The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-04-22
WANTS OWN FARM
Why One Youth Seeks the Land
of Opportunity.
Reckoning Hands Of Independence and
Wealth Stretch Out From Western
Canada to Those Who Have
Faith and Courage.

Strolling around the exhibit room OF
| the Canadian government office In 81.
Paul, studying the grain. and picking
up an odd piece or two OF literature
describing farming and its results In
Western Canada. a dapper. well-built'
strapping six-footer said To the man
ager, 1--WE been having IA grand whiri
of living for the past few years.
used To work on my uncle's farm In
Iowa. | heard of the big fat pay en-
yelopes that the city chaps were get
ting every week. ! went Ia the city.
and began getting them. too. l had
all the excitement they would bring
-theaters. dinners swell clothes and
taXis. | surely saw II lot of that life
that In days gone by ] had anxiouSly
gaZed upon and secretly wanted 10
try.
but I'm driven 10 earth now. I'm
still working, but the pay envelope Is
thinner. Not working steadily, you
know. and ! sort of miss those silk
shirt times. | went 10 Western Can
ada once. and ! think I'll make an
other trip.
Il was up there five years ago.
want money. and lots of IL; | want
10 he my own boss. hut | haven't much
coin 10 start with. ] want 10 get into
that class that don't have To worry
about buck or So. | know fellows
out there in Canada who went there.
a few years ago, got quarter section
some homcsteaded aud some bought
on easy payments-and they are we'll
or today. A number of the boys from
my own state paid for their lands
from n single crop. ] may not be rs
successful MS they were. but ] want
TO try"
lie wanted To talk. and the manager
was II good listener. lie continued:
IL want To have my own home and
raise my own cattle: ! want hogs ana
poultry. and milk and eggs TO sell.
Can get n marketT
He was assured that he could, and
that he could get deccnt-szed crop
10 thrash every fall.
"You know" he said. 'if the farm
ers on acknowledgements land
can make money. my reasoning leads
me 10 believe that | can grow as many
dollars nm acre from that cheaper land
I'm Western Canada"
This period Of scmi-unrest Is caus-
Ing more thinking ana planning for
the future than probably nj any time
I'm the past The desire for personal
and financial independence Is grow
ing. To secure this. the first real
source of wealth Is the land itself
That is the solution. During the era
of high prices, doubtless there was
some imitation Of land values. So the
new mantle young man wishing TO
make u start on n fnrm-was con-
fronted with the problem of the land |
he wanted having gone beyond his |
limited capital. lie must seek else
where. Two decades ago, and less.
good farming land could be bought
In Canada al four dollars an acre. but
rs the demand increased ana its pro
luctivity was proven. prices advanced.
There has been no undue imitation,
though. and prices today are very rea-
,unahlc. Some day, when the coun.
ry il settled. land will bring n much
igher price in Western Canada. To-
lay land prices range for unimproved.
slS 10 So an acre. improved. at $50
~.
The productive value Is almost he
rund estimate. The reports Of those
Who have been farming these lands. \
making money aud enjoying every
personal freedom. are available and
AN lee secured on application.
II l. apparent that this last big
AVAILABLE farming area of Western
unada will tend to nu small extent.
q dispol some of the unrest that IL Z
% prevalent today among the young
= men. Who haN" had - taste of bet I
cr things aud who intend to have ,
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