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 farming. 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 adaptability, 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 
