Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-01-06
NE CENSUS
OF CANADA
GROWTH IN TEN YEARS
PAST.

rsus of the Dominion OF Canada
- no made during 1911 1t will
..v that during the past decade a
, ,suarkable development has taken
,l,ce. and. when compared with the
,,o,ion. a greater percentage OF in
&c in industries of all kinds than
over been shown by any country.
c.mmerce. mining, agriculture and
.,,wavs have made a steady march
.rd The population will be con
s,aprably over 100000. Thousands
niles of railway lines have been
.,ruc,ion since the last census was
..tso ten years ago. This consiruc-
,oo was made necessary by the open
!, m of the new agricultural dis
- in Western Canada, in which
..o,e have been pouring year alter
lar an increasing number OF settlers,
.,,u the present year Will witness
.stlement of over 100000, or a trille
- than one-third of the immigration
;. the United States during the same
-.Sod with its 92,000,000 of popula-
...o Even with these hundreds OF
,.onsands of newcomers, the great
..iority of whom go upon the land,
,hs,s Is still available room for hun
s,ass of thousands additional. The
,srsus figures will therefore show "A
,r,at-a vast-increase in the num-
Ssr of farms under occupation. as well
.. IN the output of the farms. When
ne figures of the splendid immigra-
aon are added to the natural increase,
tho total will surprise even the most
o,tirnistic. To the excellent growth
hat the western portion OF Canada
vii show may largely be attributed
,he commercial and industrial growth
NJ the eastern portion of Canada. All
Canada is being upbuilded, and in this
transformation there is taking part
tbe 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 100 acres each have been
transferred to actual settlers in the
mast two years. This means $4,000
SQUARE miles Of territory. and then,
when Is added the 10000 160-acre pre-
emption blocks, there is an addisional
10000 square miles, or a total of 3d..
900 square miles-a territory as large
e the State of Indiana. and settled
within two years. Reduced to the
producing capacity imperative on the
cultivation restriction of 80 acres of
cultivation on each 160acre home.
stead within three years. there will
" within year and 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.
tnre In the Provinces of Monitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta was an
experiment. to many. There were
skeptics who could not believe that
Il 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
Tie hundrcds of thousands OF farmers
Is too overwhelming. Not only have
The lands of western Canada proven
thtr worth in the matter of raising
aH the smaller field grains. but for
nixed farming. and for cattle raising
nere Is no better country anywhere.
The climate is perfectly adapted to all
aese pursuits as we'll as admirable
Tor health. The Dominion government
bnrnture, descriptive of the country,
Is What all that are interested should
read. Send for copy TO the nearest
canadian government representative.