The Virginia enterprise., 1910-12-30
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lt1E CENSUS
OF CANADA
yTS GROWTH IN TEN YEARS.
PAST.

A census of the Dominion of Canada
will be made during 1911. 1t will
show that during the past decade a
remarkable development has taken
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 a 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-
tion 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 the present year will witness
settlement of over 100000, or a tri1s
less than one-third Of the immigration
to the United States during the same
period with its 92.000,oo0 of popula'
ton. Even with these hundreds OF
thousands Of newcomers, the great
majority of whom go upon the land,
there is still available room for hun.
dreds Of thousands additional. The
census figures will therefore show q
great-a vast-increase in the mum.
ber of farms under occupation. as well
as in the output Of the farms. When
the figures Of the splendid 1mm1gra
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 agricul
tural industry, it is instructive to
point out that over 100000 home
steads Of 160 acres each have been
transferred to actual settlers in the
past two years. This means $4,000
square miles of territory, and then
when Is added the 100000 160-acre pre-
emptiOn blocks, there is an additional
10000 square miles, or a total of 35,.
900 square miles-a territory as large
as the State of Indiana, and settled
within two years. Reduced to the
rroI,,oir,o o;f S,,,~ %hn
cultivation restriction of so acres OF
cultivation on each 160-acre home.
stead within three years, there will
be within a year and a half from now
upwards of 100000 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 agricul.
ture 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 even 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 all
these pursuits as we'll as admirable
for health. The Dominion government
literature, descriptive Of the country,
is what all that are interested should
read. Send for a copy to the nearest
Canadian government representative