The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-20
FARM LABOR IN DEMAND
IN WESTERN CANADA
Extraordinary inducements Being
Offered.

Ol6Teus
Previous articles have dealt with
the necessity of producing extra guam
titles Of foods to feed the world dur
ing this stress Of high consumption
and paucity of production. Instead of
the condition improving It is growing
worse, and unless drastic and immedl-
ate action is taken, prices will CON
tlnue TO climb higher. 1t Is hoped by the
Canadian government that by Offering
extra inducements TO secure a home
stead of 100 acres OF excellent land in
the hOmesteading areas of Western
CANADA, with the combined effort of the
farmer in extraordinary preparation
of tiilnge and bigger wages than ever,
that Western Canada, with the assist
ance of Divine Providence, may pro-
duce a greater number of million acres
of wheat than ever in the past. The
farm laborer can now secure home
stead on easier conditions than ever
before. All the time that he works
for a 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
but 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 it.
The climate of Western Canada Is
one that breeds energy, instils life and
bu0yancy, 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 1t seems a
waste of time to speak of it. The high |
name that has been given the country |
In the splendid class of live stock that |
It raises, has placed 1t 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
inc connect the remOtest hamlet with
he principal cities of the country and
miles of excellent graded
-oads, as well as the perfect natural
'oads of the prairie, make driving and
hauling easy. GridirOned as these
are with railway lines
Dring the farm near to Atlantic or Pa
life, or United States markets, rural
nail delivery brings the settler still
loser to the homes abroad. Rural
md consolidated schools everywhere
ire easy adjuncts to the colleges and
which are said to be
mong the best on the continent.
Taxation is light, and only applied
n the farm land, cattle, implements,
tc., on the farm being exempt. Many
armers, having realized sufficient
rom one crop Of wheat to pay for
heir entire farm holdings, have in
tailed their own electric light and
eating plants, have their automobiles
nd many luxuries they would not
ave possessed on their old home
broad. Life is comfortable and eX-
stence enjoyable in Western Canada.
n no country is there a greater per-
entage Of contented farmers, and in
o part of the continent is farming
asier or more profitable.
Land there VIII produce 80 bushels {
wheat to the acre, while there are
lany cases where the yield was
igher, as high as 70 bushels. What
MS means to the farm laborer does
OF fully appear on the surface. He
ill get good wages, he can secure a
worth at the end Of three
ears about $1,000, while working for
ages he can put in residence duties,
nd can also look around, and find
Dod location.
Besides the homesteading attraction
{ Western Canada, there remains the
ther fact that other lands can be
urchased at from $15 to $50, while
improved farms may be had at rea-
)nable figures.
The desire to have piece of land
Z ones own is q natural instinct in
le heart Of every properly developed
IAN and woman. In earlier years, on
ccount of the great areas of land
in the United States, no
reat difficulty was experienced
Y any ambitious settler Of that
,untry who wished to become his
vn landholder, but the rapid in
ease in population, combined with
le corresponding rise in the price of
nd, has completely changed this con- !
ton. Land, which a generation ago
light be had for the homesteading, !
wv commands prices ranging to 500
/ acre and over. At such prices it is :
lite hopeless for the tenant farmer :
the farmers son in moderate cir
instances, or the city man with linn g
ed capital, to attempt to buy farm q
his own. To pay for it becomes 2
'e-long task, and the probability is I
at he will never do more than meet !
10 interest charges. If he is serious !
his desire to secure a farm home, |
, must look to countries where there r
still abundant fertile land available =
moderate cost, and where these
nds are to be purchased on terms
hich make it possible for the settler
Ith small capital to become a farm
vner as the result Of few years la
,r. He will also want land In coun-
v where the practices Of the people
e similar to those to which he has
ZEN accustomed; country with the
me language, same religion, same