The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09
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 viii shortly make an sp-
peal TO place the unoccupied areas
they are holding under cultivation
The lands are highly productive. bat
IN state OF idleness they are not
giving any revenue beyond the u1-
earned increment and are not o. the
benefit to Canada that these lands
could easily be made It is pointed
out that the demand for grains for
years TO come viii cause good prices
for all that can be produced Not
only viii the price Of grains Be AZ
fected, but also viii 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 If this
is given in the way it is given 70 the
high-priced lands OF older settled
countries. surprising results wiz 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 6nan-
Al e. L. IN
buy; or if it is preferred advantage
might be taken Of the ofIer OF 160
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 20
continue as renters. They have some
means as well as sufficient outfit 20 be
| gin in q 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. It Is
no longer accompanied by the drudg-
! cry that we were acquainted with q
generation ago. The fact that q man
IS not following a farming life today,
| does not preclude him from going on
| a Western Canada farm tomorrow,
/ and making a success Of Il. II he Is
not in possession of Western Canada
| land that he can convert into a farm
| he should secure some, make IL q
/ 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. II he has not realized i'm
mediately by making a sale, he should
not worry. But to let It lie idle is not
! good business. By getting 1t placed
under cultivation a greater profit viii
come to him Have it cultivated by
working it himself, or get some good
representative to do IT Set about get
ting a purchaser, a renter or some
one to operate On shares
The department Of the Dominion
! Government having charge of the In
migration, through Mr.. W. D. Scott.
| Superintendent at Ottawa, Canada, is
directing the attention of nonresident
| owners Of Western Canada lands TO
tie fact that money viii be made out
| Of farming these lands. The agents
] OF the Department, located at different
/ points in the States, are rendering as
/ Eistance to this end-AdVeTtisement