The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-25
WHY | EMIGRATED"
kE MOTIFS or A PROMINENT
|OURRALisT WHO MADE n
4 TvsP THRouoH WESTERN
CANADA.

20, scna0 time ago, made q journey
rough Canada obtaining q thorough
pOwisAgs Of the land and people and
ths sbOundIess possibilities' that
.nadA. the virgin land, affords. In
American Sunday newspaper hs
uhlished after his return the interest
account which we print az fol-
.vs- He writes:
why did you emigrate from thu
uted statesf. ! asked a farmer Ii
Eesbern Canada. ny
I believe that for a poor man West
Ia Canada IL the most favorable
ma WAS the reply, "and I have now
und that Il u the Paradise OF the
por.
Tho farmer. a pioneer or the west,
Va i've years earlier left Iowa for
hnada TO secure q new home there
ltter traversing the country for some
tme, he started his home on the open
rdrie and with steady industry de-
pted himself to the working OF the
trxin soil Now he is the wellto-da
twn0r OF that endless sea OF waving
pheat ears that goes on for miles be,
re my eyes. His strong, sunburned
aplre finds the best background ii hia
hrm itself. which is the outcome OF
be- c~easeless activity--a pretty two
tOrsed dwelling house. a large clean
table, In the midst OF a hamlet OF
barns, sheds and outbuildings, a use
i garden Overlooking with products;
horses, cattle, sheep and swine on the
hch pastures, and around to the hori-
|pn wheat, golden wheat.
TN Iowa?" the farmer continued. II
|hrrned on rented land, for at the price
n 500 per acre / did not possess
honey enough to buy i might farm.
! might farm as I could, more than the
for myself and family, / could
bot attain, Sometimes the harvest
turned out good, sometimes bad, but
be grand total was a bitter combat to
teep want from the door. It was i'm
possible to lay by foe bad times and
n spite Of all trouble and work an old
age free Of care was not to be
thought Of. My death would have
brought bitter poverty to my wife and
children.
Il decided to breakup and go to
Canada, where at least / could fight
out the struggle for existence on my
Swn land. ! started out with a mule
team, all my earthly possessions were
b the prairie schooner with my wife
and children. Then / took up a home
stead or 100 acres to which / added
By purchase gradually; now as a
whole I'count about 1900 acres as my
The whole property is free OF
dSbt / do not owe a cent to anyone.
! bought my land for $3.50 per acre,
now ! would not give 1t up for $50"
do you mea to say that you paid
Dor the whole land in the five years?"
interrupted.
In a much shorter time" replied
he farmer. "The land paid for itself,
some already by the first harvest, and
longest in 8 years each field had
brought In It's purchase price. II you
doubt that land in Western Canada
pays for itself within 3 years you can
EASILY convince yourself of the truth
II my assertion. Let US assume that
1 farmer buys a farm Of 100 A. at SIS
per a. for $2,40O.. Farm machines.
seed, ploughs, moving and ~threshing
might bring up the outlay to about
10 per acre. If the farmer sows the
LOO "A. for 3 years in succession with
wheat and harvests 20 bus. per acre,
hen the product Of an A. at the aver.
lSe price Of 75c per blu. is exactly Sic
per acre. II you deduct the $40 out.
you viii retain a clear return of
800, For 100 A. the annual excess
amounts to $500, consequently the
arm has after the third harvest
brought In the purchase price Of
Ia,40O. .l... ... .....
"Sometimes-and not rarely-the
and pays for itself by the first harvest
II 85 bus. Of wheat bring in more than
no purchase price Of SIS per acre.
A In some years I harvested more
han SIS bus, you can reckon for your,
'elf how quickly l paid for my farm"
Would you not prefer your own
arm In Iowa." ! asked.
mo-" replied the farmer, never
vim / 90 back, in general very few
settlers return to the old
lome. In IoDa a 160 A. farm costs
400 per A., $4,000; in Western Can
lda $15, only $2,400. For the same
money that you require to buy a 100
\. farm In Iowa, you can buy here In
Western Canada p farm Of 1000 acres.
have money enough to buy a farm In
owa, IL I wished. But there my year,
y income would be a small one,
whereas here l work for a great gain.
There / would only be a small farmer,
/ am a large landed proprietor"
In a corner Of the farmyard ! had
Turing our conversation noticed a
mound OF earth overgrown with
and wild flowers. To my In
fuiry as to what 1t was, I ] received the
eply: 'That is the ruin Of the wooden
hack covered with sods, which / cali
"a my home when l settled here ive
ago. {
i gathered a wild aster from the
uins and flung 1t into the air. In a pur-