DRY-FARMING 



"individual settlement" and "community 

 settlement," and at the same time to set 

 down what I propose to term the "Prin- 

 ciples of Land Settlement." For I am 

 bound to confess that it has always been 

 a matter of amazement to me that of the 

 many able and earnest thinkers who pe- 

 riodically touch upon this subject no one 

 seems yet to have observed that if there 

 are certain fundamental principles of law 

 and medicine, engineering, and agricul- 

 ture, there is every likelihood that there 

 are also certain fundamental principles 

 of land settlement. Now, if this be true, 

 it is equally evident that the more closely 

 we try to follow those great principles— 

 provided we find them sound and profit- 

 able — the more likely are we to win suc- 

 cess in our efforts to establish the landless 

 man on the manless land. But if we de- 

 liberately ignore these principles, I fail 

 to see how we can expect, even with much 

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