Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-06
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, Will Soon
Be Taken UP.

The desire to have q piece oil lana
of mes OWL is n natural instinct in
the heart of every properly developed
man and 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 n generation ago
might he had for homeSteading. now
commands prices ranging to 500 an
acre and over. AT sucn prices 1t Is
quite hopeless for the city mar With
limited capital. to attempt to buy a
farm of his OWN. To pay for it be
comes a lifelong task, and the prob
ability is that he Will do more
than meet the interest charges. II
he is serious in his desires to secure
a farm home he. must look TO
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 with small capi-
tai TO become Il farm owner as the
result of n few years labor. He Will
also want land in a country where
the practices of the people are SINH
lar 10 those to which he has beer &c
cuSiomed: a country With the same
! language. same religion. same general
| habits Of living. with laws, currency,
weights and measures. etc. based on thc
! same principles rs 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 ut S100
an acre. He wants this land where
social conditions will be attractive 10
himself and family, and where he can
look forward with confidence TO being
in a.few years Independent, and We'll
started on the road to financial sue
cess.
All these conditions he will find in
western Canada. The provinces of Al
herta, 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 Us nearly ideal rs Is
possible. and the prices and terms are
such that the nan of moderate capt.
tai has all opportunity not available
to him elsewhere. Land values are
going to increase, but it will largely
depend on how we'll the soil can he
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 nc
material decrease in value is in sight
Indeed. they are almost unanimous ir
believing that we shall see n strong
real estate market for fertile land
With prices maintained; and as de
ve!opmcnt and further equipments arc
added the prices on the open market
may be expected to SHOW a further in
crease AZ the Years go oli-up to The
limit of income plus what men ar,
willing to pay to possess an attractive
home.
Someone once said: Never sci
short on the United States. You viii
lose every time" And this applies t.
those who are inclined to believe tina,
the future of farm values is III Goub.
The American farmer is going for
ward, not backward, and The same
may be said Of the Canadian farmer
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