Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-04-23
WANTS OWN FARM
Why One Youth Seeks the Land
of Opportunity.
eeckonins Hands of Independents. -,
wealth Stretch Out From west., r'''
canada to Those Who Hsv.
Faith and COURAGE


Stroiling around the exhibit roo-
the Canadian government Office ~ ~ u
Faui' studying the grain. ami - ~ q
up an odd piece or two of ing ing
describing farming and lis ras,,l1,'
western Canada, a dapper wal1.b 'S u
Swapping six-footer said to r1a maI
aser' I've been having rrard . -Il-,
VI HFlng for the past few 60 Ill
useu 10 work on my uucl4's fsr,.
Io"a' heard of the biz fat INV -
Neiopes that the city chan, vlra -, ~
ing every week, l went 10 tba ~.
ana | began getting them rao = os
ali the excitement they wori5 la.1-
-tAeaters, dinners. swell cf.,'.. ''--,
taxls. l surely saw lot of f5s, NV 4a
'Iat IN days gone by l had auxioss,
eazeu upon and secretly wanted "a
try. ''-'e1 %
But I'm driven to earth oov p.
stu working, but the pay epyeIona :.
lhlhher- Not working steadily van
Know and sort of miss those i'm.
shlrt times. l went to Western Can.
ada once, and l think I'll make an.
other trip.
1 was up there five years ago. =
want money, and lots Of il: want
10 De my own boss, but haven't mpob
coin to start with l want 10 get no
tnat class that don't have to worry
ABOUT buck or so. / know fellows
OAt there in Canada who went there
d few years ago, got quarter section
some homeSteaded and some bought
on easy payments-and they are well
OH today. A number of the boys from
my own state paid for their lands
from single crop. ! may not be as
successful as they were, but / want
TO try"
He wanted to talk. and the manage,
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 market?"
He was assured that he could. and
that he could get a decent-sized crop
to thrash every fall.
You know" he said, "if the farm
ers on fve-hundred- dollar-an-acre land
can make money, my reasoning leads
me to believe that 1 can grow as many
dollars an acre from that cheaper land
in Western Canada"
This V1arioH Of -Oy,,f ,rrrort L., oo,e-
ing more thinking and planning for
the future than probably at any time
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 imitation of land values. So the
new man,-the young man wishing to
make 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 indatoa
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 unmproVea
$1S TO $50 an acre; improved. at %o
up.
The productive value is almost De-
yond estimate. The reports Of taos'
who have been farming these IaDas
making money and enjoying ever!
personal freedom. are available anu
can be secured on application.
1t is apparent that this last Os
axallable farming area Of western
Canada will tend to no small ez'el.
TO dispel some of the unrest tha'
so prevalent today among the young
err men, who have had a taste OF oS',
ter things and who intend TO Da''
them liz the future.-Advert-Seine