The Clovis news., 1916-08-03
WESTERN CANADA AND
THE LAND.HUNGRY
II Is Essentially an Agricultural
Country.

Western Canada Is the Mecca OF the
land-hungry man who wishes 10 earn
n good living from the soil and save up
money to take care of him in his old
nge without paying fancy price Tor
the privilege.
Western Canada Is the great wheat
producing section of the North Amer
icnn continent, with an average pr@f
ductlon of more than 30 bushels to the
acre us compared with an average or
II bushels to the acre In the States.
Wheat raising can hardly be made
profitable on land that costs from sou
I'M acre up unless such land will pro-
duce II much higher than IL bushel
average, or unless the price OF the
cereal reaches an excessive figure.
The initial investment of $50 an acre
Is more than the average man can af-
ford 10 make If he expects to raise
wheat and to make success OF II.
A good homestead of 100 acres can
still be secured free In Western Can
ada and additional land admirably
suited to the raising of wheat can be
secured at so low cost per acre that
1t can be made extremely profitable.
No other part of the world offers
such tremendous opportunities at the
present time to the ambitious young
farmer as the three great provinces OF
Western Canada.
II Is worth the while of the land
hungry man to cease his depressing
search for local cheap land or for
land that Is not entirely worked out by
long cropping aud TO look outside his
own district. Western Canada Is
country that should receive the con
slderation of all such men. The West
crn Provinces of Manitoba, Snskatche-
wan and Alberta are essentially agrl-
cultural territory.
Ont of IIS million acres there are
$50 million acres of tirst-class agricul-
tural land actually available for de-
VclOpment-a block three and Il half
times rs large ms the total land area OF
Minnesota, and equal to the combined
land areas of Minnesota. Iowa. Wis
consin, Illinois and Indiana.
But whereas the population of tho
five states mentioned Is fifteen million
people, the population Of Western
Canada Is only about one and three
quarter millions.
II has been said that the average
yield per acre of wheat In the United
States last year was II bushels. This
average does not, of course, represent
the efficiency which may have been
reached by individual farmers or by
individual states. However, place
against this figure the fact that the
1915 Western Canadian average-the
average from nearly twelve million
acres--was over 30 bushels. In the
case OF the Province of Alberta, the
average reached 32.SI bushels per acre
There are already large number Of
American farmers In Western Canada,
so that the newcomer could never
overlooking the fact that the samO
language Is spOlien-feel himself I'm an
alien country. There seems. In fact,
Il tendency to establish little colonies
composed of those coming from the
same sections. The characteristics of
the country, and the climate and
season, are very much the same ns In
Minnesota or North Dakota. Social
conditions bear family resemblance.
Education Is free, and Is good its cost
being betrayed partly by taxation.
partly By grants from the Cnnudlnif
Government, from the sales OF school
lands, Of which. when the country was
first surveyed two sections In every
township were nllocatcd Taxation In
every rural district, in muny towns and
cities, Is based practically on land
values alone improvements of all kinds
being cd.-Advertsement.