Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-01-20
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 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 az
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 individ-
uals. These have been held for the
high prices that many would have
realized, but for the war and the finan-
ciaI 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 have some
means as well as sufficient outfit to be-
gin In new country where all the
are favorable. Many Of /
the owners Of unoccupied lands would
be willing to lease them on reasonable
terms. Then again, attention is drawn
10 the fact that Western Canada num-
Ders amongst its most successful farm
srs, artisans, business men, lawyers,
doctors and many other professions.
Farming today is profession. 1t is
10 longer accompanied by the drudg-
cry that we were acquainted with a
generation ago. The fact that a man
s not following a farming life today.
loes not preclude him from going on
! Western Canada farm tomorrow,
md making a success Of 1t. If he Is
lot in possession of Western Canada
and that he can convert into farm
le should secure some, make 1t
arm by equipping it and working it
himself. The man who has been hold
ng his Western Canada land waiting
or the profit he naturally expected
as been justified In doing SO. Its
gricultural possibilities are certain
nd sure. If he has not realized i'm
nediately by making sale, he should
OF worry. But to let 1t lie idle is not
God business. BY getting it placed
nder cultivation a greater profit will
ONE to him. Have 1t cultivated by
'orking it himself, or get some good
representative to do it. Set about get
ng a purchaser, renter or some
ne to operate on shares.
The department Of the Dominion |
overnment having charge of the I'M {
ligration, through Mr.. w. D. Scott, b
uperintendent at Ottawa, Canada, is
Irecting the attention of nonresident T
wners Of Western Canada lands to
lie fact that money will be made out =
farming these lands. The agents +
the Department, located at different il
,ints in the States, are rendering as S
stance to this nd.-Advertisement