A LITTLE LAND 70 



AND A LIVING 



Briefly, I would suggest that such proofs as 

 can be obtained about the condition of agricul- 

 ture in this country should be widely dissemi- 

 nated; that the Department of Agriculture es- 

 tablish, in each of the large cities of the country, 

 offices which would give full information to in- 

 quirers who wish to know of the best places in 

 any part of the rural districts of the United 

 States in which to take up their residences with 

 a view to engaging in agricultural pursuits. 

 These offices should, I believe, co-operate with 

 associations and with individuals to draw away 

 from the city such elements of the population as 

 are not likely to succeed there. This could be 

 done through co-operaton with charitable asso- 

 ciations, immigration officials, lecturers, the 

 press, etc. 



If results from this educational campaign do 

 not materialize within a reasonable time, then 

 there should be more widespread and drastic 

 measures, even going so far as supplying the 

 land, and even the home, from the government's 

 own tracts or from the various States' aban- 

 doned homesteads. Yea, I would even go so 



