The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-12-31
TO TILL UNOCCUPIED
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 pace 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 grOwr 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 Sr three years Careful and in
tensile work is required, and if this
is giten in the way it is given to the
high-hriced lands of older settled
counties. surprising results will fol-
low
hare are those who are paying rent.
who Fhould not be doing so. They
would do better to purchase lands in
Western Canada at the present low
price lat 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 10
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
OWLS 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 well as sufficient outfit to be-
gin in 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 accompanied by the drudg-
hnf uvif n
generation ago The fact that a man
is not following a farming life today,
does not preclude him from going on
Il Western Canada farm tomorrow,
and making a success OF it, II he is
not in possession of Western Canada
land that he can convert into a 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
| has been justified in doing so. It's
agricultural possibilities are certain
and sure. If he has not realized i'm
/ mediately by making sale. he should
not worry But to let it lie idle is not
good business. By getting it placed
under cultivation u greater profit will
come to him Have it cultivated by
working it himself or get some good
/ representative 10 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
I points in the States, are rendering as
sistance TO this end.-AdvertisemenI.