Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1910 — LAND IN CANADA AN INVESTMENT [ARTICLE]

LAND IN CANADA AN INVESTMENT

WORK IT, AND SECURE 20 PER CENT. ON THE EXPENDITURE. Farm lands in Canada increased in value this Spring from fifteen to twenty per cent, gfed as a result of this increase thousands of those who have gone there within the past few years have had that much more value added to their holdings. There is proof here that as a field for investment there is nowhere to be found a more profitable one than In purchasing farm lands in Canada. And, as a field for occupation and working the farms there is nowhere on the continent where more satisfactory return is given. The crops are always sure and the prices are always good. With railroads entering and traversing all the settled parts, there are very few districts In which the farmer will be more than from ten to twelve miles from a railway station. Roads are good, and big loads are easily handled. The price of getting grain to the prfe mary market Is low on this account, and then in reaching the world's markets the railways have their rates oontrolled by the Government, and what may be considered a fair deal Is certain. Godd prices for all kinds of grain is the rule, and If the Investor has made good money by the increased value given to his unworked land, it is not difficult to understand that the profit to the man who works his land is Just that much more, and there will be no depreciation. The man who holds a free homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he got for $lO as an entry fee, has land which at its lowest estimate Is worth $lO an acre—yes, sls an acre —the moment he has completed his three years’ residence duties. It will continue to increase In value until its earning power gives a reasonable interest on a certain sum. That is. If he takes off the land fifteen to twenty dollars per acre clear profit year, his land is worth to him, at a fair rate of Interest, S2OO an acre. If he only realises $lO an acre clear profit, it is worth >IOO per acre. Now, thousands of farmers are duplicating these figures. The price of land in Canada to-day Is much less than its realising value. The fact that the fifty thousand Americans who went to Canada year before last were followed by one hundred thousand last year offers some evidence, and good evidence, too, that there is getting to be a pretty fair knowledge that money Is to be made in Canada lands. As an investment money Is to be made, but more by living upon the land, secured either by homestead or purchase. The one hundred thousand of last year will be one hundred and fifty thousand this year. These comprise people from every State in the Union, and it is just being realized the asset that awaits the homeseeker in Canada. The large numbers that have gone, though, makes no appreciable difference in the supply of land. There Is still left vaet quantities of the best of it But the longer a, delay is made in arriving at a decision, the price will advance proportionately, and the more desirable homesteads near the railway lines become more difficult to secure? The Government publishes interesting literature, which may be had on application to any of the agents whose offices are located at different points through the States, and they (the agents) will be pleased to assist in any way possible in the choice of location. _