Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-29
THE CENSUS
OF CANADA,
re GROWTH IN TEN YEARS
PAST.


A census Of the Dominion Of Canada
WIN be made during 1911. II win
show that during the past decade Q
remarkable development has talEoB
place, and, when compared with the
population, 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 q steady march
onward. The population will be con-
siderably over 100000. Thousands
Of miles Of railway lines have been
construction since the last census was
taken ten years ago. This construc-
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 after
year an increasing number Of settlers.
until tho present year will witness
settlement Of over 100000, or q tribe
less than onethird Of the immigration
to the United States during the same
period with its 100000 Of popula-
ton. Even with these hundreds Of
thousands Of newcomers, the great
majority Of whom go upon the land.
there Il still available room for hun
dreds Of thousands additional. The
census figures will therefore show .
great-a vast-increase in the num-
Der Of farms under occupation, 40 well
&C in the output Of the farms. When
the figures Of the splendid immigra-
ton are added to the natural increase,
the total win surprise even the most
optimistic. To the excellent growth
that the western portion Of Canada
viii show may largely be attributed
the commercial and industrial growth
Of the eastern portion Of Canada. An
Canada IL being upbuilded, and in this
transformation there IL taking part
the people from many countries. but
only from those countries that pro
duce the strong and VigorouS. An
some evidence Of the growth Of the
western portion Of Canada, in agricul-
tural industry, It n instructive to
point out that over 100000 home
steads Of 100 acres each have been
transferred to actual settlers in the
past two years. This means $4,000
square miles Of territory, and then.
when 10 added the 10000 160-acre pre-
omption blocks, there Is I'm additional
10000 square miles. or q total Of S6.-
300 square miles-a territory as large
~ the State Of Indiana. and settled
within two years. Reduced to th0
producing capacity imperative on the
cultivation restriction Of so acres Of
cultivation on each 160acre home
stead within three years. there win
be within a year and a half from now
upwards Of 100000 additional acres
'rom this one source added to the en-
ire producing area Of the Provinces
If Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al
oerta.
In 1901, at the time Of the last
,ensus Of Canada. successful agricul-
ure in the Provinces Of Monitobas
and Alberta was an
experiment. to many. There were
Ikeptics who Ia not believe that
was possible to grow thirty. forty
md even nifty bushels Of wheat to the
lcre, or that as high as one hundred
md thirty bushels Of oats>to the acre
,ould be grown. The skeptics are NOT
o be found today. The evidence Of
he hundreds of thousands Of farmers
5 too overwhelming. Not only have
he lands Of western Canada proven
heir worth in the matter Of RAISING
IL the smaller field grains. but for
mixed farming, and for cattle raising
here IL no better country anywhere
The climate 10 perfectly adapted to an
hese pursuits as well as admirable
or health. The Dominion government
literature, descriptive Of the country
) what all that are interested shoul4
cad. Send for a copy to the neareSa
government Representatives