that one of its basic Industries
WAS like To suffer a severe blow IN
less step. were taken 10 secure a rem
edy. Physician after physician APP
piled remedies. but even parliamenta-
rianS and newspapers were unable
10 place their finger on the pulse that
would respond. A it appears today.
II was a spasnodic wave IN To the
ebb and flow of the tide of readjust-
ment that was bound To follow a dis
turbance such as the Great War
RAISED.
Psy~chOlogicaIly it was bound To
change; there was certain To he a re-
fiex movement that would bring agri-
cultural conditions back tO the place
where they normally and rightly he
long.
Efficiency md sound business judg.
ment are needed more in agriculture
today than ever before and are as i'm
portant to the farmer rs TO a railroad
company, or 10 a great steel corpora
tiOn.
The farmer must endeavor 70 secure
an equal footing in the competition
for n lower cos of production. In
Western Canada the farmer has come
through the dark era with that forti-
tude and determination 50 peculiar TO
"a new country. and is meeting tho
changed situation with energy and a
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 M a 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 so
10 $50 an acre. producing crops of
wheat running from 20 to 40 bushels
per acre. and other grains i'm proper
ton. he is able to produce at a low
cost. In addition to this. Il fact which
should not be lost sight Of. is 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 ex-
Dttith ~ UItliS MN oNti a oitt "a
buShel. he saw carried away To the
market. and bring back a 30 or 40 cent
check. Wheat for the whole of Can
ada averaged So cents Il hushel in 1921
as compared with S1.62 i'm 1920: oats
- cents rs against - tents barley
AZ cents as against So cents. Other
grain prices similarly fell. While
other parts of the continent. where
gr~ain-growing is carried on, have suf-
fered in like name by deflatiGn in
prices. they have had To face a 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 i'm submitting to he 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 81 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
H-omeseekers' rate To my point in
Western Canada. of return rate single
fare plus $500. and get information
from the nearest Canadian Govern
ment agent?-AdvertiSement.
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