The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-29
CANADA'S VETS
BACK ON LAND
80 Per Cent Of Dominion's Ex-
Service Men Are Farmers.
LOANS MADE UP TO $500

Government Spends -, 000, 900 In Es.
tabIishIno $1,000 Men on Farms
Way Open to Ex-s Soldiers Of British,
Imperial or Allied Forces Settlers
Are Advised In All Operations Un-
til Board Is Satisfied That They Can
Carry on Farming Successfully.
Canada has spent over $4,000, 900
In the establishment Of returned
soldiers on the land. This figure rep
resents over $1,000 individual ex-
service men who have benefited from
the law which had for It's twin aims
soldier reestablishment and the de-
velopment Of the agricultural resources
Of the Dominion. 1t represents 80 per
cent Of Canada's ex-service men who
have gone back to the land and 30 per
cent Of the men Of the Canadian army
who were demobilized as physically
fit.
Under the law any ex-service man
eligible from 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 $1,000; 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 guaran-
tee OF good faith.
These benefits are open to men of
the Canadian expeditionary 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, If on their arrival
In Canada they spend q 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.
60,827 Applications.
On July 81, the number of applica-
ions was 60,827, and of these 43,765
lad been accepted as qualified to farm.
Nearly 1000 others are In training with
he intention of taking Dip farms when
qualified. OF the 26,701 settled on the
and, 2O,624 were granted loans. The
'thers were located on free dominion
ands without financial assistance.
The settlement board adopted sys-
EN- of selection, requiring that appli-
ants must pass rigid examination as
0 physical ability, moral character and
incerity Of purpose, with the result
hat out of the 10000 men who have
ow been on the land upward Of two
ears, strict supervision Of their opera
Ons has revealed the fact that only
bout 10 per cent have failed to show
romise Of satisfactory results. In
,me cases, 1t has been found necessary
} allow the settler to withdraw from
IS obligation, and the board has taken
yer his farm and sold it to- another.
In 425 such cases. where the invest
ent of the government was 1892
9, the government realized on resale
,654,523, showing a loss of only $19.- :
on each farm.
The loans for land and permanent
lprOyementS run for twenty-five -
ars, those for stock and equipment CO
+ six years, with interest at 5 per M
mt. No payments were due until at
e fall of 1920, when 1921 men to
ere liable. The number who made TT
payments was $3.50 and ,439 made M,
epayments. There We're 403 who re. =
id their entire loans. .
On Way to Success.
In view of the collapse of the mar
is in the middle of the threshing
lson and of the occurrence of
ought and other visitations last year
some localities in the west the
regards this statement as
y satisfactory and, it is believed
It very few years will see most
these soldier farmers well on their
Y to success. Indeed, there are
es where settlers have taken from
ground crops aggregating in value
re than the whole cost of their
ms.
liberia has the largest number OF
lier settlers with 6,058; Saskatche-
] second with $780, the other prov
IS in the order named: Manitoba,
9; British Columbia, 1915; Ontario,
i; New Brunswick, 543; Nova
tia, 3S1; Quebec, 1858; Prince Ed
d Island, 329.
! addition to the loan advantages
CHI a soldier settler has, the board
res for him very favorable arrange
It's with regard to the purchase of
stock and equipment. Farm ma
cry manufacturers, lumber dealers,
less and wagon makers give special
es to soldier settlers, In some
s amounting to a reduction of
per cent. In the purchase OF
pment, the board has effected a
ng of 1886, 1894. 1t also has saved -
settlers large sums in land pur-
e. No intermediary is permitted
axe a rake-on on soldier farms;
land is bought direct from the
or.
e most important advantage, how
is the supervision which the board