The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-01-09
TO TILL UN0CCuP|ED.
CANADIAN LANDS
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
ASKING FOR INCREASED ACRE
AGE IN GRAIN. TO MEET
EUROPEAN DEMAND.

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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 UNI
earned increment and are not OF the
benefit to Canada that these lands
.coAld easily be made. Il u pointed
out that the demand for grains for
years to 3ome will cause good prices
for all that can be produced. Not
only will the price Of grains DO Ct.
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 10 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 Ii required. and II this
10 given in the way It is given to the
high-priced lands Of older settled
countries. surprising results win fol.
low.
There are those who are paying rent.
who should not be doing 30. 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
Sealized, but for the war and the imam.
cial stringency. Now 10 the time to
buy; or II It 10 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 q life of indepen.
dence. Then again there are those
who are renting who might wish to
continue as renters. They hive 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 10 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 q profession. It 10
no longer accompanied by the drudg-
cry that we were acquainted with Q
generation ago. The fact that nan
IL not following farming life. today,
does not preclude him from going on
q Western Canada farm tomorrow,
and making q success Of It. II he u
not in possession Of Western Canada
land that he can convert into farm
he should secure some, make Il .
farm by equipping It and working II
himself. The man who has been hold
ing his Western Canada land waiting
for the profit he naturally expected
has been justified in doing 20. Its
agricultural possibilities are certain
and sure. II he has not realized Inn
Imediately by making sale. he should
not worry. But to let It lie idle II bot
good business. BY getting Il placed
under cultivation greater proft win
come to him. Have Il cultivated BY
working It himself. or set some good
representative to do 1t. Set about get
ting purchaser. . renter or some
one to operate ON shares.
The department Of the Dominion
Government having charge Of the Inn
migration. through Mr.. w. D. Scott,
Superintendent at Ottawa, Canada. II
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 a.
sistance to this end.-Advertisement.