The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-23
H CENSUS
OF CANADA
ITS GROWTH IN TEN YEAR,
PAST.

A census OF the Dominion OF CAnAd1
will be made during 1911. II WIZ
show that during the past decade q
remarkable development has ken
place, and, when compared with ms
population, a greater percentage OF N
crease in industries of all kinds than
has ever been shown by any country
Commerce, mining. agriculture ana
railways have made a steady mArob
onward. The population will be con-
siderably over 5000, 900. Thousands
of miles of railway lines have been
construction since the last census wD
taken ten years ago. This construo'
ton was made necessary by the open
ing up of the new agricultural dis
tricts in Western Canada, IN WHICH
there have been pouring year a1teS
year an increasing number or settierAS
until the present year will ltnesS
settlement of over 800, 600, or a trihe
less than one-third of the immigration
to the United States during the same
period with it's %, 700, 600 of populA~
ton. Even with these hundreds Ok
thousands of newcomers, the greaS
majority of whom go upon the land
there is still available room Tor mum
dreds of thousands additional. Inc
census figures will therefore show q
great-a vaSt-lncreaSe III the n0ns
Der OF farms under occupation, as WeA
as in the output of the farms. WheE
the figures of the splendid immlgr%s
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 attributes
the commercial and industrial GROWTH
of the eastern portion OF Canada. ALE
Canada is being upbuilQed, and In this
transformation there is taklng parf
the people from many countries. bus
only from those countries that pro
duce the strong and vigorous. Az
some evidence of the growth OF the
western portion of Canada, In agricub
tural industry, it is instructive TO-
point out that over 100, 1000 home
steads of 100 acres each have been
transferred to actual settlers in the
past two years. This means 25,OOC
square miles of territory, and then.
when is added the 10000 160-acre pro
emption blocks, there is an additionai
0,000 square miles, or a total OF $50
600 square miles-a territory as large
as the State of Indiana, and settled
within W. years. Reduced to the
producing capacity imperative on tbs
cultivation restriction Of so acres OF
cultivation on each 160acre home
stead within three years, there viii
be within a year and a half from now
upwards of 5000, 900 additional acree
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
tu1a in the Provinces of Monitoba-
Saskatchewan and Alberta was an
experiment to many. There were
skeptics who could not believe that
It was possible to grow thirty, forty
and ever fifty bushels of wheat to the
acre, or that as high as one hundred
and thirty bushels of oats to the acre
could be grown. The skeptics are not
to be found today. The evidence OF
the hundreds of thousands of farmers
Is too overwhelming. Not only have
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 to ali
these pursuits as we'll as admirable
for health. The Dominion governments
literature, descriptive of the country.
Is what all that are interested should
read. Send for a copy to the nearest
Canadian government representative