Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-01-06
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
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 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 indiv1d-
| uals. These haves been held for the
high prices that many would have
realized, but for the war and the fnan-
cial stringency Now is the time to
buy; or if it 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 hive 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 it's 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-
cry that we were acquainted with a
| generation ago. The fact that man
is not following farming life today,
does not preclude him from going on
! a Western Canada farm tomorrow,
and making a success of 1t. II he is
not in possession of Western Canada
| land that he can convert into farm
| he should secure some, make 1t
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 sale, he should
not worry. But to let it lie idle is not
| good business. By getting it placed
under cultivation greater profit will
come to him. Have 1t cultivated by
working it himself, or get some good
representative to do it. Set about get
| ting a 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.-Advertisement