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Burlington Farmers
? Will Benefit Most
By Better Prices
When the upturn comes in prices of farm
products, where will you be?
Will you be a farm renter turning over a
-- ?ood share of your crop to the landlord, or
will you be operating some $250 an acre
farm, struggling with your overhead and
,;: wonderiny if the cost of production will be
greater than your income?
Before you find yourself in cither of these
situations visit the Burlington country. It
will enable you to determine your future
course, to make an intelligent forecast of
" your probable farming success, and the time
- to give this consideration is now.
The following editorial reproduced by
. . courtesy of Capper's Farmer possesses sig
nificance to the far-sighted land investor:
The Way the Wind Blows
Farm commodity prices are bound to get
better. We fear to prophesy as much as
does anyone who tries to keep a decent re
' ?ard for truth, but we believe that some-
body ought to be saying this, so we say it.
It is difficult to imagine anyone who could
not see this very apparent fact. Prices for
farm stuff are going to be better, materially
so. You couldn't prevent it if you tried.
V In this respect we prefer to take the come
back of the sheep and wool market and the
; prices for hogs as evidence rather than to
juggle with economic records. Buyers have
. been wading through snowdrifts out in Idaho
and Wyoming buying wool that won't be off
the sheep's backs until June or July. Hogs
, have been climbing steadily for some time.
A big spring pig crop no doubt will make hogs
cheaper next winter, but even at that they
very likely will be making a profit from corn
.' for the man who raises them.
Coming back to economic records for fur
" ther indications of the way the wind is blow
; in?, the United States Department of Agri
" culture says that 10 crops decreased $21.22,
or 59 per cent, an acre from 1919 to 1921.
' These 10 crops constitute nine-tenths of all
American agricultural production. In 1919
they were worth $35.74 an acre. In 1921
' they had dropped to $14.52 an acre. At the
, close of the Civil War these same crops were
valued at $14 an acre and they declined to
$8, about 40 per cent, but they were until
1896 in reaching the bottom of the decline.
After that farm products prices advanced to
- $16.49 in 1913 and touched the peak, $35.74,
in 1919.
It is quite popular to chart our after-war
course now by what happened following the
Civil War. It is a most inaccurate and un-
- reasoning thing to do. Conditions of our own
country and of the whole world are wholly
different from what they were after the Civil
' War. And wholly unlike conditions cannot
produce like results in economics and trade
' any more than they can in making a cake or
mixing concrete. But there is one most
cheerful fact in the comparison of values by
the Department of Agriculture. That is that
it took 32 years, until 1896. for farm prices
to reach the bottom after the Civil War, but
following the World War it required only
:hree years for farm prices to hit bottom.
And that is what has happened. We're going
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A Suggestion to Auto Tourists
If you are interested in land investments, here is a suggestion that will be approved by any Auto Club
along your route. Cross over and get on the nationally known Pike's Peak "Ocean-to-Ocean" Highway,
which follows the main line of the Rock Island Railroad across the country through Colorado. This is
one of the best kept highways in the United States, and once a tourist has traveled this route he will
choose no other.
Good Accommodations at Burlington
Arrange to spend a night at Burlington. You will find a good hotel, and it is then a leisurely drive to
Denver or Colorado Springs. You will have an opportunity to see the wonderful crops that are now in
the making in the Burlington District.
A cordial welcome will be given you by the business and social interests of the city. You will learn
that the phrase, "Truth in Advertising," as applied to the claims of the Burlington developers, has a
genuine meaning. ,
Iowa and Nebraska Well Represented
Don't make any superficial or surface inspection of the country. Find out who the land owners are,
where they come from. You will learn they hail from such widely scattered Nebraska counties as Kim
ball, Cheyenne, Red Willow, Custer, Holt.'Madidon, Cumings, Burt, Butler, Saunders, Jefferson in
fact, all over the state. Iowa and other states also c laim their share of land owners.
All of this indicates an appreciation of the country from farmers and investors in both high and low
priced land farming sections-r-and from the corn farmer as well as the big scale wheat farmer.
Observe the Crops
The small grain harvest will soon start. Notice the stands of wheat, corn, alfalfa, milo, kaffir, Su
dan grass and similar forage crops, the pinto beans and garden vegetables. Visit some of the finest pure
bred live stock farms in Eastern Colorado. Find out what the hog raiser thinks about the climate. Your
friends will probably ask you about Burlington be prepared to tell them.
Through Lean and Fat Years
Burlington Developers Believe
In Burlington District
The original development of the Burlington District started back in
1916. At that time none of those interested foresaw the tremendous boom
to land sales and farming activity that accompanied the high prices for
farm products during 1918-19. They based their original belief in its
future on the normal prices for farm products, on the normal demand then
existing for good low-priced farm land.
Nor did they foresee the depression that was coming in 1920 and 1921.
with its low prices for farm products and lack of active interest in land
investments. Men with less confidence at the approach of this period
would have abandoned the country with the first signs of the storm, but tho
Burlington developers were something more than fair weather sailors.
Today, 1922, finds them in a more optimistic frame of mind regarding
its future than at similar time during its development. No more remark
able tribute to a new country can be given than the steadfast devotion of the
group of Burlington business men to furthering colonization work in their
country. It is a guarantee to the prospective investor that men with vision,
courage and energy are back of his undertakings in the Burlington district.
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Location
Burlington is 413 miles
from Omaha, 167 miles
from Denver. On the
main line of the Rock
Island, Omaha to Den
ver and Colorado
Springs, also Kansas
City to Denver. A few
hours' ride enables the
Burlington resident to
spend Sunday in the
Rocky Mountains or
view the Pike's Peak
country.
See the Harvest at Burlington
$16.78 RoundTrip From Omaha
By special arrangement with the Rock Island Railroad, the Burlington
District Board has secured low homsseekers' rate to Burlington. It is ef
fective from Omaha and points East for the first and third Tuesdays of
each month, next date being July 4th. It applies to parties of five. The
cost is one fare plus $2.00, making the rate from Omaha $16.78. See the
harvest soon to start.
Burlington Publicity Board
This publicity campaign is being conducted and paid for by the fol
lowing, all of whom maintain offices and live at Burlington, Colo. They
welcome inquiries from those sincerely interested in getting a farm home
or a safe investment.
Erwin Land Co.
Bentley Land Co.
F. A. King & Co.
Fundingsland Inv. Co.
A. W. Winegar
Powell Land Co.
Swenson Land Co.
A. P. Tone Wilson Jr. Land Co.
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