The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-11-22
GANADA'S VETS
BACK ON LAND
20 Per Cent Of Dominlon'S Ex.
Service Men Are Farmers.
LOANS MADE UP TO $500

Government Spends s4,ooo,o 900 In Ea-
tablishins 27,ooo Men on Farms-
Way Open TO Ex-soldiers Of British,
Imperial or Allied Forces-settlers
Are Advised In All Operations IN
iii Board Is Satisfied That They Can
Garry on Farming Successfully.
Canada has spent over $S4, 900
In the establishment of returned
soldiers on the land. This figure rep
resents over 1900 individual ex.
| service men who have benefited from
the law which had for its twin aims
soldier reestabllshment ana the de-
! velopment OF the agricultural resources
Of the Dominion. 1t represents so per
! cent Of Canada's ex-service men who
have gone back TO the land and 80 per
cent of the men of the Canadian army
who were demobllized as physically
at.
Under the law any ex-service man
eligible from a military standpoint hav-
ing seen service overseas, may apply
for loans up to maximum Of $500
for the following purposes: For the
purchase of land, $4,000; for stock
and equipment, $1,000; for permanent
improvements, $1,000. If on encum-
bered land the ex-soldier is entitled to
loans amounting to S5,000 If on free
Dominion land to loans amounting to
$1,000. In the case of purchased land
the settler must pay 10 per cent Of
the cost price Of the land as a guaran-
tee Of good faith.
These benefits are open to men Of
the Canadian expedltlonary forces, to
ex-service men Of Great Britain, the
dominions and the allied forces who
lived in Canada prior to the war, and
TO ex-service men Of the imperial or
dominion forces, II on their arrival
in Canada they spend a sufficient time
to gain practical agricultural expert
ence on Canadian farms. The i'm
perials, however, are required to pay
20 per cent Of the expenditures for all
purposes cash down.
6o,927 Applications.
On July 81, the number Of applica-
4 lions was 60,S27, and Of these 43,765
had been accepted as qualified to farm.
Nearly 1000 others are In training with
the intention of taking up farms when
qualified. OF the 28,701 settled on the
land, 20,624 we're granted loans. The
others were located on free dominion
lands without financial assistance.
| The settlement board adopted a sys-
TEN Of selection, requiring that april
cants must pass rigid examination as
to physical ability, moral character and
sincerity Of purpose, with the result
that out Of the 10000 men who have
! now been on the land upward of two
years, strict supervision of their opera
lions has revealed the fact that only
about 10 per cent have failed TO show
promise of satisfactory results. In
some cases. it has been found necessary
TO allow the settler to withdraw from
his obligation, and the board has taken
over his farm and sold 1t to another.
In 425 such cases, where the invest
, ment Of the government was $780,
100, the government realized on resale
81, 654,523, showing loss Of only $19.-
30 on each farm.
The loans for land and permanent
improvements run for twenty-five
years, those for stock and equipment
} for six years, with interest at per
cent. No payments were due until
the fall of 1920, when 1921 men
were liable. The number who made
repayments was $3.50 and 1,439 made
proponents. There were 403 who re-
fpaid their entire loans.
On Way to Success.
In view Of the co..apse of the mar
: kets In the middle of the threshing
season and of the occurrence of
drought and other visitations last year
In some localities In the west the
government regards this statement as
. very satisfactory and, 1t is believed
that a very few years will see most
Of these soldier farmers well on their
way to success. Indeed, there are
Y cases where settlers have taken from
the ground crops aggregating in value
more than the whole cost Of their
farms.
Alberta has the largest number OF
| EOlultI bNNllCio WAN OtSOON 0ooAoeNAO
= wan second with 5,136; the other prov
inces in the order named: Manitoba,
e $3.50; British Columbia, 2,975 Ontario
1921; New Brunswick, 543; Novs
: Scotia, 3s1; Quebec, 1888; Prince Ed
ward Island, 800.
= In addition to the loan advantages
8 which a soldier settler has, the board
8 secures for him very favorable arrange
}. ments with regard to the purchase OF
e his stock and equipment, Farm ma
r chinery manufacturers, lumber dealers
harness and wagon makers give special
= prices to soldier settlers, in some
cases amounting to reduction Of
: 80 per cent. In the purchase Of
u equipment, the hoard has effected
3, saving of SSS6,s94. 1t also has saved
: the settlers large sums in land pur
chase. No intermediary is permitted
| e. Koka a raka-nfP IN anldipr farm9