The Benson signal., 1919-03-08
SECURE farm NOW
Western Canada Offers 0ppor-
tunity to the Ambitious.
Fertile Land at Moderate Cost, With
- Social and Other Advantages That
Mean So Much, Will Soon
Be Taken Up.

The desire to have a 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 am
bilious settler who wished to become
his own landholder, but the rapid
increase in population, combined with
the corresponding rise in the price OF
land, has completely changed this con-
dition. Land which a generation ago
might be had for homesteading, now
commands prices ranging to $lOO an
acre and over. At such prices 1t is
quite hopeless for the city man with
limited capital, to attempt to buy
farm Of his own. To pay for it be-
comes a lifelong task, and the prob
ability is that he will never do more
than meet the interest charges. II
he is serious in his desires to secure
q farm 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
sible for the settler wieh small capri
tai to become a farm owner as the
result of a few years labor. He will
also want land in country where
the practices of the people are SINH
lar to those to which he has been ac-
customed; country with the same
language, same religion. same general
habits Of living, with laws, currency,
weights and measures, ETC., based on tfns
same principles as those with which
he is familiar. He wants a country
where he can buy land from $50 to
$40 an acre which will produce as
big or bigger crops as those he has
been accustomed to from lands at 500
an acre. He wants this land where
social conditions will be attractive to
himself and family, and where he can
look forward with confidence to being
in few years Independent, and well
started on the road to financial sue
cess.
: All these conditions he will find in
western Canada. The provinces of AL
berta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
provide the one and only answer to
the land-hungry. The land is there;
conditions are as nearly ideal as Is
possible, and the prices and terms are
such that the man of moderate capi-
tai has an opportunity not available
to him elsewhere. Land values are
going to increase, but it will largely
depend on how well the soil can be
used, and the modern farmer is sVusing
it each year to better advantage
But those who are on the ground
and come closest to the heart of the
farming sections are convinced that no
material decrease in value is in sight.
Indeed they are almost unanimous in
believing that we shall see a strong
reaf estate market for fertile land,
with prices maintained; and as de-
velopment and further equipments are
added the prices on the open market
may be expected to show further in
crease as the years 60 on-up to the
limit of income plus what men are
willing to pay to possess an attractive
home.
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 be said of the Canadian farmer.
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