The Forrest City times., 1910-12-23
THE CENSUS
 OF CANADA
ITS GROWTH IN TEN YEARS
 PAST.

4 census of the Dominion of Canada
 will be made during 1911. It VIII
 show that during the past decade
 remarkable development has taken
 place. and, when compared with the
 population, a greater percentage of in crease in industries of all kinds than
 has ever been shown by any country.
 Commerce, mining, agriculture and
 railways have made steady march
 onward The population will be con sidefably over S,000,000. Thousands of niles of railway lines have been
 construction since the last census vas
 taken ten years ago. This eeHatrae- uon was made necessary by the open ing =up of the new agricultural dis tricts in Western Canada. in which
 there have been pouring year aster year all increasing number oI settlers. until the present year will witness
 settlement of oyer 00.000, TT a trlHe less than one-third Of the immigration
 
 period with it's @ 100000 of ropuIa. tlon Even with these hundreds of
 thousands of newcomers, tha great majority of whom go upon thc land, there is still available room for huu. dreds Of thousands additional. The census figures will therefore show d great--a vast-increase in the nun. Der of farms under occupation, Us vel as in the output of the farms When
 the figures of the splendid immlgra- ton are added to the natural increase
 the total will surprise even the most
 optimistic. To the excellent growth that the western portion of Canada
 will show may largely be attributed
 the commercial and industrial growth
 Of the eastern portion Of Canada All
 Canada is being upbuilded and in this
 transformation there Is taking part
 the people from many countries. but
 only from those countries that pro
 duce the strong and vigorous As| some evidence Of the growth Of The western portion of Canada. in agfieua- tural industry, it is instructive to
 point out that over 100000 home. steads of 160 acres each have been transferred to actual settlers ill the past two years. This means 25000 square miles of territory. and then. when is added the 40 900 l60-acre pre- emption blocks, there is an additional 10000 square miles, or total of 35.- Goo square miles-a territory as large as the State of Indiana, and settled within two years. Reduced to the producing capacity imperative on the cultivation restriction of 90 acres ot cultivation on each 160-aere home stead within three years. there will be within year and a half from now upwards of 5000, ,00G additional acres from this one source added to the en- tire producing area of the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al. berta.
 In 1901, at the time of the last census of Canada, successful agricui l ture in the Provinces of Monitoba, 1 Saskatchewan and Alberta was an experiment to many. There were | skeptics who could not believe that | 1t was possible to grow thirty, forty ! and even fifty bushels of wheat to the | acre, or that as high as one hundred i, and thirty bushels of oats to the acre | could be grown. The skeptics are not ! to be found today. The evidence oi ! the hundreds of thousands of farmers | is too overwhelming. Not only have 1 the lands of western Canada proven | their worth in the matter of raising | all the smaller field grains. but for | mixed farming, and for cattle raising | there is no better country anywhere | The climate is perfectly adapted 10 all [ these pursuits as well as admirable | for health. The Dominion government | literature, descriptive of the country, [ is what all that are interested shog!d [ read. Send for a copy 10 the nearest | Canadian government representative |