The Raymer enterprise., 1921-04-21
WANTS own FARM
Why One Youth Seeks the Land
Of Opportunity.
osekenine Hands ef Independence and
Wealth Stretch Out From Western
Canada 70 Those Who Have
Faith and Courage.

CauaOa 70 Th0o0 VINO have
Faith and Courage.
Strolling around the exhibit room Of
the Canadian government once In st.
Paul. studying the grain, and picking
up IN odd piece or two Of literature
describing farming and its results In
Western Canada. q dappsr. wsikSuilt,
strapping slx-footer said to the man
ager. I've been having q grand whin
Of living for the past few years I
used to work on my uncle's farm in
Iowa. ! heard Of the big fat pay ca.
velopes that the city chaps were got.
ting every week. l went to the city.
and began getting them. too. I had
all the excitement they would bring
-theatsrs dinners. swell clothes and
taxia ! surely saw q lot Of that life
that In days gons BY had anxiously
gazed upon and secretly wanted to
~.
But I'm driven to earth now. I'm
still working, but the pay envelope %
thinner. Not working steadily. you
know, and I sort Of miss those silk
shirt tipss. I wsat 10 Western Can.
ada once, and I think I'll make an.
other trip.
II was up there I've years ago. I
want money, and lots Of It; I want
to be my own boss. but I hayea't much
coin to start with. want to get into
that class that don't have to worry
about a buck or %. I know fellows
out thers IN Canada who went there,
. few yeass aso. ct . quartsr section
some homesteaded and some bought
on easy paymsnts-and they are well
OF today. A number Of the boys from
my own stats paid for their lands
from Q single crop. ! may not b %
successful ~ they were. but ! want
- Try"
h wanted to talk, and the manaser
was q good listener. he continued:
II want to have my own home and
raise my own cattle; I want hogs and
poultry. and milk and eggs to sell.
Can / Get q marketT
he was assured that he could. and
that. be could set . decsnt<issd crop
to thrash every fall.
"You know" he said, III the farm.
ers on 6ve-hundred- -dollar-an.acr land
can make money, my reasoning leads
me to believe that can grow as many
dellars IN 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 time
in the past. The desire for personal
and financial Independents is grow.
ing. To secure this, the first real
source Of wealth Is the land itself.
That Ii the solution. During the era
Of high prices, doubtless there was
some imitation Of land values. So The
new man-the young man Wishing to
make a start on a farm-was con.
fronted with the problem Of the land
he wanted having gone beyond his
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 much
higher price In Western Canada. To
day land prices range for unimproved.
as to S26 an acre; improved, at $50
up.
The productive value is almost be-
yond estimate. The reports Of thoss
who have been farming these lands,
making money and enjoying every
personal freedom. are available and
can be secured on application.
1t il apparent that this last big
available farming area Of WestsEn
Canada win tend, to no small extent
to dispel some Of the unrest that b
% prevalent today among the young
er men. who have had taste Of bst.
ter things and who intend to have
thsm In the future.-AdveFtisement
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