CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



Poverty no Hindrance Government Lands Free Farms 

 The Homestead Law Its Friends and Enemies Settlers 

 in &quot;Wisconsin Germans in the Union Immigration A 

 Southern Homestead Law Continued Grants of Public 

 Land 13 



CHAPTER II. 



Number of Free Farms Population, Present and Future 

 Increase of Public Wealth Past and Future Immigra 

 tion Gold Mines Farms Enough for All 



CHAPTER III. 



What makes Land valuable Prices balancing each other 

 How poor Men pay for high-priced Farms A practical Il 

 lustration A Farm for the Right Man 52 



CHAPTER IV. 



More Opinions and Experiences Some Objections Addi 

 tional Light Encouraging the Young A personal His 

 tory Getting an Illinois Farm One Example Good 

 Suggestions Buying and going in Debt Value of the 



Discussion 



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