The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-20
SECURE FARM NOW
Western Canada Offers 0ppor-
t,,nity to the Ambitious.
Fertile Land at Moderate Cost, Wtu
spcssa and Other Advantages That
Mean So Much, Will Soon
BE Taken Up.

The desire to have piece OF lanu
,nf s,npss own is a natural instinct in,
the heart of every properly developed
snns and woman. In earlier years, on
,aefUuns of the great areas OF lana
nvaslehge ia the United States, no great
sysa7irxsty was experienced by any am
hsiiua,s settler who wished to become
ais own landholder, but the rapid
increase I'm population, combined with
the corresponding rise in the price OF
Sand. xaas completely changed this con-
aitiOn. Land which q generation ago
might he had for demonstrating, now
commands prices ranging to $40 an
acre and over. At such prices it is
wuiae hopeless for the city man with
limited capital, to attempt to buy
farm OF his own. To pay for it be-
comes n lifelong task, and the prob
ability is that he will never do more
saaan nneet the interest charges. Ii
he rs serious in his desires to secure
n Rarzn home he must look to coun-
tries where there is still abundant
fertile land available at moderate cost,
and where these lands are to be pur-
chased on terms which make it pos
siasle for the settler with small capt.
taa 10 become a farm owner as the
result OF few years. labor. He will
also want land in country where
the practices of the people are SINH
iar To those to which he has been ac-
custoaned; q country with the same
Eanemage, same religion, same general
habits OF living, with laws, currency,
weights and measures, etc., based on the
same principles as those with which
ne Is fazailiar. He wants a country
wssef7e he can buy land from $50 to
$40 an acre which will produce as
big or bigger crops as those he has
Seen accustomed to from lands at 500
an agxp. He wants this land where
social conditions will be attractive to
hiRseM and family, and where he can
look forward with confidence to being
In few years Independent, and we'll
started On the road to financial sue
eexS.
Ala these conditions he will find in
western Canada. The provinces of Al
AertR. Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
prOviae the one and only answer to
Che Gan6hungry. The land is there;
conditions are as nearly ideal as Is
possible, and the prices and terms are
Smcls that the man of moderate CAPT.
tna has an opportunity not available
10 hszn elsewhere. Land values are
gvIng 10 Increase, but it will largely
saepend on how well the soil can be
used. and the modern farmer is using
1t each year to better advantage.
BCR those who are on the ground
and come eloseS ITO the heart of the
farming sections are, convinced that no
aaateTial decrease in value is in sight.
Indeed, they are almost unanimous in
believing that we shall see a strong
reaa estate market for fertile land,
with prices maintained; and as de-
snsOpmcnt and further equipments are
added the prices on the open market
may be expected to show further in
crease as the years go on-up to the
liEnst of income plus what men are
willing to pay to possess an attractive
h0nae.
Someone once said: ''Never sell
SHORT on the United States. You will
lose every time" And this applies to
those who are inclined to believe that
the future of farm values is in doubt.
The American farmer is going for
ward. not backward, and the same
may ne said OF the Canadian farmer.
--AiixnrtiSnmenf