PRINCIPLES OF LAND SETTLEMENT 



a latent bronchial lesion in some member 

 of the family. How often have you seen 

 a farmer, having a splendid farm, selling 

 out for next to nothing simply because of 

 ill-health! Nor must the health of the 

 live stock be forgotten. Does the district 

 suffer from scale -insects, rust, horsesick- 

 ness, redwater or blue-tongue. Are 

 poisonous plants common? Fierce winds 

 and frosts, hail and lightning, are trou- 

 bles more or less common to every part of 

 the world; nevertheless, they should be 

 taken into account in estimating the value 

 of the farm for settlement. 



Our final principle has reference to the 

 selection of the crop to be grown. In all 

 parts of the world certain districts are 

 better adapted to some crops than others, 

 or in other words, we find distinct agri- 

 cultural and live stock zones. True, the 

 United States is renowned for almost all 

 the great agricultural industries; but 

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