Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1915 — TO TILL UNOCCUPIED CANADIAN LANDS [ARTICLE]

TO TILL UNOCCUPIED CANADIAN LANDS

■ THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ASKING FOR INCREASED ACRE* AGE JN GRAIN, TO MEET EUROPEAN DEMAND. “ There are a 'Dumber of holders of land in Western Canada, living in the United States, to whom the Canadian Government will shortly make an appeal to place the unoccupied areas they are holding under cultivation. The lands are highly productive, but in a state of idleness they are not giving any revenue beyond the unearned increment and are not of the benefit to Canada that these lands could easily be made. It is pointed out that the demand for grains for years to come will cause good prices for all that can be produced. Not only will the price of grains be affected, but also will that of cattle, hogs and horses, in fact, everything that can be grown on the faTmß. When placed under proper cultivation, not the kind that is often * resorted to, which lessens yield and land values, many farms will pay for themselves in two or three years. Careful and intensive work is required, and if this is given in the.way it Is given to the high-priced lands of older settled countries, surprising results will fob low.

''There are those who are paying rent, who should not be doing so. They would do better to purchase lands in Western Canada“fet the present low price at which they are being offered by land companies or private individuals. These have been held for the high prices that many would have realized, but for the war and the financial stringency. Now is the time to buy; or if it is preferred advantage might be taken of the offer of 160 acres of land free that is made by the Dominion Government. The man who owns his farm has a life of independence. Then again there are those who are renting" who might wish to continue as renters. They have some meaps as well as sufficient outfit to begin in a new country where all the advantages are favourable. Many of the owners of unoccupied lands would be willing to lease them on reasonable terms. Then agaiq, attention is drawn to the fact that Western Canada numbers amongst its most successful farmers, artisans, business men, lawyers, doctors and many other professions. Farming today IS a profession. It is no longer accompanied by" the drudgery that we were acquainted with a generation ago. The fact that a man is not following a farming life today, does not preclude him from going on a Western Canada farm tomorrow, and making a success of it. If he is not in possession of Western Canada land that he can convert into a farm he should secure some, make it a ‘farm by equipping it and working it himself. The man who has been holding his Western Canada land waiting for the profit he naturally expected has been justified in doing so. Its' agricultural possibilities' are certain and sure. If he has not realized immediately by making a sale, he should not worry. But to let it lie idle is not good business. By getting it placed under cultivation a greater profit will come to him. Have it cultivated by working it himself, or get some good representative to do it Set about get* ting a purchaser, a renter or some one to operate on shares. The department of the Dominion Government having charge of the Immigration, through Mr. W. D. Scott, Superintendent at Ottawa, Canada, is directing the attention of non-resident owners of Western Canada lands to the fact that money will be made out of farming these lauds. The agents of the Department, located at different points in the States, are rendering assistance to this end. —Advertisement ...