Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22
FARM LABUR IN UtMAMD IN WESTERN CANADA
Extraordinary Inducements Being
 Offered.

and paucity of production. Instead of the condition improving 1t is growing worse. and unless drastic and immedi- ate action is taken, prices will con- tinue to climb high. IL is hoped by the Canadian government that by offering extra Inducements to secure a home stead of 160 acres 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 can now secure a 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 but two additional years residence, before getting title to piece of land that should then be easily worth s1.e0O. 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 speak of it. The high name that has been given the country in the splendid class of live stock that it raises, has placed IL 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 tlfe 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 for their entire farm holdings, have in- stalled their own electric light and heating plants, have their automobiles and many luxuries they would not have possessed on their old home abroad. Life is comfortable and ex- istence enjoyable in Western Canada. In no country Is there a greater per centage of contented farmers, and in no part of the continent is farming easier or more profitable
 Land there will produce 30 bushels of wheat to the acre, while there are many cases where the yield was higher, as high as 70 bushels. What this means to the farm laborer does not fully appear on the surface. He will get good wages, he can secure a homestead worth at the end of three years about Sl l,6O0. while working for wages he can put In residence duties, and can also look around, and find a good location.
 Besides the homesteading attraction of Western Canada, there remains the other fact that other lands can be purchased at from S15 to 80, while improved farms may be had at req sonable figures
 The desire to have a piece of land of one's own Is a natural instinct in the heart of every properly developed man and woman. In earlier years, on account of the great areas of land available in the United StateA no great difficulty was experienced by any ambitious settler of that country who wished to become his own Iandholder, but the rapid in crease in population, combined with the corresponding rise In the price oi land, has completely changed this con dition. Land, which a generation ago might be had for the homesteading now commands prices ranging to s1Vl an acre and over. At such prices il Is quite hopeless for the tenant farmer or the farmers son in moderate cir cumstances, or the city man with Tim ited capital, to attempt to buy a farm of his own. To pay for 1t becomes lifelong task, and the probability + that he will never do more than mee' the interest charges. If he Is serious in his desire to secure farm home he must look to countries where there Is still abundant fertile land available at moderate cost, and where thes' lands are to be purchased on term' which make it possible for the settlel with small capital to become a farm owner as the result of few years Ia bor. He will also want land in coun try where the practices of the peopl' are similar to those to which he ha been accustomed; a country with ts' same language, same religion, sam
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