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PRINCIPLES OF RURAL ECONOMICS 



and south from the base line. The systems of numbering town- 

 ships may be shown by the following diagram : 



The township marked 

 A is 3 north and in range 

 3 west, and would be desig- 

 nated as Tp. 3 N., R. 3 W., 

 while that marked B is 3 

 south in range 4 east, and 

 would be designated as Tp. 

 3 S., R. 4 E. 



Within the township the 

 sections are numbered after 

 the following order (Dia- 

 gram II), always beginning 

 at the northeast corner. 

 DIAGRAM i Within the section the 



quarter sections are designated by their directions from the center, 



being the northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast quarters. 



Thus if one wished to 



describe the quarter 



section lying in the 



extreme northwest of 



the township marked 



A in Diagram I, it 



would be done after 



this manner : N. W. 



Qr. of Sec. 6 of Tp. 



3 N., R. 3 W. of the 

 -P.M. Within the 



quarter section each 



forty-acre tract is again DIAGRAM n 



designated by its direction from the center of the quarter section. 



Thus if one wished to designate the forty acres lying in the 



R.3W. 



Tp. 

 3N. 



