Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-12-31
To TILL UN0CCUP|ED
CANADIAN LANDS
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
ASKING FOR INCREASED ACRE.
AGE IN GRAIN, TO MEET
EUROPEAN DEMAND.

There are n number of holders of
land in Western Canada, living In the
United States, to whom the Canadian
Government will shortly make an APP
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, 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 forthemselves in
two or three years. Careful and in
tensive work is required, and IL 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 finan
cial stringency. Now is the time tC
buy; or If it is preferred advantage
might be taken of the offer of 16(
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 t
continue as renters. They have som,
means as well as sufficient outfit to be
| gin in new country where all thu
advantages are favorable. Many o
the owners Of unoccupied lands would
be willing to lease them on reasonabl,
| terms. Then again, attention Is draw
to the fact that Western Canada mum
bers amongst its most successful farm
ers, artisans, business men, lawyers
doctors and many other professions
Farming today is profession. 1t Il
no longer aceomganied BY the drudG
cry that we were acquainted with
| generation ago. The fact that q maj
is not following farming life today
does not preclude him from going Of
Western Canada farm tomorrow
and making a success OF II. II he 1
not in possession of Western Canad
land that he can convert into a farI
he should secure some, make 1t
farm by equipping 1t and working |
himself. The man who has been hole
ing his Western Canada land waitin
for the profit he naturally expects
has been justified in doing so. II
agricultural possibilities are certai
and sure. If he has not realized in
mediately by making sale, he shout
not worry. But to let it lie idle is no
good business. BY getting 1t place
under cultivation a greater profit wi
come to him. Have II cultivated b
working it himself, or get some goo
representative to do it. Set about ge
ting purchaser, a renter or som
one to operate on shares.
The department of the Dominic
Government having charge of the In
migration, through Mr.. w. ID. Scot
Superintendent at Ottawa, Canada,
directing the attention Of non-resider
owners OF Western Canada lands I
the fact that money will be made OF
OF farming these lands. The agent
OF the Department, located at difYerer
points In the States. are rendering al
sistance to this nd.-Advertlsemen