PRINCIPLES OF LAND SETTLEMENT 



farm ; and if he assigns certain marks for 

 each of the six factors above mentioned 

 he will obtain 100 as the total. He can 

 then quickly decide as to the relative 

 merits of the different lands under con- 

 sideration. 



The Farmer's Score-Card: 



Of course I do not wish to infer that 

 any one, or on all farms, these factors are 

 of equal or of constant value far from 

 it; but we are dealing with broad prin- 

 ciples and not with petty details, and un- 

 less these are well marked and made per- 

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