PRINCIPLES OF LAND SETTLEMENT 



such matters as railway communication, 

 roads, and bridges, labour, markets, tele- 

 graphs, telephones and postal facilities, 

 neighbourhood, social and educational 

 advantages, stones for building purposes, 

 nearness to town or city, character of 

 farming in the district, probable rise and 

 fall in value of farm land. Now, in mod- 

 ern agriculture, that farm which is situ- 

 ated at any great distance from a railroad 

 is simply paralyzed. How near should 

 the farm be to the railway? Within ten 

 miles. But if this limit were taken how 

 many farms would pass the standard. 

 Nevertheless, nearness to a railroad is the 

 chief factor in the success of any farm. 

 Indeed, I go further, and say that the 

 railroad in agricultural development is 

 even more important than any scheme 

 either of irrigation or dry- farming. And 

 it is gratifying to observe how rapid has 

 been the extension of railroads in the 

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