In Cooperation with the 
Agricultura! Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1295 
Washington, D. C. March 23, 1925 
LAND SETTLEMENT AND COLONIZATION'IN-THE* _/ 
GREAT LAKES STATES mmf 
By 
JOHN D. BLACK, Chief, Division of Agricultura] Economics, University of Minnesota, and. 
L. C. GRAY, Economist in Charge, Division of Land Economics, 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS 
Giaracienstics ofthe Nessa’ ss. ree SE lalelw oe uo 80. d iaperane eee = 
Physical Conditions 
Ownership of the Land 
' Classes of Land Settlement Agencies in Lakes State. 
General Description of Projects Surveyed 
Problems and Methods of Land Settlement 
Summary of Settlers’ Progress ... 
Analysis of Settlers’ Progress on Individual Projects 
Other Significant Types of Land Settlement Agencies 
Land Settlement from the Standpoint of the Public Interest 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1925 
