333] The Condition of the Western Farmer. 



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the small amount of land in the township which is not 

 under cultivation lies. Although the cultivators of poor 

 land are at a very great comparative disadvantage, still 

 this northeastern quarter contains one or two of the most 

 prosperous farmers in the whole township; their prosperity 

 being due, however, directly to their own thrift. None but 

 a very good manager can succeed on this poorer land. 



As has been implied, the northeastern part of the township 

 was less rapidly brought under cultivation than the other 

 portions, and year by year the soil there requires the appli- 

 cation of a greater amount of labor. It is to be remarked 

 that the Germans are much more numerous in this part of 

 the township than in any other. Among the seventy-four 

 resident owners in the town, twenty are German, and of 

 these, eleven, or fifty-five per cent, reside in the northeastern 

 quarter. In no part of the township is the land perfectly 

 regular as to quality or depth of the soil. Even on the best 

 farms there may be found occasionally small patches of poor 

 land. The writer thinks especially of one farm on which 

 the soil in one corner is seven or eight feet deep and of the 

 best quality, while in the opposite corner the sand subsoil 

 crops out. 



c. The Ownership of the Lands. 



We have next to consider the ownership of the lands we 

 have been describing. Table 1 VIII. shows the total number 



VIII. SCHEDULE OF OWNERS. 



1 We must note that there are certain names which appear on the 

 records but which are not included in these tables. For instance, 

 where several members of one family successively held title to a 



