DRY-FARMING 



ward. Many speak with pride of the 

 milHon and a quarter of emigrants who 

 annually pass under the Statue of Lib- 

 erty. But what of their heredity! Has 

 America no time to think of that? Here 

 and there a warning voice is raised. Mr. 

 J. J. Hill, the Empire-builder of the 

 West, said to the writer when speaking 

 of Land Settlement in South Africa: 

 "Offer free land to settlers, but look well 

 to the character of your immigrants. 

 Consider quality rather than quantity. 

 The stream will never rise above its 

 source. If you poison your country with 

 an inferior class of settlers the whole land 

 will ultimately become infected." 



The third principle in community set- 

 tlement is assisted passages. This refers 

 to reduced railroad rates and comfortable 

 steamship accommodation for European 

 settlers. 



The fourth principle is expert advice. 

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