Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-04-23
WANTS OWN FARM
Why One Youth Seeks the / ~.
of Opportunity.
seckonir9 Hands Of Independents. -,
wealth Stretch Out From wsst.ro
Canada to Those Who Hsv.
Faith and COURAGE


Strolling around the exhibit rom
the Canadian government of8es = =. u
Paul' studying the grain. apd nl-.' =
up an odd piece or two of Ii-srs..-s
describing farming and its results :
western Canada, a dapper walsra.
Swapping six-tooter said TO rhs - -
agef' I've been having a srapd -
Vi IiYlng for the past few rs.r. -,
used to work on my uncles lam, i.
io"a' heard Of the big fat INV ~
Eeiopes that the city chaps war.
tins every week. Went ~ tfs ~
ana began getting them fao ~ ~
an the excitement they womb t-.s
tAeaters, dinners. swell clothes and
taXls. surely saw lot of fss. H.
lnat IN days gone By / had gpyioaslv
eazed upon and secretly wanted n
try.
but I'm driven to earth now. Pm
sun working, but the pay eDyslors !.
thinner Not working steadily van
know, and l sort of miss those sils.
shlrt times. | went TO Western Gan.
ada once, and l think I'll make IN.
other trip.
i was up there five year. ago. I
want money, and lots Of it: want
10 De my own boss, but | haven't mpeh
com to start with. want TO get into
that class that don't have to wor-r
about a buck or so. know fellows
out there in Canada who went there
rev years ago, got a quarter section
some hOmesteaded and some bought
on easy payments-and they are we'll
OH today. A number of the boys from
my own state paid for their lands
from a single crop. / may not be as
successful as they were, but I want
TO try"
he wanted to talk, and the manager
was a good listener. He continued:
Il want to have my own home, and
raise my own cattle; l want hogs and
poultry, and milk and eggs to sell
Can | get a marketP
He was assured that he could and
that he could get a decent-sized crop
to thrash every fall.
"You know" he said, eff the farm.
ers on five hundred dollar-an-acre land
can make money, my reasoning leads
me to believe that can grow as many
dollars an acre from that cheaper land
in Western Canada"
This period of semi-unrest is caus
ing more thinking and planning for
the future than probably at any tina
in 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 initiation of land values So the
new man,-the young man wishing to
make q start on a farm-was con-
fronted with the problem of the land
he wanted having gone beyond bis
limited capital He must seek else
where. Two decades ago, and less
good farming land could be bought
in Canada at four dollars an acre but
as the demand increased and its pro-
ductivity was proven, prices advanced
There has been no undue Imitation
though. and prices today are very rea'
sonable. Some day, when the coun
try is settled, land will bring a mucn
higher price in Western Canada. 10
day land prices range for unimproVel
SIS TO SO an acre; improved. at Wv
up.
The productive value is almost De
yond estimate. The reports Of taoss
who have been farming these lands
making money and enjoying ever!
personal freedom. are available alu
can be secured on application.
1t Is apparent that this last os
axailable farming area Of western
Canada will tend, TO no small ez'eu.
to dispel some of the unrest tha'
so prevalent today among the young
er men, who have had a taste OF 90.
ter things and who intend 20 nav
them in the future.-Adyertlseme1~