Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-04-14
FARM LABOR IN DEMAND
IN WESTERN CANADA
Extraordinary inducements Being
Offered.

| The condition improving IL Is growing
worse, and unless drastic and immedi-
ate action IS taken, prices will con
| tinue TO climb higher. Ii is hoped by the
! Canadian government that by offering
| extra inducements TO secure q home
| stead of 100 acres of excellent and in
! the homeSteading areas Of Western
! t'anada, with the combined effort of the
! farmer in extraordinary preparation
Of tjllage 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
| fling 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
$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
| huoy0ncy, and with the soil that the
| country possesses, no greater asset
could be desired. The couatry 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
| waste of time to speak Of 1t. The high
name that has been given the country
! in the splendid class of live stock that
| II 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, rs we'll as the perfect natural
roads of the prairie. make driving and
hauling easy. Gridroned as these
provinces are with railway lines
bring the farm near to Atlantic or Pa
cihc. or United States markets, rural
mail delivery brings the settler stili
closer to the homes abroad Rural
and consolidated schools everywhere
are easy adjuncts 10 the colleges and
universities which are said 10 be
pmong the best ON the continent.
Taxation Is light, and only applied
| h..
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
md many Injuries they would not
have possessed on their old home
abroad Life Is comfortable ana ex-
istence enjoyable in Western Canada.
In no country is there greater per
Centage Of contented farmers. and in
no part Of The continent Is farming
easier or more profitable
Land there will produce 80 bushels
Of wheat TO the acre, while there are
many cases where the yield was
higher. as high as 40 bushels What
| This means 10 the farm aborcr 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 81 600, while working for
wages he can put In residence duties.
ana can also look around. and find a
/ good location.
! Besides the demonstrating attraction
| Of Western Canada, thu re remains the
other fact that other lands can be
purchased ut from So to $50, while
improved farms may be had at rea-
sonable figures.
! The desire 10 have n piece Of land
| Of ones 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 States, no
! great difficulty was experienced
/ by any ambitious settler Of that
country who wished to become his
| own landholder. but the rapid in
| crease In population, combined with
the corresponding rise in the price Of
land, has completely changed this con-
/ dltion. Land, which d generation ogo
might be had for the demonstrating,
now commands prices ranging 10 500
an acre and over. Al such prices it IS
! quite hopeless for the tenant farmer
or the farmers son in moderate cir
cumstances, or the city man with linn
tied capital, to attempt to buy a farm
Of his own. To pay for II becomes
lifelong task, and the probability Is
/ that he will never do more than meet
the interest charges. II he is serious
IN his desire TO secure a farm home,
he must look TO countries where there
IS sull abundant fertile land available
az moderate cost, and where these
| lands are TO be purchased on terms
which make It possible for the settler
I with small capital 10 become farm
owner as the result Of few years la
bor. He viii also want land Ia a coun-
try where the practices of the people
are similar 10 those 10 which he has
I been accustomed; - country with the