CHAPTER II 
THE HUNTING OF THE LAND 
Tue location of the farm for this experiment 
was of the utmost importance. The land must 
be within reasonable distance of the city and 
neat a railroad, consequently within easy touch 
of the market; and if possible it must be near a 
thriving village, to insure good train service. As 
to size, | was somewhat uncertain; my minimum 
limit was 150 acres and 400 themaximum. The 
land must be fertile, or capable of being made 
So. 
I advertised for a farm of from two hundred 
to four hundred acres, within thirty-five miles of 
town, and convenient'to a good ‘line of transpor- 
tation. Fifty-seven replies came, of which forty- 
six were impossible, eleven worth a second 
reading, and five worth investigating. My third 
trip carried me thirty miles southwest of the 
city, to a village almost wholly made up of 
wealthy people who did business in town, and 
who had their permanent or theirsummer homes 
in this village. There were probably twenty- 
seven or twenty-eight hundred people in the 
village, most of whom owned estates of from 
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