THE YOUNG FARMER 



materially affect the attractiveness of a re- 

 gion from the standpoint of the farmer. 



The competition of other regions which 

 grow similar crops is a potent factor in 

 determining the desirability of a region. 

 For example, the farmers east of the Alle- 

 gheny mountains during the nineteenth 

 century competed with the farmers of the 

 central West who had free, fertile, easily 

 tilled land on which to grow maize, wheat 

 and oats. Cattle and sheep were pastured 

 on the open range. The twentieth century 

 has found the land of this region settled and 

 capitalized in some instances beyond that 

 of the eastern states; thus one factor at least 

 of competition has been eliminated. 



While farm values readjust themselves in 

 time, it often happens, especially in the 

 older settled regions, that farm values are 

 slow in reflecting these changes in economic 

 conditions. Changed conditions often call 

 for a change in farm methods which the 

 habits and traditions of even one generation 

 prevent. To the man who is able to apply 

 the proper methods the region may be a 



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