Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-30
THE CANADIANS
To BE NUMBERED
CENSUS WILL BE TAKEN nUK.
ING COMING YEAR,
POPULATION IS S,OOO.OOO
There Il Yet Room for Hundred. of
Thousands of Farm
Settlers.

Quebec Dec. ga census Of the
Dominion OF Canada viii be made
during the past decade a remark
able development has yakfn place,
and, when compared with the popula-
tion, greater percentage of Iu-
crease Of industries of all kinds than
has ever been shown by any country.
Comcmrce, mining, agriculture ana
railways have a steady march OIL
ward, The population viii be con-
siderably over 5000, O00. Thousands
of miles OF railway lines have been
constructed since the Lass census was
taken taken years ago. This construc
tion was made necessary by the
opening up Of new agricultural dis
tricts in Western Canada, In which
there have been pouring year after
year an increasing number Of settlers.
until the present year viii witness
settlement Of over 100000 or trifle
less than one-third of the immigra-
ton to the United States during the
same period with it's $4,000, 600 OF
population, Even with these hund-
reds of thousands Of newcomers, the
great majority Of whom go upon the
land, there Is SIN available room for
hundreds or thousands additional
The census figures win therefore show
great--a vast-increase in the mum
her Of farms under occupation, As
well as in the output Of the farms.
When the figures OF the splendid i'm
migration are added TO the natural in
crease, the total will surprise even
the most optimistic. To the excel
lent growth that the western portion
of Canada will show may largely be
attributed the commercial and indus
trial growth of the eastern portion Of
Canada. All Canada is being upbuild-
ed, and in this transformation there
is taking part the people from many
countries, but only from those coun.
tries, that produce the strong ana Wig
orous. As some evidence of the
growth OF the western portion Of San.
ada, IN agricultural industry, IL is in
structive to point out that over 1OO,.
coo hOmesteads OF 100 acres each
have been transferred to actual set
tiers In the past two years. Ths
means 5000 square miles of terri--
tory and then, when is added the 40
600 160-acre preemption blocks there
is an additional 10000 square miles,
or total Of 35, 900 square miles of
territory as large as the State OF In
diana, and settled within two years.
Reduced to the producing capacity i'm
perative on the cultivation restric-
ton OF so acres Of cultivation on each
160-acre homestead within three
years, there will be within a year and
Il half from now upwards Of 5000 600
additional acres from this one source
added to the entire producing area
Of tho Proyidences OF Manitoba, Sas-
halNatchcwan and Alberta.
In 1901, at the time Of the last Gene
turo in the Provinces of Manitoba
Saskatchewan and Alberta was am
experiment to many. There were
sSeptics who could not believe that
II was possible to grow thirty, forty
and even fifty bushels of wheat %
the acre, or that as high as one hun
dred and thirty bushels OF oats to the
acre could be grown. The skeptiCs
are not 10 be found today. The cyi-
dence of tho hundreds Of thousands
Of farmers is too overwhelming Not
only have the lands Of Western Cam
ada 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 couu-
try anywhere. The climate Is per
fectly adapted to all these pursuits
as well as admirable for health. The
Dominion government literature, de-
scriptive OF the country, is what all
that are Interested should reaG Send
for q copy to the nearest Canadian
government rcprespntatiVe