Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-03-12
nIrcTFRN CANADA'S
PHENOM ENAL
DEVELOP MENT
:. srsMANENcY VERY LITTLE
10 QUESTIONED.

-,.o have been booms in almost
lI r civilized country and they were
H5i! mon as such, and in the course
W. an,e the bubble was pricked and
y hurst But in no country has the
w @y.,onment been as great nor as
u ~ whether in city or in country,
l's western Canada. There may
-otimes be found one who will say
- W. e Iast?" Winnipeg, today, stands
,s-e Chicago stands as far as be
!. tba base Of the great commercial
" agricultural country lying a
49, miles back of it. 1t has an
.srantage that Chicago did not have,
=. N country in the worlds history
y, ottraeted to it's borders a larger
.rnbar of settlers in so short time,
:. has attracted so much wealth in
,.,iod Of equal length, as have the
canadian prairies. Never before has
,ioneering been accomplished under
,,naitioDs so favorable as those that
,vIst IN Western Canada today.
The provinces of Manitoba, Sas-
,,tcbewan, and Alberta have the
breest area Of desirable lands on the
North American Continent, and their
cultivation has just begun.
Even with a two hundred million
susbel wheat crop less than eight per
.sDt of the land is under the plough,
hur Uer cent. being in wheat. Less
tssn five years ago the wheat crop
Vas only seventy-one million bushels
Is simple calculation to estimate
that if four per. cent. of the available
eltivable area produces something
over two hundred million bushels,
what will forty-four per cent. produce?
And then look at the immigration that
& coming into the country. In 1901
was 49.149; 1900 being from the
United States. In 1906 it was $1,000,
Of which $1,000 were Americans, and
IN 1912 it was about 100000, Of which
about 100000 are Americans. In the
three years prior to 1912, there were
%SS59 persons who declared them
selves for Canada, who brought into
Canada in cash, bank drafts, stock,
indictments and effects over $3.50, 000,-
900. Why have they gone to Canada?
The American farmer is a man of
shrewd business instincts, and when
he finds that he can sell his own farm
at from 500 to $500 per acre and move
into Canada and homestead 100 acres
for himself, and similarly for all his
sons who are adult and of age, upon
lands as rich and fertile as those he
had left, and producing, indeed, sew
aal bushels to the acre in excess Of
anything he has ever known, it will
take more than an ordinary effort to
prevent him from making the change.
He can also purchase good lands at
from $12 to $25 per acre.
And, then, too, there is the Ameri-
can capital following the capital of
Drawn, muscle and sinew, following it
50 as to keep in touch with the indus
triOus farmer with which he has had
dealings for years back. This capital
and the capital of farming experience
IS no small matter in the building up
Of country.
VIII Western Canada's development
continue? Why not? The total area
Of land reported as available for Gull
tiVatiOn is estimated as 21S,000,000
acres; only fifteen per cent. of this is
under cultivation. Nothing is said Of
the great mineral and forest wealth,
Of which but little has yet been
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