Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1917 — BIG BUSH NOW ON [ARTICLE]

BIG BUSH NOW ON

For Western Canada and the 160-Acre Homesteads. - , "In a war like this, they also serve and serve effectively who till the fields and gardens. "It cannot be repeated too often that the world needs every ounce of food it can produce this year, and that the growers of that food are sure of good prices. When men now of middle age were casting their first ballot, ‘dollar wheat’ was the farmer’s ideal of prosperity. Today, we have two-doliar wheat, with other grains and meats and vegetables In proportion; and indications ' that any shift from these prices is as likely to be up as down. “Every acre must work. The farmer who Increases his crops is performing a national service, as well as assuring prosperity for himself. There cannot be too much, a united and consistent effort is made, there will not be enough.”—Chicago Journal Now that the United States has Joined with the Allies, the sentiment of the past has merged into the personal interest of the present. The duty of the loyal and patriotic citizen Is to bend every effort to bring the great World’s War to a satisfactory conclusion, to assist in all ways the forces that have been fighting at tremendous odds the giant power of autocracy. Victory is now assured; the union of the great fighting force of the United States navy, its military, its financial co-operation, its full and complete sympathy, will eventually bring about a peace that will be solid and lasting. Canada, just across the border line, that has no mark of fortification, no signs of defense, welcomes the assistance that the United States is rendering, welcomes this new partner into the arena that is battling for a disruption of the forces that breed and beget tyranny and oppression, and fighting for a democratic and free world. What a sight it will be to see the American and the Canadian, with the Stars and Stripes and the Maple Leaf of Canada emblazoned in one fold and entwined in their effort to rid the world of an Incubus that has disregarded all laws—human and divine.

There is a necessity for the greatest effort ever was made, not only on the battle .fields of Europe, not only on the mined and submarined seas, but in carrying out on the peaceful fields of agriculture, the plans so urgently requested by those at the head of the departments of resources. The recent reports by the Government show a great falling off in the amount of grain that may be expected from the crop as of recent date, being only a little over 60 per cent, 16 per cent less than the average. Every patriotic American will bctod all his effort towards increasing this. He may not shoulder a musket, but he can handle a hoe, he can drive a team and manage a plow. He will be doing yeoman service in this way, and assist in a wonderful manner the man who is fighting in the trenches. If he does not now own a piece of land, by all means get one—rent it, buy it—get it There is lot of vacant land that will give ample return for his labor.

The desire to possess a home, to improve it and to prosper, is natural to every American, and today unprecedented offers are being made to secure the residence of the home hunter. The war condition is draining the continent of its foodstuffs and economists are endeavoring to meet the rapid depletion of the nation’s stores of grain and other farm products. Western Canada has proven her claim to being the natural producer of economically grown foodstuffs and is endeavoring to overcome a world’s shortage in necessities by offering her lands, practically free, to anyone who will take them and produce. Labor is scarce in Canada, and is now being bonused. Good wages are offered and the time a farm hand Is drawing pay in 1917. is considered by the Canadian Government, the same as residence duties on one of the free 160acre farms, that this Government Is giving away, in order to settle the fertile prairies and bring about within a few years a half billion ahnual crop Of wheat. v

The most conclusive evidence is available to any inquirer, that Western Canada farm lands will produce more wheat of a better quality and at a lower cost of production per acre than has heretofore been known in graingrowing countries. It is no idle statement to say that yields of fifty bushels to the acre of wheat are grown in Canada; the statement is made in all seriousness and Is backed up by the letters and-affidavits of reliable farmers in Western Canada. are enjoying the same home comforts that their neighbors to the south participate; they have the same good houses, the same good horses and cattle, the same good roads and communication, as well as the same good social conditions, and. best of all, they own their land and what they earn they own for themselves, being a foundation for greater wealth and independence.—Advertisement.