Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-31
TO TILL UNOCCUP|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 will shortly make an ap-
peal to place the unoccupied 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 un-
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 car 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 individ-
uals. These have been held for the
high prices that many would have
realized, but for the war and the tinan'
cial stringency. Now is the time to
buy; or if it is preferred advantage
might be taken of the offer of 16O
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 tc
continue as renters. They have some
mean as we'll as sufficient outfit to be
gin in a new country where all the
advantages are favorable. Many o.
the owners of ~unoccupied lands would
be willing to lease them on reasonable
terms. Then again, attention is draw
to the fact that Western Canada nun
bers amongst it's most successful farm
ers, artisans, business men, lawyers
doctors and many other professions
Farming today is a profession. 1t i
no longer accompanied by the drude
cry that we were acquainted with
generation ago. The fact that a ma
is not following a farming life today
does not preclude him from going O.
, a Western Canada farm tomorrow
and making a success of it. If he j
not in possession of Western Canad
land that he can convert into a farI
: he should secure some, make it
farm by equipping it and working
1 himself. The man who has been holt
+ ing his Western Canada land waitin
s for the profit he naturally expecte
e has been justified in doing SO. II
agricultural possibilities are certai
and sure If he has not realized il
mediately by making a sale, he shoul
not worry. But to let 1t lie idle is M
e good business. BY getting it place
under cultivation a greater profit wi
It come to him. Have it cultivated |
o working it himself, or get some goo
representative to do it. Set about &c
ting a purchaser, a renter or son
D. one to operate on shares.
The department of the Dominic
n Government having charge of the Il
# migration, through Mr.. w. D. SEQ
Superintendent at Ottawa, Canada,
directing the attention of non-reside
- owners of Western Canada lands
the fact that money will be made o
of farming these lands. The agen
of the Department, located at differe
4 points in the States, are rendering {
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