Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-27
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.

Strulllng around tine exhibit room of
the Canadian government Office in ~.
Pam. studying the grain, aud picking
w an odd piece or two of lite allure
describing farming and It's results IN
Western Canada. II dapper. wcll-built,
s|trapping s%iN-footcr said To the man
agcr. I've been having u grand whirl
Of living for the past few years. |
used To work OH my uuclc's farm In
Iowa. | heard Of the big fat pay en-
NoIopcs that the city chaps were get
ting every week. | went to the city.
and ! began getting them. too. ! had
all the excitement they would bring
-ihcatcrs, dinners, swell clothes and
taNis. ! surely saw II lot of that life
that In days one hy | had %anXiuusly
gnzed upon aud secretly wanted to
try.
'But I'm driven Ia earth now. I'm
sim working. but the pay envelope is
thinner. Not working steadily, YOU
know. and | sort of miss those silk.
shirt times. | went to Western Can.
ada once, and | think I'll make am
other trip.
Il was up there five years ago. I
want money. and lots of IT; ! want
to be my own boss, but I haven't much
coin To start with. | want to gct into
that class that don't have To worry
about n buck or 80. | know fellows
out there in Canada who went there,
Il few years ago, got u quarter section
some homvStradcd ana some bought
on easy pnymcntS-nnd they are well
of today. \ number of the boys from
my " state paid for their lands
from a single crop. | may not be as
successful rs they were, but | want
Ia Try
lie wanted to talk. and the manager
VAS u good listener. lie continued
81 want To have my own home. and
raise my ~ cattle; | want hogs and
poultry, and milk and eggs To sell.
Can | get a m~arkcti"
lie was assured that he could, and
that he could get Il dccrnt-sihcd crop
to thrash every fall.
You know" he said. "if the farm
ers On tivc-hundred- dollur-au-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 M any time
a.. a.. t.u-V MI. I.-F.. ga, a.AH.
and financial Independence is grow
INK. 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 man,-thc young man wishing To
make II start on Il furm-wus con
fronted with the problem of the land
he wanted having one beyond his
limited capital. lie must seek else
where. Two decades ago, aud less,
good farming land could be bought
IN Canada ut four dollars an acre. but
rs the demand Increased and it, pro.
ductiyity was proven, prices advanced.
There has been no undue Imitation,
though, u prices today are very rCa-
sonnble. Some day, when the coun.
try Is settled. land will bring Il much
higher price in Western Canada. To-
day land prices range for unimproved,
SIS To SO an acre improved, at $40
up.
The productive value Is almost he.
yond estimate. The reports OF those
who have been farming these lands,
making money and enjoying every
personal freedom, are available and
can bee secured on application.
II is apparent that this last big
available farming area of Western
Canada viii tend, tn nO small extent,
tn dlspcl some Of the unrest that Is
so prevalent today among the young
or men. who have had q taste Of bet
;er things and who intend 10 have
them M the Observation-Disclosures.