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the business center, on the same street- car line, 

 of the same size, and have the same elevation. 

 Why the difference in price ? Because of envi- 

 ronment. A seat in the dress circle at the 

 theater costs a dollar, one in the peanut gallery 

 ten cents. The play can be seen as well with 

 a glass in the cheap seat as in the more ex- 

 pensive one. Then environment has value, as 

 well as land and buildings. 



The value of the farm may be greatly modi- 

 fied by the improvements upon it. It is well to 

 ask. Is the house well located! May it not 

 have to be \drtually rebuilt before it is at all 

 satisfactory? Will it be necessary to move and 

 repair barns before they are at all suited to 

 their purposes? The improvements may be too 

 extended for the needs of the purchaser. Some 

 farms are overloaded with buildings ( Fig. 4 ) ; 

 some have badly arranged, unsightly buildings, 

 too good to destroy and too ugly and unhandy 

 for either economy or pleasure. Farm buildings 

 are not a direct source of income and are ex- 

 pensive to keep in repair ; therefore, there would 

 better be a slight deficiency of them than an 

 ill arranged surplus. All other permanent im- 

 provements, such as orchards, plantations, fences, 

 and the like, should be carefully considered. A 

 good bearing orchard of only a few acres may 

 serve to furnish enough profit each year to liq- 



