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As fate would have it, one evening he found a           came up with the deposit on the land he wanted to
        quarter-section for sale in his former hometown         buy, and boarded a plane for the first time in his life

        of Sherwood Park, AB. Adjacent quarter sections         in order to close the deal at $2,100 per acre. When
        had sold for $2,500 per acre. At the time, Andrews’     he came home, he was able to resell at $2,500

        annual salary was $4,800, shy of the $6,000             per acre as he had anticipated, and the seeds of

        required deposit. Never to be discouraged, Andrews      Landrex were sown.




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