317] The Condition of the Western Farmer. 



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each case which caused the individuals to leave, and often 

 there is a plurality of causes, preventing easy classification. 

 But each case has been considered carefully and the results 

 are approximately correct. 



III. CAUSES FOR SELLING OR SURRENDERING CLAIMS. 



Column I. In regard to those in the first column, it 

 will be noticed first that the great majority of the cases 

 occur in comparatively late years. This is something of a 

 surprise, as one would naturally expect to find the con- 

 ditions of the early settlement less favorable for permanence 

 of residence than those prevailing later. 1 One thing which 



1 The only advantage which the settlers of Harrison townhip had 

 over the settlers in most other parts of the state consisted in their 

 nearness to the older settled district on the river bottom, the influ- 

 ence of which has already been discussed. 



