PRINCIPLES OF LAND SETTLEMENT 



the best suited to their particular dis- 

 trict. Finally, do not forget that scenic 

 beauty has an elevating effect upon 

 humanity. And so seek, above all, to 

 build your homestead on a hill where- 

 after the heat and toil of the day— you 

 may see the waving corn-fields, the rest- 

 ful trees, and the sparkling waters speed- 

 ing to the lands below. 



Community Settlement. 



Let us now turn to community settle- 

 ment. Conmiunity settlement may be 

 defined as "the settlement of all sorts and 

 conditions of men on large blocks of 

 land." It comprises the settlement of 

 whole States or simply blocks of land in 

 those respective States. For community 

 settlement the most convenient unit is 

 what is called a section. A section con- 

 tains 640 acres, and is one mile square; 

 consequently it is a very convenient num- 

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