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are (in addition to general essentials of morality 

 and satisfactory personal history) that the applicant 

 shall have had training and experience in farm life 

 and industry and satisfactory qualification for the 

 line he intends to pursue ; that he shall not own agri- 

 cultural lands (including the sale made to him) 

 exceeding $15,000 in value; that he shall enter on 

 actual occupation within six months; that he shall 

 pay down in cash 5 per cent of the value of the 

 land and 40 per cent of the value of the approved 

 improvement and equipment which he may desire and 

 that he shall apply to the federal land bank for a 

 loan on the land and improvements and pay this 

 loan to the Board as an installment on his debt for 

 the land; and that he shall be an American citizen 

 or have declared his intention thereto. The Board 

 may reject applications in its own discretion. 



The practical operation of the State Land Set- 

 tlement so far as it has proceeded in 1921 is exceed- 

 ingly satisfactory. The Durham colony in the Sac- 

 ramento Valley upon an acreage of 6200 acres has 

 installed one hundred and twenty families, and the 

 Delhi colony opened in the San Joaquin Valley in 

 1920,, has one hundred and thirty installations on 

 8600 acres. The initial undertaking at Durham pro- 

 ceeded with land selection and preparation, including 

 provision of irrigation, in 1917, and the first unit 

 was open to settlers in May 1918. A review of the 

 settlement at the end of two years showed that it 

 was paying its way, that settlers' installments had 

 been met as they came due,, that a notable unearned 



