Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-12-31
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CANADIAN LANDS
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
ASKING FOR INCREASED ACRE.
AGE IN GRAIN, TO MEET
EUROPEAN DEMAND.

There are a,number of holders OF
land i'm Western Canada, living in the
United States, to whom the Canadian
Government will shortly make an APP
peal to place the unoccuped areas
they are holding under cultivation.
The lands are highly productive, but
in state OF idleness they are not
giving any revenue beyond the un-
earned increment and are not OF the
benefit to Canada that these lands
could easily be made Ii is pointed
out that the demand for grains for
years to come will cause good prices
for all that can be produced. Not
only will the price of grains be af-
fected. but also will that of cattle.
hogs and horses, in fact everything
that can be grown on the farms. When
placed under proper cultivation. not
the Kind that is often resorted to,
which lessons yield and land values,
many farms will pay for themselves in
two or three wears. Careful and in
tensive work is required and if this
is given in the way it is given To the
high-prced lands of older settled
countries, surprising results will fol-
low.
There are those who are paying rent,
who should not be doing So They
would do better to purchase lands i'm
Western Canada at the present low
Ia; ah
by land companies or private individ-
uals. These have been held for the
high prices that many would have
realized. but for the war and the linan
cial stringency. Now is the time to
buy; or if it is preferred advantage
might he taken of the offer of 100
acres OF land free that is made by the
Dominion Government The man who
owns his farm has Il life of indepen-
dence. Then again there are those
who are renting who might wish to
continue as renters. They have some
means as we'll as sufficient outfit to be-
gin i'm new country where all the
advantages are favourable. Many of
the owners of unoccupied lands would
be willing to lease them on reasonable
terms. Then again, attention is drawn
to the fact that Western Canada num-
bers amongst it's most successful farm
ers artisans business men, lawyers,
doctors and many other professions.
Farming today is profession 1t is
no longer accompanied by the drudg
cry that we We're acquainted with
generation ago. The fact that man
is not following farming life today,
does not preclude him from going on
a Western Canada farm tomorrow,
and making a success of it. If he is
not i'm possession of Western Canada
land that he can convert into farm
he should secure some, make it
farm by equipping it and working it
The man who has been hold
ing his Western Canada land waiting
has been justified in doing so Its
agricultural possibilities are certain
and sure. III he has not realized inn
by making a sale, he should
not worry. But to let it lie idle is not
good business. BY getting it placed
under. cultivation a greater profit will
come TO him. Have it cultivated by
it himself. or get some good
to do it. Set about get
ting purchaser, 4 renter or some
one to operate on shares
The department of the Dominion
having charge of the I'M
migration. through Mr.. w. ID. Scott.
at Ottawa. Canada, is
the attention of nonresident
owners of Western Canada lands to
the fact that money will be made out
of farming these lands. The agents
of the Department. located at different
points in the States. are rendering as
sistance to this end. Advertisement