Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1914 — Page 3

Join the Canadian Excursion July 7 . ■ . _ —— ■.. -•- ' ■ ' . ... • ■ . T ~ I-' '■ - ~ ]'■ ■ ” t - The first excursion from Rensselaer will be run July 7th to Calgary and intermediate points on the Canadian Pacific for the benefit of prospective settlers in that country. A special Pullman car will leave Rensselaer and the entire trip can be made in this car, meals being furnished in a diner attached. If you are intending to take the trip and have not already done so, leave your name with Theodore George, the local agent, as it is necessary to know how many are intending to take the trip before arrangements can be made for this car. A rate for the round trip to Calgary with stopovers at all points, good for 25 days, of $46.50 from Chicago has been made. The rate from Rensselaer will be slightly more. The rate for sleepers will be about $3.00 for upper berth and $4.00 for lower for the trip. At this rate the prospector will be able to return by way of Saskatoon through the Saskatchewan country. To those desiring to go simply to the Saskatchewan country the fare will be $37.50 with the same rate for sleepers. Agents of the company will meet the excursionists at their destination and convey them to the land free of charge.

“READY-MADE” FARMS What Xs a Beady-Made Farm?—A readymade farm Is a farm upon which the pioneer work has been done; a farm ready for occupation by the settler and his family, with operations advanced to the point where they will begin to turn an Income almost immediately. Indeed, the settler who is properly supplied with milch cows, hogs and poultry can make his farm revenue-producing trow the day he arrives on it. These farms, which are sold to married men only, consist of 160 oi» 320 acres each, and are laid out in colonies on lands which have been carefully selected with a view to their suitability for mixed farming. They are located within easy reach of markets, and as they are laid out in colonies, there is none of the loneliness of remote settlement. Indeed, the ready-made colonies are among the most closely settled agricultural districts in the provinces, a condition which contributes to the social advantages of the settler, and also to the economical maintenance of rural schools, churches, local improvements and telephones, On each farm a comfortable fourroomed house, built in cottage style, and of design which experience has shown to be best suited to the conditions of the country and the needs of the settler, is built. A substantial barn, to accommodate the horses and cows of the settler, is provided; the land is alt fenced; a well is dug and a pump installed, and an area of from 50 to 100 acres is brought ‘ 6 under cultivation. The prairie sod is first broken up, then disced and harrowed until it is in first-class condition for cropping. In the spring it is seeded with wheat, oats or barley, so that the settler arriving in summer finds his crop already under way. This en-. ables him to realize a crop the season of his arrival in the country; indeed, the settler arriving in mid-summer may commence almost at once with his harvest operations.— The—buildings and improvements on these farms have been found to cost from $2,250 upwards, and the actual expenditures (details of which

Thia Company la not urging l the settlement of a district etill in the frontier class. The Canadian West is law-abidinig, Godfearing, has an education system unexcelled, a constantly extending system of railways, and progressive city, town and rural governmental organizations. Few, even among the older settled districts, have more of the requisites necessary to the material, moral and mental development of a community than has Western Canada. In addition, and ot primary interest to the farmer, the Prairie Provinces offer lands, returning crops of wonderful yield and quality, at prices and terms unheard of in long-culti-vated districts. The Canadian Pacific Railway offers, at prices from ill per acre up, virgin lands .that .will give greater returns than many districts where farms sell for SIOO and over per acre. This Company sells farm lands to actual settlers only, on payments extending over a period of twenty years, also offering such settlers loans to the extent of $2,000 in farm buildings, fences, wells, etc., the loan also repayable in the twenty-year period. Interest on both purchases and loans is six per cent per annum. 12,000 LOAN FOR IMPROVEMENTS The $2,000 Loan to Settlers is absolutely the strongest, most positive and convincing answer that any one could ask to any and all questions as to the quality of the Canadian Pacific lands, and as to the profits that can be made in farming these lands. Think of this—if a farmer purchases 160 acres of these

- Personally conducted excursions leave Chicago on first and third Tuesdays of each month from Chicago to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sasketoon, Sask., and Calgary, Alberta. Tickets good for 25 days, allowing stop overs. , ’ • X*" , •<* A ’ , • ) ' 1 Write for Free Maps and Illustrated Literature to Theodore George, Agent, Rensselaer, Ind. Phone 18 or 345. Office with Rensselaer Republican. Address, P. O. Box 673.

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lands at S2O an acre, hie first payment on our twenty-year terms is only $1 an acre, or $l6O on 160 acres. Now, against this investment of only $l6O in the land, the Canadian Pacific is willing to prove its faith in the productiveness of the land by investing $2,000 in improvements on this land. And this investment is made absolutely without any security but the land itself and a cash payment of onetwentieth of the amount of the land and loan. In other words, for every dollar the farmer puts into the purchase of 160 acres o#> S2O land the first year, the Canadian Pacific stands ready to put $12.60 into improving the farm. Seeing this, can any reasonable man doubt that the soil of the lands offered is as rich or the profits that may be made are as great as the Canadian Pacific has always claimed they are? "Money talks” is a saying that may well be applied in this case. The money put up by the Canadian Pacific for farm improvements without outside security, speaks convincingly of the fertility of our lands. ADVANCE OF UVE STOCK ON LOAN BASIS The Company, in the case of the approved land purchaser who can give satisfactory evidence that he is in a position and has the knowledge to take care of his stock, will advance cattle, sheep and hogs up to the value of SI,OOO on a loan basis, so as to enable the settler to get started from the first on the right methods of mixed farming.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

