PRINCIPLES OF LAND SETTLEMENT 



5000 acre farm in the Transvaal. 1 He 

 finds it necessary, however, to borrow 

 money at some later period on this land, 

 valued (let us say) at $5 (l) per acre. 

 Well, perhaps he is able to raise $7500 

 (<1500) as a first mortgage. He must 

 work hard now to clear off his debt. Ima- 

 gine his chagrin to find that only 500 acres 

 are really good agricultural land. The re- 

 mainder is useless. His land hunger has 

 made him poor, and he may never be able 

 to pay back his loan. Unfortunately, this 

 is not an isolated case. These things are 

 happening every day all over South 

 Africa simply because settlers, through 

 ignorance or apathy, deliberately ignore 

 the fundamental principles of selection. 

 Under this section we must also consider 



1 It is of interest to remember that the average size of a 

 farm in England is 66 acres; in the United States 143, and 

 in the Transvaal 5000. 



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