25% more wagons are required. This means that 

 the maximum distance from the railway at which 

 wheat can be profitably grown is soon reached. 



It is impossible to lay down any hard rule as to price OF 

 the price a man should not exceed in purchasing land. 

 land for wheat. To do so at the present stage is, 

 however, hardly necessary. Present day market 

 prices are well within the limit the efiicient wheat 

 farmer can afford to pay, and only in certain favoured 

 areas are prices likely to exceed that limit within 

 the next few years. Land on or close to the railway, 

 is, as might be expected, more costly than that of 

 similar quality further out, so that the intending 

 settler with small capital may find it necessary to 

 take up land some distance from the line, but hard 

 work and efl&cient management will do much to 

 counter the increased cost of transport. 



In making his selection, the intending settler water, 

 will do well to see that his land is well provided with timber and 

 permanent water easily accessible, and that he is fuel. 

 favourably situated as regards timber for building 

 and fencing purposes and fuel. This need not of 

 necessity be on his own land. Neither need his farm 

 be in the immediate vicinity of a native reserve, but 

 he should be so situated that he can obtain supphes 

 of labour adequate for his needs. 



In the districts where wheat is at present grov^Ti 

 the climate is generally healthy for Europeans. 



Having, after careful consideration of the sictting to 

 matters already dealt with, made up his mind to go work. 

 in for wheat, and secured the right class of land for 

 that purpose, the newcomer has then before him a 

 task which, however romantic it may appear on 

 paper, requires a strong back as well as a strong 

 mind. 



He will be well advised to combine the keeping ijvestock. 

 of pigs, poultry and a small dairy herd with his 

 wheat farming, as the presence of these on a farm 

 helps to reduce the cost of living, provides a profitable 

 outlet for what otherwise would be waste, and, if he ' 

 has ready access to the local markets, secures a small 

 return from the sale of any surplus. The number of 

 head of livestock kept will depend on the size of the 



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