Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1914 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Next Canadian Excursion Aug. 18 • ' . ■ * ' - t -- • . - • —• ... - -> - - ------ . ...—....... ... . . . ~ . . Quite a number have made arrangements to go to Canada on the next excursion, Tuesday, August 18th, as the farm work will be out of the way by that time. Come and join us at that time and see the Canada crops at their best. • • • - ’ ' . . o mJ? ' ■- ' x .

“READY-MADE” FARMS What X* a Beady-Made Farm?—A readymade farm Is a farm upon which the pioneer work has been done; a farm ready for occupation by ths 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 from the day he arrives on It. These farms, which are sold to married men only, consist of 160 or 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 10--cated 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 providedthe land is all fenced; a well is dug and a pump installed, and an area of from 50 to 100 acres is brought 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 enables 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 32,250 upwards, and the actual expenditures (details of which

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This Company is not urging the settlement of a district still in the frontier class. The Canadian West is law-abiding. 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 of primary interest to the farmer, the Prairie Provinces offer lands, returning crops of wonderful yield and quality, at prices and terms unheard pf in long-culti-vated districts. The Canadian Pacific Railway offers, at prices from *ll per acre up, virgin lands that will give greater returns than many districts where farms sell for *IOO 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. \ x 92,000 LOAN FOB, 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 fanning these lands. Think of this —if a farmer purchases 160 acres of these

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 ip 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 of 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-

lands at *2O an acre, his 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 of *2O 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 ottered 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 LIVE 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 *I,OOO on a loan basis, so ad to enable the settler to get started from the first on the right methods of mixed farming.

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 aft times, experts of long experience in all branches of husbandry are at his oomfi>and; r 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 farmers 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 high-grade bulls for service, the only charge being a negligible one which will go

Personally conducted excursions leave Chicago on first and third Tuesdays of each month to Calgary, Alberta Tickets good for 25 days, allowing stop overs. ♦ . I >. 1 A . z ■ . • - • • ■ I — —l - , i■■ ■ —— h**,' . , ' 1 Write for Free Maps and Illustrated Literature to Theodore George, Agent, Rensselaer, Ind. Phone 18 or 345. Office with Rensselaer Republican. Address, P.