Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1918 — WHERE FARMING IS PROFITABLE [ARTICLE]

WHERE FARMING IS PROFITABLE

Tli? Future ,f pfe^tPipiMf. V-J.. >.• ifWft * ,i Some Idea of the great wealth Oft the Western Canada farmer ,«< ® a view a few years ago Is now help Hi l* lsed. The amount received .frdl W e sale of wheat, oats, barley; Hat* d rye in 1917 Was $270,000,000. whl aSHe sales of livi stock at Winnipeg a§* e netted $40,000,000 additional. QfH*» sum hogs alone gave over elevjpßH' Hon dollars. The increases at Pilgßfy and Edmonton were over 6%, piw n dollars. rj |f H ■ This money; so easily earned, Ing spent In Improvements toj property, purchasing additional? (Bid, buying tractors, automobiles, apcfiimproving home conditions, 1 Pforllng ‘pleCtrlc steam beat, nCWj lHoitore, pianos, buying Victory bw. paying, pp old debts, etc. ); Hi Over five hundred tractors w« rt S" d In Southern Alberta In 191' .jwne Implement agent reports that tlaßlncrease In his business In lPir.Bw that of 1916, was equal to thje Htal business In 1915. It Is the saide Bpy all over the country. And It lfjjfyt this evidence alone which proyejjfh e advancement and growth of fhte, ■pee pralrte provinces, but the lafgcfel n ~ crease In the number of Improvement In the extept. of Ihiflj'M' tlvafed areas and agricultural, biHnction;the Increase In valpe of oyer 1916 was *77,000.000. • ! TWs wonderful pr<qjress ttjat has been, made in Agriculture In VUestem Canada is but the beginning which marks the future of the greatejst agricultural country oh the continent, showing a future of great possibilities. ThCre are millions of acres yet unttited, and 6f land as good as! any of. that which Is now giving Its owners a return.of from twenty to 'thlftyj dollars an, apre, figures that In many cases the copt of the land,, jvlth all cultivation costs Included. ,It| Is true that the cost of production has Increased during ,the past few years, bnt the. .price of the product has also Increased to a figure which leaves a, large balance: to she credit of the producer. !

The following table shows how this works odt. 1913 : 1917 ’ Price Price FARM NEEDS. "In bus: In bn*. Machinery— . Wheat! wheat Self hinder .. r .. ...... 160 100 Mower ..., 70 38 6. H. P. ggs egging.. f .,. 250 , M 2 Seed drill ....... 122 60 Cream separator ....... 87 38 Building— , ; • k V,' nil: j • Bathroom, sink and septic . ■:. * - ■in tank .. i .....-.'. 300 ii 127 Pressure tank system... 156 118 Steel shingled, per 100 1 sq.ft. 7 j ; 4 Lumber, per 1,000 ft. 1 Hemlock .1. 28 17 Pitt© •• f • \ Bricks, per M.,.,....... 16 8 Cement, per 350 lt)*.,.. Pi 2.5,, j 1.2 Steel fence, 40, r0d5..... 15 10 Paint, per 10 ga15...... 25 \ 19 Pianos 440 , 216 Clothing and Food — Sugar, per cwt......... 6.2 4.9 Cottonseed, per t0n..... 50 | 24 Linseed, per*t0n........ 'SO ; , 25 Blue serge 5uit...•;.... 31 17 , u ’Percentage increases ar& shown .too In another way, leading to the same conclusion, from consultation j of the of -Bator’* jewiew of prftes. asjthe Index .number of normal production In the decade- from 1890 to 1900. the Increases irf 7)f fafm pfddtfcts have slightly outdistanced the Increases In •Ms needs. _ Pet. O. > N ' 1913 1916 1917 Inc. Grains and fodder. 138 200 280 103 Animals and meats.l76 213 293 66 Dairy produce ... *145 184 229 ,58 Bldg, materials ~.143 179 229 68 House fur’sh’gs.. .126 163 205 64 Implements .......105 139 199 90 —Advertisement. ■><