River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-12
FARM LABOR IN DEMAND
IN WESTERN CANADA
Extraordinary Inducements Being
Offered.

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| ing this stress of high consumption
and paucity of production. Instead OF
the condition improving it is growing
| worse, and unless drastic and immedi-
ate action is taken, prices will con-
tinue 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 demonstrating 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 a Divine Providence, may pro-
duce a 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 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 piece of land
|
| $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
buoyancy, and with the soil that the
country possesses, no greater asset
| could be desired. The country is past the
pioneering stage; it's 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 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 natura!
| 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 80 bushels
| of wheat to the acre, while there are
many cases where the Yield was
| higher. as high as 20 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 1000, while working fol-
wages he can put in residence duties
| and can also look around, and find a
| good location.
| Besides the demonstrating attraction
| of Western Canada, there remains the
| other fact that other lands can be
purchased at from $50 to $50, while
| improved farms may be had at rea
sOnab1e figures.
The desire to have piece of land
of ones own is 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
nv 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-
dition. Land, which generation ago
might be had for the homesteading,
now commands prices ranging to $1OO
an acre and over at such prices 1T 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 it becomes a
lifelong task, and the probability is
that he will never do more than meet
the interest charges. If he is serious
IN his desire to secure a farm home
he must look to countries where there
Is still abundant fertile land available
at moderate cost. and where these
lands are to be purchased on terms
which make it possible for the settler
with small capital to become a farm
1 off, To-