Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1919 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

SECUR E FARM NOW Western Canada Offers Opportunity to the Ambitious. , "•! M I /'!'■ ~jl ■ -- - ' Fertile Land at Moderate Cbst, With Social and Other Advantages That Mean So Much, Will Soon Be Taken Up. * 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 by any ambitious settler who wished to become his own landholder, but the rapid increase in population, combined u ith the corresponding rise in the price of land, has completely changed this condition. Land which a generation ago might be had for homesteading, now commands prices ranging to SIOO an acre and over. At such prices it is quite hopeless for the ■city man with limited capital, to attempt to buy a farm of his own. To pay for it becomes a lifelong task, and the probability is that be will never do more than meet the interest charges. If he is seriotfe in his desires to secure a farm home he must look to countries where there is still abundant fertile land available at moderate cost, and where thbse lands are to be purchased on terms which make it possible, for the settler with smalt 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 lawsr currency, weights and measures, etc., based on the same principles as those with which he is familiar. He wants a country where he can buy land from S2O to S4O an acre which will produce as big or bigger crops as those he has been accustomed to from lands at SIOO an acre. He wants this land where social conditions will be attractive to himself and family, and where he can look forward with confidence to being tn a few years independent, and well started on the road to financial success.

All these conditions he will find in western Canada. The provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba provide the one and only answer -to the land-hungry. The land is there; it is the kind of land he wants; the conditions are as nearly ideal as is possible, and the prices and terms are such that the man of moderate capital has an opportunity not available to him elsewhere. Land values are going to,increase, but it will largely depend on how well the soil can be used., and the modern farmer is using it each year to better advantage. But thdse who are on th! ground and come closest to the heart of the farming sections are convinced that no material decrease in value is in sight. Indeed, they are almost unanimous in believing that we shall see . a strong real estate market for fertile land, with prices maintained; and as developmentarid further equipments are added the prices on the open market may be expected to show a further increase as the years go on—up to the limit of income plus what men are willing to pay to possess an attractive home. Someone once said: “Never sell short on the United States. You will lose every time.” And this applies to those who are Inclined to believe that the future of farm values is in doubt. The American farmer is going forward, not backward, and the same may be said of the Canadian farmer. —Advertisement.

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