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acres of land, according to the price and their means, sur 

 vey it into large and small farms and village lots, and sell it 

 at auction to the highest bidder, each member being en 

 titled to buy to the extent of his investment in the pur 

 chase, and as much more as he can pay for each being 

 pledged to settle and improve his tract. The hour this is 

 done and the tract all settled, the members lands alone are 

 worth double their cost often much more. The farmers 

 have thus secured lands at wilderness prices, and secured at 

 the same time the vicinage of millers, merchants, mechan 

 ics, &c., which gives additional value to lands long since 

 improved ; while the carpenter, shoemaker, blacksmith, 

 tailor, tinner, &c., &c., have acquired not merely homes, 

 but life-long customers at the lowest possible prices. CON 

 CERTED EMIGRATION is a plan by which the industrious can 

 at least double their moderate means without making a 

 profit out of anybody else ; and there are millions of our 

 people, especially of the young, who might speedily double 

 their little properties by means of it. 



&quot; 6. Having thus made a home, resolve to spend your re 

 maining days there, and to be one of the best farmers or 

 artisans to be found there or elsewhere. Work steadily 

 but not immoderately ; think, observe and read so as to 

 make every blow tell. If your land is mainly timbered, 

 contrive a way to make the timber, if possible, a source of 

 profit ; if the soil is rather lean, devote all the time not ab 

 solutely needed otherwise to making it richer. Sell only 

 for pay down, and buy likewise for cash. Do not allow 

 your wants to grow faster than your means. Make each 

 mistake or failure a source of instruction and improvement. 

 Form no bad habits have no liquor on your premises, and 

 no tobacco unless to repel vermin. Have no capital locked 

 up in land that you do not use, unless it be woodland rap 

 idly enhancing in value ; nor in fat horses, showy turnouts, 



