Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-01
CORN PLANTING IS
OVER
THAT CANADIAN TRIP sHolu =
NOW BE TAKEN,

If you had intended going To Gan
ada for the purpose of purchasiro
land on which to establish a home ana
accompanying some land comnanv
whose holdings you proposed to lool[
over or to go up on your own account
to select one hundred and sixty acres
of land free, you should DELAY M.
longer. Complaining is over, yonT-
wheat crop is we'll ahead, and Won
have few weeks time before you are.
required in the fields again. Now
make your intended trip. Reports
at hand show that the crop prospecte
In Canada were never better than
they are today. The cool weather has
not affected the crop. but if anything
1t has been benefit. There has been
plenty OF moisture and those who.
have had their land properly prepare
look upon this year as likely to % ope
OF the best they have had. 4 great
many are going up this season WIN.
expect to pay two or three dollars an
acre more than they were asked to-
pay last year. Others who wish tn
homestead are prepared to go farther
from the line of railway than would
have been necessary last year. Still
1t is worth 1t. So 1t will be with Won
Next year lands will be higher-priced
and homesteads less accessible. There,
is wonderful tide of immigration to
Central Canada now. 1t is expected
that one hundred and fifty thousand
new settlers from the United States
will be numbered by the end of the,
present year, an increase of fifty per-
cent over last year. In addition to,
this there will be upwards of one
hundred thousand from the old coun-
try, which does not include those
who may come from the northern
countries of the Continent. These all
intend to settle upon the land The.
reader does not require an answer to.
the questions, why do they do it?".
why are they going there in such
large numbers?" Western Canada is.
no longer an experiment. The fact
that one hundred and fifty million
bushels of wheat were raised there,
last year as against ninety-flve mil
lions the year previous, shows that
the tiller Of the soil in Central Canada
is making money and it is safe to say
that he is making more money than
can be made anywhere else on the.
Continent In the growing of grains.
He gets good prices, he has a sure and
heavy crop, he enjoys splendid rail-
way privileges, and he has also the.
advantages of schools and churches
and such other social life as may be,
found anywhere. 1t is difficult to say
what district Is the best. Some are.
preferred to Others because there are.
friends already established The
Grand Trunk Pacific, on its way
across the Continent, is opening up a
splendid tract of land, which is being
taken up rapidly. The other railways
the Canadian Pacific and Canadian
Northern are extending branch lines,
into parts inaccessible a couple Of
years ago. With a perfect network
of railways covering a large area Of
the agricultural lands it is not diff
cult to secure location. Any agent
of the Canadian Government will be
pleased to render you assistance by
advice and suggestion, and n good
plan is to write or call upon him.
The Government has located these
agents at convenient points through
out the States, and their Offices are.
well equipped with full supply Of
maps and literature.