THE CALL OF THE LAND 



tion is not stopping at all because the free 

 land is gone. Men cannot live except by 

 the products of the soil. A man who owns 

 good land anywhere in the world has 

 therein a gold mine, and it is going to be 

 more and more valuable with every passing 

 year. 



In any country where you can get a living 

 off the land, good climate becomes an ex- 

 traordinary advantage. In parts of the Tor- 

 rid zone the land brings forth immense 

 amounts of vegetable fiber and innumerable 

 animals that might serve as food for man, 

 but there is so much fever in those regions 

 that they cannot be the home of great pop- 

 ulation. For the average human being 

 Nebraska is as healthy a location as there 

 is on the globe. Many people beginning to 

 suffer lung trouble are afraid if they stay in 

 the lower or timber parts of the country 

 they may break down. Hundreds not yet 

 destined to a consumptive's life and death 

 are constantly looking for some place to set- 

 tle where they can live comfortably and to 



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