CHAPTER I 



MAKING A LIVING WHEKE AND HOW 



The necessity of teaching better methods in agriculture to relieve 

 the problems of our day. The drift toward cities. Natural con- 

 ditions. 



The possibilities of an acre in potatoes. Large acreages a 

 mistake. Labor and expense of cultivating large areas. Culti- 

 vation contrasted with Bonanza farms. 



Small acreage farms in Japan, Denmark, etc., and what they 

 produce. Small acreage in school gardens and vacant lots. Gentle- 

 men farmers. City and country coming together. 



CHAPTER II 



PRESENT CONDITIONS 



America an agricultural country up to the Civil War. Attracted 

 to the West by Government lands. South the center of slave 

 agriculture. Cheap land kept up wages. War and hard times 

 changed conditions. South crushed Central West growing. 

 Railways forcing people from the land to the cities aided by 

 competition of western land. Climax now ; must find remedy for 

 alienation. 



Where land is idle in the East. Result of railroad discrimina- 

 tion shown in values. First step is railroad control. Cause of 

 relegation, railroad rates. Affects Pennsylvania and Ohio. Gross 

 inequalities in freight charges; Mississippi Valley better. In- 

 creasing market in South. These furnish opportunity of getting 

 people to land. New fields. 



CHAPTER III 



HOW TO BUY THE FARM 



Principles. Points. Low and high-priced land. Conserva- 

 tive investment. Suburban lands. Real estate agents aid un- 

 explored opportunities. 



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