Land Values Are Increasing 



Proven Productiveness of Montana Soil Results in Large Influx 



of Farmers Who Purchase Holdings at 



Bargain Counter Prices 



OUNTLESS FARMERS who have used their home- 

 stead rights or are in a position to buy farming 

 land outright are talking advantage of the com- 

 paratively low prices at which Montana lands are 

 held and are purchasing land here which, if 

 history is any precedent, is practically certain to 

 double in market value within the next few years. 

 When it is considered that farming lands in 

 the older states of the Union are selling at from 

 $100 to $200 per acre, and that land which will 

 actually produce more can be purchased in 

 Montana at from $10 to $40 per acre, the wisdom 

 of such a course becomes apparent. It is the 

 history of all farming countries that land values 

 are low in the beginning, but rapidly increase 

 in value as the country becomes more thickly 

 populated and as its productive power is proven. 

 This movement is already under way in 

 Montana. A few years ago, farms which are now held by their owners at from $25 

 to $40 per acre, could have been purchased and were purchased at prices ranging 

 from $1 upward. At that time, it should be remembered, the land was thought to be 

 fit for nothing but grazing, and there was but little demand for grazing land, because 

 there were millions of acres of free grazing land available for the flockmasters of the 

 state. As soon as the farmers l)egan to come in, however, land values began to 

 rise and that they will continue to rise for many years is the confident prediction of 

 every well informed man. 



Thousands of acres of good farming land are now being marketed by the Northern 

 Pacific railroad company, the Big Blackfoot Lumber company, and many of the larger 

 old-time ranching companies of the state. The Northern Pacific lands, in eastern 

 Montana, and the Big Blackfoot lands in the western part of the state, constitute an 

 empire in themselves, and they are now on the market at prices which are far below 

 their productive value. 



The Northern Pacific land and some of the larger ranches offer an exceptionally 

 fine opportunity for colonization, as in many cases they can be purchased in large, 

 compact bodies at prices which will yield a handsome profit to the man who will 

 undertake the development and colonization of them. Already there are several large 

 concerns operating along this line, and they have been uniformly successful. 



For a man with a little capital and the determination to build a home, the log- 

 ged-off lands of northwestern Montana offer a field of endeavor which in proportion 

 to the returns promised can scarcely be equalled. As is generally known, there are 

 thousands of acres of bench and valley lands from which timber has been removed, 

 leaving the stumps and undergrowth upon a soil which when cleared is of uniformly 



