him? We owe it to him and we owe it to ourselves, for 

 it is only so that the North can be developed and the 

 state brought into its own. 



There are many things about this land settlement 

 problem that we do not know because this problem has 

 never been given the study that its importance de- 

 serves, but there is at least one thing of which we are 

 very sure, timber on the farm is a big asset and its 

 growth should be encouraged on all land not more prof- 

 itably utilized. 



Recent studies have brought out the following points : 



1. Capital is one of the important factors in de- 

 veloping new land. 



2. Standing timber represents capital. 



3. The average rate of clearing land is slow be- 

 tween two and three acres per year and must neces- 

 sarily continue to be slow. 



4. Not more than a quarter of a farm is under cul- 

 tivation after fifteen years of occupancy. 



5. It requires from three to ten acres of undevel- 

 oped brush land to pasture a cow. 



6. The taxes on undeveloped land are practically 

 the same as on fully developed land. 



"With these points in mind, some very definite con- 

 clusions can be drawn. A considerable portion of the 

 farm, probably half of it, will not be developed thirty 

 years from the time of settlement. In the meantime the 

 undeveloped land is earning practically nothing and its 

 taxes are a burden on the other portions of the farm. 

 In other words, only a small proportion of the farm is 



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