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unoccupied lands by the hundred thousand acres, 

 awaiting energy, skill, and faith. 



Ten dollars an acre is a common price for the rocky hills 

 of New England. The choice river bottoms, and land near 

 the larger cities is as high priced as similar land anywhere 

 else. Intending settlers can buy small areas for little money ; 

 usually the smallest farms have good buildings worth in 

 many cases more than the price asked for the whole farm. 

 Climatic conditions are not favorable to single cropping. 

 In the old days general farming, grain, beef, sheep, and hogs 

 were the rule; nowadays, special crops, dairying, fruit 

 growing, etc. 



Tobacco is the great staple in the rich Connecticut River 

 bottoms, and even on the uplands, if properly manured, it 

 pays from one to three hundred dollars per acre. Tobacco 

 can be raised on small areas far from the railroad, as, when 

 properly cured and packed for shipment, it is not perishable. 

 To many the worst feature of New England is the climate 



long, cold winters and short summers. Maine being 

 farthest north suffers most in this respect, but that does 

 not prevent her producing hundreds of thousands of tons 

 of sweet corn for canning and vast quantities of eggs and 

 butter. Fruit does well on the lower coast ; a small orchard 

 of peaches or plums will in three or four years from planting 

 make a comfortable living. Bush fruits grow in abundance 

 and give never-failing crops. 



Poultry is peculiarly successful on the rocky hills, because 

 they are nearly always dry or well drained. Dairying can 

 be made to pay if near a creamery, or where milk can be 

 sold at retail. The prospective settler here should bear in 

 mind that wherever he goes, the first year will produce 

 little more than a kitchen garden; the second enable him 



