Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . mer feels with the merchantthat the load is sufficient until a crop isassured. Our opinion is the farmer real-ly needs some goods but will not buy untilhe can see his way reasonably clear tomake payment in the fall, and the merch-ant is not trying to encourage buying inthe face of such conditions. Our pros-pects at the present time are of the verybest, with easily 25 per cent, more sown,and the land in far better shape thanprevious years, with about 50 per cent,more sown on summer fallow. Farmers Spending Lavishly in FarmEquipment B. Siovici, Neudorf, Sask., e
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . mer feels with the merchantthat the load is sufficient until a crop isassured. Our opinion is the farmer real-ly needs some goods but will not buy untilhe can see his way reasonably clear tomake payment in the fall, and the merch-ant is not trying to encourage buying inthe face of such conditions. Our pros-pects at the present time are of the verybest, with easily 25 per cent, more sown,and the land in far better shape thanprevious years, with about 50 per cent,more sown on summer fallow. Farmers Spending Lavishly in FarmEquipment B. Siovici, Neudorf, Sask., expects agreat year if help is available. The crop outlook in this district, hestated, is very good; there has beenmore seeding and better work in the dis-trict than ever before. There have been a number of landpurchases from the land companies thisyear and this land is at present beingput under cultivation. Farmers are spending more moneythis year than any year previous, butmost of same is for farm implements and 44 May 24, J My belief is that the coming year willbe a good year if only help is procurable;we have suffered no shortage in help hereyet, but a number of the boys have comeunder the present Military Service Act,and the rest of the family are old peopleand may give up farming if the boys arenot exempted. If help is plentiful in this district wemay see one of the best years this dis-trict has yet known. Jampolsky & Sangursky, Dysart, Sask.,are of the opinion that the pi-ospects areconsiderably better than they were lastyear. George Dobson, Tessier, Sask., speaksof the prospects as good, and R. , Ponteix, Sask., changes thephrase but not the idea by describing theyears prospect as one of the best. Al-bert A. Barrett, Conquest, Sask., speaksof a better business and a brighter pros-pect. McLeod Bros., Primate, Sask.,state that they are looking forward to agood year. Spending Money Freely on Supplies McConnell Bros., Elstow, Sask., writeof an increased turn
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