Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-07-07
WESTERN CANADA
BEYOND THE
PIONEER STAGE
liberty-Loving People Have All the
Liberty the Heart Can Desire
Under Canadian Laws.

vi COuulIlO1S III WCSISIA Sduduc. 1AS
following extracts will prove instruc-
tive reading to those who contem-
plate moving to Canada. The writer
speaks Of land at IS to SIS an acre.
AS a matter of fact, there is very
little land that can be had now at
less than SIS per acre, but when n
considers the productive qualities of
this land it is safe to say that in two
years time there will be little avail
able land to be had at less than $50
an acre. Already the free grant
lands in the open prairie districts
are becoming exhausted and the
homesteader has to go farther back
to the partially wooded areas. This
is no drawback, however. Some pre-
fer this land to the open prairie. A
recent publication, issued by the De-
partment of the Interior, Ottawa,
Canada, and which is forwarded free
to applicants by mail by any Of
the Canadian government agents
throughout the United States, says
of the neWly-opened distrlcts:
Water is always abundant, wood and
fuel are plentiful and the soil that
can grow the poplar and the willow
as we'll as the rich grasses that are
to be found there car be relied upon
to produce all the small varieties Of
grain with equal success. The New
York Commercial article referred to
deals more particularly with condi-
lions along the line of the Grand
/ TNr,,nJy DaafEa hIJt of ic cold Of
one line of railway may with truth
be said of the land and the conditions
along both the Canadian Northern
and the Canadian Pacific. The article
says:
at would be no exaggeration to
say that practically all the land along
the entire distance traversed by the
Grand Trunk Pacific system is capa-
BILE of furnishing homes to those who
engage in farming. The lands are of
three classes. They may be desig-
mated, first, as having special adap-
tation to the production of grain;
second, as having such adaptation to
mixed farming, of which live stock
will form an important feature, and
third, as being mainly adapted to the
production of live stock only. On
the third class of lands the area is
not very large, Of the second 1t is
much larger and Of the first 1t is
by far the largest.
Gas soon as mixed farming shall
be generally adopted, land that may
now be obtained for from IS to $1S
per acre, and even lands open now
to free homesteads, will sell for $50
to 800 per acre. This is not an ex-
travagant statement. In natural fer
tility these lands fully equal those
Of the American corn belt. In vari-
ETY. of production they excel them,
and yet the latter sell for $500 to
5000 per acre. In addition to the
grain crops now grown of wheat, oats,
barley and rye, much of the land will
grow winter wheat When properly
prepared. Eighty per cent, of the
land will grow clover and alfalfa. A
still larger percentage will grow field
peas, and the entire tillable area will
grow good crops of the cultivated
grasses, timothy. bronze grass and
western rye grass. With these ele-
ments what can prevent this region
: from becoming the main source of
food supply of the Empire and I'm
I perial d~ominions?"
Special stress is laid upon the edu'
. cational conditions. The writer says:
! "The foundation of the social fabric
; of the agricultural country may be
said to rest on the efficiency Of its
school system. Liberty-loving PEG
!, pie have all the liberty the heart car
l desire under Canadian laws. In thi:
regard Western Canada has a system
> of education based upon the best tha'
can be obtained from the United
States or Eastern Canada. It's schoo
system and regulations are second tt
none. Every boy or girl has a schoo
: house brought to his or her doorway
The government is most liberal in it
q support of higher education. In Win
nipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton ar
q to be found excellent colleges and unt
versities, so that the problem o
higher education is solved. The pre-
e vincial agricultural schools, locates
S at Winnipeg and Saskatoon, Civ
practical courses in scientific farm
ing, preparing graduates to take u
d the responsibilities of farm life.
e "The newcomer settling in thi
favored section will find the socia
conditions far beyond a pioneer stage
ID He will find helps on every hand. II
. stead of his going to the .~jumping-o
place. as is often supposed whe
"a thinking of Western Canada, he wi
er find himself surrounded by wonderft
re opportunities for social advancemer
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