The Elbert County tribune., 1919-03-07
SECURE FARM NOW
Western Canada Offers. oppor-
tunity to the Ambitious.
Fertile Land At Moderate Cost, with
Social and other Advantages That
Mean So Much. VIII Soon
Be Taken Up.

The desire to have piece OF land
Of ones own Is natural instinct III
the heart OF every properly developed
man and woman. In earlier years. on
account. of the great areas OF laho
available In the United States. no great
difficulty WIS experienced by any am
bilious settler who wished TO become
his own Iandholder. but the rapid
Increase in population, combined Win
the corresponding rise in the price OF
land has completely changed this con-
dition. Land which generation ago
might be- had for homesteading. now
commands prices ranging to 800 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 Tor 1t be
comes n lifelong task. and the prob
ability Is that he will never do more
than meet the interest charges. III
he is SERIOUS in his desires to secure
farm home he must look to coun-
tries whore there is still abundant
fertile land available at moderate cost,
and where these lands are to be pur-
chased on terms which make 1t pos
sible for the settler with small capt.
tai TO become a farm owner as the
result of few years labor. He will
also want land in country where
the practices of ihe people are SINH
lar TO those to which he has been ac-
customed. n country with the snme
language. same religion. same general
Aah to -.f with
weights and measures, etc. based on The
same principles >ns 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 ms 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 q 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 !;
1t is the kind of land he wants; the
conditions are MS 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
tha coil IA
used, and the modern farmer Is using
1t 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. strong
real estate market for fertile land
with prices maintained and as de
velopment and further equipments are
added fhe prizes on the open market
may be expected to show a further In
crease as the years go on-up to, the
limit OF income plus what men are
willing to pay to possess an attractive
home.
Someone once said: Never sci
short on the United States. You, will
lose every time And this applies tt
those who are inclined to believe thai
the future of farm values is in doubt
| The American farmer is going for
ward. not backward. and the same
may he said OF the Canadian farmer
advertisement.