28 WHAT I KNOW OF FARMING. 



the South only ; it is to be found cheap in every 

 State by those who are able to own and who know 

 how to use it.'' 



I earnestly trust that the obvious advantages of 

 settling in colonies are to be widely and rapidly im- 

 proved by our people, nearly as follows : One thous- 

 and heads of families unite to form a colony, contribute 

 $100 to $500 each to defray the cost of seeking out 

 and securing a suitable location, and send out two or 

 three of the most capable and trustworthy of their num- 

 ber to find and purchase it ; and now let their lands be 

 surveyed and divided into village or city lots at or near 

 the center, larger allotments (for mechanics' and mer- 

 chants' homes) surrounding that center, and far larger 

 (for farms) outside of these ; an'd let each member, on 

 or soon after his arrival, select a village-lot, out-lot, 

 farm, or one of each if he chooses and can pay for 

 them. Let ample reservations of the best sites for 

 churches, school-houses, a town hall, public park, etc., 

 be made in laying out the village, and let each pur- 

 chaser of a lot or farm be required to plant shade-trees 

 along the highways which skirt or traverse it. If 

 irrigation by common effort be deemed necessary, let 

 provision be made for that. Run up a large, roomy 

 structure for a family hotel or boarding-house ; and 

 now invite each stockholder to come on, select his land, 

 pay for it, and get up some sort of a dwelling, leaving 

 his family to follow when this shall have been rendered 

 habitable ; but, if they insist on coming on with him 

 and taking their chances, so be it. 



