FARMER'S AND EMIGRANT'S 



HAND-BOOK. 



CHAPTER I. 



PURCHASING AND CLEARING TIMBERED LAND. 



THOSE emigrants who decide upon purchasing wild 

 land, whether forest or prairie, should be exceedingly 

 cautious in every stage of the business. Everything 

 depends on making a good selection. We have known 

 persons to toil on for years, with little advantage to them- 

 selves, and then give back the land they had purchased 

 and partly paid for, simply because of having made a 

 bad choice at the outset. A mistake of the kind alluded 

 to, is a most serious one to the new settler. Besides the 

 waste of time and money it occasions, it tends to discourage 

 him, and seldom does he fully recover from the disaster. 



The emigrant should not be in too great a hurry to get 

 settled. Although it is desirable that he get a home as 

 early as practicable, and begin his arduous labors, it is 

 poor policy to purchase without much consideration. It 

 is of the very highest importance that he SEE THE LAND 

 BEFORE PURCHASING IT. On this point we cannot be too 

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