15 INTRODUCTION 



working equipment, I will advance the money 

 to pay for the land. They can divide it up 

 to suit themselves. 



I have furnished farms already plowed, fenced 

 and housed, and horse and cow free of charge. 

 But these empty-handed folk, who have saved 

 nothing out of their former occupation, lack 

 the qualities to manage for themselves and to 

 succeed at fanning. They are too helpless and 

 dependent. Their best plan is to hire out in 

 the country until they learn farm work and life, 

 then rent a piece of land, and then 'buy. 



How much land shall each one have, how 

 much can he properly cultivate? That de- 

 pends on what he raises, and this governs his 

 location and the price of the land. With present 

 methods, he will need 20 acres if he keeps a 

 dairy of ten cows; or, 10 acres if he raises 

 vegetables, small fruit, poultry and milk; or, 

 four acres is enough for truck and a horse and 

 cow, while one acre is enough if he raises only 

 celery, asparagus or tomatoes. The price of 

 land is influenced by social conditions, specu- 

 lation, proximity to and quality of market and 

 agricultural adaptabiUty, all the way from $5.00 

 an acre to $250.00. There is plenty of it not 

 above the value of the public and private im- 

 provements. It is useless to buy a farm of 



