Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-12
FARM LABOR IN DEMAND
IN WESTERN CANADA
Extraordinary Inducements Being
Offered.

titles of foods to feed the world dur.
tug this stress Of high consumption
and paucity Of production. Instead Of
the condition improving It Ia growing
worse. and unless drastic and itnmedl.
ate action is taken, prices will con.
ttnue to climb high. It Ia hoped by the
Canadian government that by Offering
extra Inducements to secure home.
stead Of leo ncres of excellent land in
the homesteading areas Of Western
Canada. with the combined effort Of the
farmer in extraordinary preparation
Of tillage and bigger wages than ever,
that Western Canada. with the assist.
ance Of Divine Providence. may pro-
duce greater number Of million acres
of wheat than ever in the past. The
farm laborer Gun now secure home
stead on easier conditions than ever
before. All the time that he works
for Western Canadian farmer dur
ing 1917, after he makes his entry or
filing will count as residence on his
homestead for that year, leaving him
hut two additional years. residence,
before getting title to a piece Of land
that should then be easily worth
$1,000. The response to this offer has
been wonderful. and hundreds have al
ready taken advantage of 1t.
The climate of Western Canada is
one that breeds energy. instils life and
buoyancy, and with the soil that the
country possesses, no greater asset
could be desired. The country is past
the pioneering stage; its ability to grow
all the smaller grains better than any
other portion of the continent has
been proven so often that it seems a
waste of time to speuk of it. The high
name that has been given the country
In the splendid class of live stock that
1t raises, has placed it in the high col
umn with the best states of the Union.
And then social conditions, something
that every housewife asks about, are
as nearly perfect as could be wished
for. Thousands of miles of telephone
line connect the remotest hamlet with
the principal cities of the country and
continent, miles of excellent graded
roads, as well as the perfect natural
roads of the prairie, make driving and
hauling easy. Gridironed as these
provinces are with railway lines
bring the farm near to Atlantic or Pa.
cific, or United States markets, rural
mail delivery brings the settler still
closer to the homes abroad. Rural
and consolidated schools everywhere
are easy adjuncts to the colleges and
universities, which are said to be
among the best on the continent.
Taxation is light, and only applied
on the farm land, cattle, implements
ETC., on the farm being exempt. Many
farmers. having realized sufficient
from one crop of wheat to pay fol
their entire farm holdings, have in
stalled their own electric light ant
heating plants, have their automobile!
and many luxuries they would no
have possessed on their old HON,
abroad. Life is comfortable and ex
istence enjoyable in Western Canada
In no country is there greater pe1
centage of contented farmers, and /,
no part Of the continent is farmin,
easier or more profitable.
Land there will produce 80 bushels
Of wheat to the acre, while there ar,
many cases where the yield wa
higher, as high as 20 bushels. Wha
this means to the farm laborer doe
not fully appear on the surface. H,
will get good wages, he can secure
homestead worth at the end of thre
years about $1,000, while working 70
wages he can put in residence duties
and Gun also look around, and find
good location.
Besides the homesteading attraction
Of Western Canada, there remains tn
other fact that other lands can b
purchased at from SIS to $50, Will
improved farms may be had at req
sonable' figures.
The desire to have piece of Ian,
of ones own is q natural instinct Il
the heart Of every properly developer
EsaS;:s sX,;t
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