HELPS TO SETTLERS, EXPERT ADVICE, PRIZE COMPETITIONS. The Canadian Pacific Railway does not lose interest in the settler when he has purchased land and settled thereon. The Company will supply the new-comer with seed of proved quality at cost prices, and, through its agricultural branch, will assist him to get the right kind of a start. At all times, experts of long experience in all branches of husbandry are at his command; market experts stand ready to advise him of the best.methods for disposing of his produce. The Company has under process of development demonstration farms at various points throughout the Prairie Provinces; these will be operated on a mixed farming system, and full accounts kept. The practical experts in charge of these farms are expected to make them pay; were this not so, little of real value would be demonstrated. The books are open for inspection, and the farm manager is always ready to give aid and advice. - The Agricultural and Animal Industry Branch and other branches are constantly carrying on competitions which are not only valuable for purposes of demonstration, but afford progressive fanners opportunity to acquire cash prizes. Among these are steerfeeding competitions for farmers' sons, competitions for raising the best wind-breaks, and for alfalfa culture. At various central points the Company will place hlgli-gnade bulls for service, the only charge being a negligible one which will go

to remunerate the caretaker. To farmers having quantities of feed on hand, the Company furnishes cattle, hogs and sheep at cost, making mutually satisfactory terms of payment. In conjunction with the provincial departments of agriculture, the Company runs agricultural demonstration trains, through the Prairie Provinces; the trains are in charge of experts, and lectures and demonstrations are given at central points. At some of its farms the Company has installed creameries, paying the highest cash price for milk brought in by farmers, and turning back the skim milk for feeding purposes. At certain points the Company has established egg circles, taking all eggs brought in by farmers, and paying cash for them. The Company is interesting itself in the formation of circles for the co-operative breeding, care, feeding and marketing of live stock. MIXED FARMING YIELDS GREATEST PROFITS The above is but a brief resume of some of the paternal policies by which the Canadian Pacific Railway betters the lot of settlers. Even a casual perusal pf them will show the reader that all efforts are being made to direct the agricultural activities of Western Canadian farmers toward a safe and sane system of mixed farming. Time and again it has been proven that such a system returns the greatest profits—and in what country or district could such a system be more profitable than in Western Canada? Here grains, roots, grasses, vegetables, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry all flourish and add to the far-

are furnished) on any certain farm is added to the price of the land, plus 5 pei» cent to cover cost of superintendence. The whole price of the farm is payable in twenty years, one-twentieth each year, with interest at 6 per cent per annum. This may look like a philanthropic scheme, and the shrewd farmer will ask himself. Why does the Canadian Pacific Railway go to all the expense and trouble of making these improvements, and then tuifn them over at cost to the farmer? The answer is that it is good business for the Company to have closely settled districts of farmers and their families along its line. The Company has absolute confidence in the fertility of its lands, and although it requires no security from the farmer other than his first payment (one-twen-tieth of the price), it is quite sure that the farmer, under such conditions, if he applies himself, will “make good,” and it knows that in the land it has perfect security for its investment. Although this policy works, put greatly to the advantage of the settler with small .capital, it is strictly a business undertaking from the point of vlevl ‘of the Company. Ready-made farms have been established In a number of colonies in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The location and number of available farms is constanly changing, and the intending purchaser should get in touch with the Company and make a personal visit to the available farms in which he may be Interested. In this connection it may- be explained that the Company nevei; sells a farm, either raw or unimproved, until after the settler has made a personal examination of it, by himself or accredited representative, and has expressed his satisfaction with it Readymade farms can be had either irrigated or non-irrigated. The price of the non-lrrigated land ranges from |ll.OO to $30.00 per acre; irrigated lands range from $35.00 to $70.00 per acre. In the case of a ready-made farm, the cost of the farm improvements, as above outlined, is added.

mer's bank account. Serious stock diseases are practically unknown, and millions of bushels of feed are exported yearly. And yet the Canadian West is today an importer, instead of an exporter, of live stock and dairy and poultry products; as a result, prices for crop on the hoof are high, making an exceptionally attractive market. To sum up, the Canadian Pacific Railway has no land for sale to speculators, but to actual settlers it offers fertile lands at low prices on twenty-year terms of payment. Interest at six per cent per annum. The Company will extend aid to the value of $2,000 for farm improvements, and advance live stock, in approved instances, up to a total value of SI,OOO and assist the settler in every possible way. The Company has never yet foreclosed on a farmer making an honest effort to get on his feet To the progressive farmer. Western Canada offers greater opportunity for advancement than any other district on the face of the earth. Western Canada’s best advertisement is the success that has attended the efforts of those already here. They are calling on their brothers to follow, and the results is strikingly shown in the ever-swelling flood of immigration which is pouring into these rich provinces from the leading agricultural countries of America and Europe. These settlers from the United States, the British Isles, and the hardy and progressive races of Northern Europe, coming in ever-increasing numbers, are the best evidence of the advantages which intelligent men and women find in Western Canada.