Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1917 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

FARM UM IN DEMAND IN WESTERN CANADA ■ Extraordinary Inducements Being Offered. Previous articles have dealt with the necessity of producing extra quantities of foods to feed the world during this stress of high consumption and paucity of production. Instead of the conditionlmproving it is growing worse, and unless drastic and immediate action is taken, prices will continue to climb higher. It is hoped by the Canadian government that by- offering extra inducements to secure a homestead of 160 acres of excellent land in the homesteading areas of Western Canada, with the combined effort of the farmer in extraordinary preparation of Ullage and bigger wages than ever, that Western Canada, with the assistance of a Divine Providence, may pro- i duce a greater number of million acres of wheat than ever in the past. The farm laborer can now secure a homestead on easier conditions than ever before. All the time that he works for a Western Canadian farmer during 1917, after he makes his entry or filing will count as residence on his homestead for that year, leaving him but two additional years’ residence, before getting title to a piece of land that should then be easily worth $1,600. The response to this offer has been wonderful, and hundreds have already taken advantage of it. The climate of Western Canada is one that breeds energy, instils life and buoyancy, and with the soil that the country possesses, no greater asset could be desired. The country is past the pioneering stage; its ability to grow all the smaller grains better than any other portion of the continent has been proven'so often that it seems a waste of time to speak of It. The high name that has been given the country -tn the splendid class of live stock that it raises, has placed it in the high column with the best states of the Union. And then social conditions, something that every housewife asks about, are as nearly perfect as could be wished for. Thousands of miles of telephone line connect the remotest hamlet with the principal cities of the country and continent, miles of excellent graded roads, as well as the perfect natural roads of the prairie, make driving and hauling easy. Gridlroned as these provinces are with railway lines bring the farm near to Atlantic or Pacific. or United States markets, rural mail delivery brings the settler still Closer to the homes - abroad. —Rural and consolidated schools everywhere are easy adjuncts to the colleges and universities, which are . said to be among the best on the continent. Taxation is light, and only applied ..on the farm land, eattle-, iaeplements,etc., on the farm being exempt. Many farmers, having realized sufficient from one crop of wheat to pay for their entire farm holdings, have installed their own electric light and heatln# plants, have their automobiles and many luxuries they would not have possessed on their old home abroad. Life is comfortable and existence enjoyable in Western Canada. In no country is there a greater percentage of contented farmers, and in no part of the—contioenb -farming easier or more profitable.' Land there will produce 30 bushels of wheat to the acre, while there are many cases where the yield was higher, as high as 70 bushels. What this means to the farm laborer does not fully appear on the surface. He will get good wages, he cah secure a homestead worth at the end of three yetys about $1,600. while working for wages he can put in residence duties, and can also look around, and find a good location. "* Besides the homesteadjng attraction of Western Canada, there remains the other fact that other lands can be , purchased at from sls to S3O, while improved farms may be had at reasonable figures. The desire to have a piece of land of one’s own is a natural instinct in the heart of eVery properly developed man and woman. In earlier years, on account of the great areas of land available In the United States, no great difficulty was experienced Uy any ambitious seftler of that country who wished to become his own landholder, but the rapid Increase In population, combined with the corresponding rise in the price of land, has completely changed this condition. Land, which a geperation ago might be had for the homesteading, now commands prices ranging to SIOO an acre and over. At such prices it is quite hopeless for the tenant farmer or the farmer’s son in moderate circpmstan ces, or the -city- ma n with llniited capital, to attempt to buy a farm of his own. To pay for it becomes a life-long taste, and the probability is that he will never do more than meet the interest charges. If he Is serious in his desire to secure a farm home, he must look to countries where there •is still abundant fertile land available at moderate cost, and where these lands are to be purchased on terms which make it possible for the settler with small capital to become a farm owner as the result of a few years’ labor. He will also want land in a country where the practices of the people are similar to those to which he has been accustomed; a country with the same \ language, same religion, same general habits of living, with laws, currency, weights and measures, etc., based on the same principles as those with which, he is familiar. He wants ■ft country where he can buy land fronaslo.oo to $30.00 an acre, which will produce as big or bigger crops as those