Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-31
To TILL UHOCCUP|ED
CANADIAN LANDS
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
ASKING FOR INCREASED ACRE
AGE IN GRAIN, TO MEET
EUROPEAN DEMAND.

There are a number of holders of
land in Western Canada, living in the
United States, to whom the Canadian
Government viii shortly make an ap-
peal TO place the Hnoccupied areas
they are holding under cultivation.
The lands are highly productive, but
in a state of idleness they are not
giving any revenue beyond the I'M
earned increment and are not of the
benefit to Canada that these lands
could easily be made 1t 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 years. Careful and in
tensive work is required, and if this
is given in the way it is given to the
high-priced 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 in
Western Canada at the present low
price at which they are being offered
by land companies or private indlvld-
uals. These have been held for the
high prices that many would have
realized, but for the war and the finan-
cial stringency Now is the time to
buy; or if it is preferred advantage
might be taken Of the offer of $50
acres of land free that is made by the
Dominion Government. The man who
owns his farm has a 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 in a new country where all the
advantages are favorable. 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 its most successful farm
ers, artisans, business men, lawyers,
doctors and many other professions.
Farming today is a profession. 1t is
no longer accom- panied by the drudg-
cry that we were acquainted with
generation ago. The fact that a 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 in possession OF Western Canada
land that he can convert into farm
he should secure some, make it a
farm by equipping it and working it
himself. The man who has been hold
ing his Western Canada land waiting
for the profit he naturally expected
has been justified in doing So Its
agricultural possibilities are certain
and sure. If he has not realized i'm
mediately by making a sale, he should
not worry. But to let it lie idle is not
under cultivation greater profit will
come to him. Have it cultivated by
working it himself, or get some good
representative to do it. Set about get
ting purchaser, renter or some
one to operate on shares.
The department of the Dominion
Government having charge of the I'm
migration, through Mr.. w. D. Scott.
superintendent at Ottawa, Canada, is
directing 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-Advertisemen