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social and intellectual life, would be feasible in the Farm 

 City, and should also be included in the founders' plan. 

 Finally, the Farm City should not be located at any 

 great distance from an urban center. Naturally, it 

 would be beyond the district feasible for garden cities 

 whose inhabitants go back and forth to town each day. 



To speak in more concrete terms, one might say that 

 a circle of from ten to fifteen miles around a great city 

 would mark the logical limitations of the garden-city 

 area, at least until means of transit become cheaper and 

 quicker ; while a circle of from forty to fifty miles would 

 mark out the logical limitations of the Farm City area. 

 Abundant land can be had for both purposes almost 

 everywhere within these limitations ; hence, it is un- 

 necessary to go farther. 



The size of the holding under the Farm-City plan is 

 a matter only to be determined by experience. Plainly 

 it should not be a rigid unit, since men differ so widely 

 in experience, taste, amount of capital, and size of 

 family. The best unit would be so much land as each 

 family could use to the best advantage without hiring 

 help. This rule could not be literally enforced at all 

 seasons, unless, perhaps, by exchange of labor among 

 neighbors ; but it is a sound ideal, and should be ap- 

 proximated as nearly as possible. The country needs — 

 not more tenants and hired-men, but more self-employ- 

 ing proprietors. 



When a Farm City is near enough to a large urban 

 center, with good transportation facilities, a very small 

 holding will suffice to yield a good living to an indus- 

 trious family. This is particularly true when poultry 

 or truck gardening, or a combination of both, is the 



