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AND A LIVING 



" made " read your book, and here are a few ex- 

 tracts from the great number of letters received : 

 F. H. La Baume, Agricultural and Industrial 

 Commissioner of the Norfolk and Western Rail- 

 way, writes : 



" . . . In no other book by a Sociologist have I 

 found so much sound sense and so many facts marshaled 

 for the promotion of the ' back to the land ' movement 

 and for intensive farming as in that of Mr. Bolton Hall 

 ' Three Acres and Liberty ' which he has sent me upon 

 your suggestion. It certainly ought to convince even the 

 most doubting Thomas that for a great many people who 

 are now fretting along in large cities, hardly able to make 

 both ends meet, the land of promise is not far away. 



" I have seen Mr. Hall's theory the ' Three Acre ' 

 proposition fully vindicated, and I am proud to say that 

 I have been instrumental in bringing about its practical 

 application. Two years ago myself and friends divided a 

 tract of land at Waverly, Va., by no means the ' most fer- 

 tile ' in the United States, nor with the ' most' favorable 

 location, into 10, 15, and 25-acre farms, and upon each 

 farm was built a three-room cottage. We originally sold 

 one of these farms and cottages for $400, to be paid for 

 in instalments, but this price had to be increased later to 

 $500 on account of the increased cost of labor and build- 

 ing material. 



" On these farms we have settled up to date about forty 

 families, the men being of all vocations, but hardly one a 

 farmer. Most of the ten acres are timbered, very little 

 of it under cultivation, yet every one of these persons has 



