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change in the face of the land and in all living 

 conditions. 



Some of these people were practical farm- 

 ers ; most of them, and those who interested us 

 most, were townsfolk. There's no need to say 

 much about the farmers. They have suc- 

 ceeded according to their deserts, just as they 

 would have succeeded anywhere. Their ques- 

 tion was simply a question of change of loca- 

 tion. With the townsmen it was different. 

 They are worth considering a bit here, I think. 

 There are few spots on the map where within 

 so short a time so many people have actually 

 tried this back-to-the-land proposition under 

 conditions like ours. There has been a sort of 

 community spirit among us ; we have been able 

 to keep track of one another and to judge 

 of the reasons for success or failure. 



There have been some real successes, and 

 some flat failures. Success hasn't seemed to 

 depend essentially upon the amount of money 

 a man might bring with him in his hands, nor 

 upon his age, nor upon his earlier training, nor 

 upon any early familiarity with the theory or 

 practice of good farming. Some have failed 

 though they had plenty of money to start with ; 

 some have made it go though they had to hus- 



