| Show BACK TO THE LAND that is the cry that Is is to resound reso unil ouo buo cud c nd of oc this great I 1 lind to the other that desiro desire is taking hold of office people in the big edies factory workers and even professional fess ional men wo we who reside in the land districts where good farms can be acquired by pui chase or homestead sit around and watch our birthright pass into the hands of another as wo we grumble about the lack of opportunity port unity we have in mind an individual who moved out onto a farm in the valley thirteen years ago which he purchased at the rate 0 of 20 per acre the land was dry and the tract purchased totalled to acres a great part of 0 which was seeded to alfalfa aud and the entire tract was fenced the purchaser seeded the balance of 0 the land to alfalfa that could be brought under cultivation and aud a few years later the canal came along alon Tand and he purchased water when he bought the land this individual had not a single five cent piece to pay on the investment but had to borrow the money ile he continued to raise alfalfa and bought stock with his hie surplus money raised heavy draft horses chic chickens liens hogs and cattle selling his surplus hay lie ile erected a modern brick home that has every of a farm home borte and today owns one ot of the best y us ni ir in tho va iy ay lie is now thinking of fit moving back to brigham and taking life a little more easy ills his land has advanced from 20 per acre acra to per acre and ho he would not like to dispose of 0 it at that price even when he moved out onto the farm a good many or of his friends gave him job they and wanted to bo be encouraging but their faith was waa so BO weal weak that they could not even hope that he would mao mae good today the man who went on tho the farm arm can buy out nearly all his sympathizing friends put together and all this has boon been accomplished in thirteen years on a hay bay farm during which time a large family of children havo have been growing up does it p pay ay to go back 0 io o tho the land |
