INTRODUCTION 18 



160 acres for one family. They cannot work it, 

 it is a dead expense, they would be lonesome, 

 would starve and quit. But a colony, settling 

 as neighbors on well-chosen land for which they 

 pay only when they have had time to earn it, 

 will have every opportunity to succeed. 



Only in rare cases would I advise town dwell- 

 ers to go singly to the country; they are dis- 

 qualified by their social and industrial habits. 

 A colony of friends or Co-operative Associa- 

 tions overcome the difficulties and do in fact 

 assure success to any one possessed of industry 

 and frugality. 



By intensive cultivation is meant, not any 

 particular kind of product, but farming the land 

 thoroughly, getting the best yield and the best 

 quality out of every acre, the best seeds and the 

 best breeds and the best way of disposing of 

 the crop when you get it. The farm or garden 

 may be in the vegetable or smaE fruit or corn 

 and hay or dairying section. In either case, 

 you can cultivate it intensively, which is thor- 

 oughly. 



The book will tell you in A, B, C style how 

 to farm. I am asked to tell what to do with the 

 crop after you have raised it, how to buy what 

 you don't raise, and how to make social sub- 

 stitutes for the city crowds and sights. 



