The Clio messenger., 1921-04-21
WANTS OWN FARM
Why One Youth Seeks the Land
of Opportunity.
Reckoning Hands Of independence ana
Wealth Stretch Out From Wester"
Canada to Those Who Have
Faith and Courage.

Strolling around the exhibit room ol
the Canadian government once III o.
Paul, studying the grain, ana pichihs
ND an odd piece or two OF llteratuie
describing farming and It's results III
Western Canada. II dapper, Weli-puii''
strapping siX-footer said TO the man
ager, "Tve been having grahd WIFI
of living for the past few years.
used to work on my uncles lar" III
Iowa. | heard of the big fat pa! en-
velopes that the city chaps were get-
ting every week. | went to the city,
and | began getting them, too. hau
all the excitement they would Drihs
-theaters, dinners. swell clothes anu
taxis. | surely saw lot ot that me
that i'm days gone by | had anxiousiy
sazed upon and secretly wanted 10
try. -
But I'm driven to earth now LIN
still working, but the pay envelope u
thinner. Not working steadily' you
know. and | sort of miss those SILK
shirt times. | went 10 Western Cah-
ada once. and | think I'll make an
other trip.
81 was up there five years ago. l
want money. and lots of ii: | want
70 he nv own boss. but | haven't much
coin To start with. | want tn get INTO
that class that don't have Ia WORT!
about n buck or 50. ] know feiio"s
ont there i'm Canada who went there
"A few years ago, got quarter sec'oh
some h0meSteaded and some pousnt
on easy payments-and they are wen
off today. A number of the boys from
my own state paid for their lahds
from Il single crop. | may not De as
successful as they were. hut | want
to try"
He wanted To talk. and the manager
was a good listener. He continued
"I want To have my own home. ana
raise my own cattle; want hogs ana
poultry, and milk and eggs TO sell.
Can get II market
He was assured that he could, ana
that he could get Il decent-s'zed crop
To thrash every fall"
you know" he said, "if the farm
ers on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. land
can make money, my reasoning leaus
me to believe that can grow as many
dollars an acre from that cheaper lahd
i'm Western Canada.
This Deriod of semi-unrest is caus-
ing more thinking and planning for
the future than probably at any time
I'm the mast. 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 Il farlll-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, ana less
good farming land could he bought
I'm 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
0 though. and prices today are very rea
= sonable. Some day, when the coun
I try is settled, land will bring a mucl
higher price In Western Canada. TO
0 day land prices range for unimproved
u s1S to S25 an acre; improved, at $3'
up.
The productive value is almost be
: yond estimate. The reports of thos
e who have been farming these lands
s making money and enjoying ever
" personal freedom, are available an
n can be secured on application.
o 1t is apparent that this last bi
e available farming area Of Wester
p Canada will tend, to no small exten
l. to dispel some o, the unrest that
d so prevalent today among the youni
f. er men, who have had a taste of be-
=; ter things and who intend to hav
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