The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-01-08
TO TILL UNOCCUP|ED
CANADIAN LANDS
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
ASKING FOR INCREASED ACRE
AGE IN GRAIN, TO MEET
EUROPEAN DEMAND.

There are number of holders OF
land In Western Canada, living in tho
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 state Of idleness they. are not
giving any revenue beyond the I'M
earned increment and are not of the
benef1t 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 viii pay for themselves 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 hands 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-
mol hoJI Fn~ hn
high prices that many would have
realized, but for the war and the fnan-
cial strfngency. Now is the time to
buy; or II 1t Is preferred advantage
might be taken Of the offer of 100
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 favourable. Many of
the owners of unoccupied lands would
be willing to lease them on reasonable
terms. Then again, attention is drawn
bers amongst its most successful farm
srs, artisans, business men, lawyers,
doctors and many other professions.
Farming today Is a profession. 1t is
no longer accompanied by the drudg-
cry that we were acquainted with
generation ago. The fact that a man
Is not following a farming life today,
does not preclude him from going on
! Western Canada farm tomorrow,
and making a success of it. If he is
lot in possession of Western Canada
and that he can convert into farm
lie should secure some, make 1t a
arm by equipping 1t and working It
himself. The man who has been hold\
ng his Western Canada land waitingS
or the profit he naturally expected \
las been justified in doing So It's
gricultural possibilities are certain
nd sure. II he has not realized i'm
& ediately by making sale, he should
OF worry. But to let it lie idle is not
God business. BY getting 1t placed
nder cultivation a greater profit will
ONE to him. Have IT cultivated by
working 1t himself, or get some good
representative to do It. Set about get
Ing purchaser, renter or some
ne to operate on shares.
The department Of the Dominion
government having charge of the I'm
ligration, through MI w. d. Scott,
at Ottawa, Canada, il
Erecting the attention of nonresident
wners OF Western Canada lands to
he fact that money will be made out
I farming these hands The agents
I the Department, located at different
Dints In the States, are rendering as
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