Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1917 — MORE WHEAT, MORE CATHE, MORE HOGS [ARTICLE]

MORE WHEAT, MORE CATHE, MORE HOGS

Land Values Sure to Advance Because of Indreasing Demand for Farm Products^ ;. , y-j _ ' v . • •' - _ S The cry from countries abroad for more of the necessaries of life is acute today; tomorrow it will be still more insistent, and there will be no letup after the war. This is the day for the farmer, the day that he is coming into his own. He is gradually becoming .the dictator as it becomes more apparent that upon his industry depends the- great problem of feeding a great world. The farmer of Canada and the United States has it within himself to hold the position that stress of circumstances has lifted him into today. The conditions abroad are such that the utmost dependence will rest upon the farmers of this continent for some time after the war, and for this reason there is no hesitation in making the statement that war’s demands are, and for a long time will be, tnexttaostitJtertratrthe claims that will be made upon the soil will with difficulty be met. There are today 25,000,000 men in the fighting ranks in thp old world. The best of authority gives 75 per cent and over as having been drawn from the farms. There is therefore nearly 75 per cent of the land formerly tilled now being unwOrked. Much of this land is today In a devastated condition and if the war should epd tomorrow It will take years t®. bring it back to its former producing capacity. * Instead of the farmer produceiTf>roducing, he has become a consumer, making the strain upon those who have been left to do the farming a very difficult one. There may be agitation as to the high cost of livihg, and doubtless there is reason for ~lt in many cases. The middleman may boost the prices, combines may*organize to elevate the cost, but one cannot get away from the fact that the demand regulates- the supply, and the suppfy regulates the price. The price of wheat —in fact, all grains—as well as cattle, will remain high for some time, and the low price* that have prevailed will not come again for some time. After the war the demand for cattle, not alone for beef, but for stock pur-

poses, to replenish the exhausted herds •• of Europe, will be keen. Farm , educators and advisers are telling you to prepare for this emergency. How much better It can be done on the low-priced lands of today, on lands that cost from ten to twenty dollars per acre, than It __ can on two and three hundred-dollar-an-acre land. The lands of Western Canada meet all the requirements. They are productive in every sense of the word. The best of grasses can be grown with abundant yields and" the grain can be produced from these soils that beats the world, and the same may be said of cattle and horses. The climate is all that is required. Those who are competent to Judge claim that land prices will rise In value from twenty To fifty per cent. This is “looked for. in Western Canada, where lands are decidedly cheap today, and those who are fortunate enmigh to secure now will realize wonderfully by means of such an investment. The land that the Dominion Government is giving away as free homesteads in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are of a high class; they are abundant in every constituent that gees to make the most productive soils. The yields of wheat, oats and barley that have been grown on these lands gives the best evidence of their productiveness, and when backed up by the experience of the thousands of settlers from the United States who have worked them and become wealthy upon them,' little more should he required to convince those who are "seeking a home, even with limited means, that nowhere can they secure anything that will better equip them to become one of tho army of Industry to assist in taking care of the problem of feeding the world. These lands are free; but to those who desire larger holdings than 160 acres there are the railroad companies and land corporations from whom purchase can be made at reasonable prices, aqd information can bo secured from the Canadian government agent, whose advertisement appears elsewhere In this paper.—Advertisement _