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more and the better the products raised the 

 more buyers will seek the region and hence 

 the higher will be the price obtained for the 

 product; (2) the more of a given product 

 there is to ship the better the shipping facil- 

 ities for that product are likely to be; (3) 

 all the necessary supplies for the type of 

 farming can be more readily and cheaply 

 obtained; (4) there will be a better knowl- 

 edge of the business when more men have 

 had experience in raising the particular 

 crop. 



These principles apply in all classes of 

 business; thus we find woolen factories in 

 Philadelphia, silk factories at Paterson, 

 N. J., cotton factories at Lowell, Mass., plow 

 factories at Moline, 111., and steel mills at 

 Pittsburg. Many of these centers possessed 

 originally some natural advantages which 

 caused the location of the first factory, but 

 others have been drawn there on account of 

 the principles enunciated. The farmers of 

 a given region have a community of interest 

 as well as railroads. The young farmer 

 should recognize this fact and if necessary 



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