the West will grow more rapidly than the East during the next twenty years, 26; the South invites immigration, 26; great inducements offered, 26; combined effort recommended, 26; good farming land cheapest in the United States, 27; an incident in Illinois farming, 27; counsel to intending purchasers, 27; land cheap in every State, 28; advantages of settling in colonies, 28; the first steps toward doing so, 28; division of the lands, 28; laying out the town, 28; the progress it ought to make, 28; economy of capital accomplished, 28; PREPARING TO FARM, chap. iv, 29; counsel intended for young men unaccustomed to farming, 29; patience recommended, 29; penalties of over haste, 29; value of experience illustrated, 30; an inexperienced young man advised to hire out, 30; procure books, 30; general counsel, 31; how the course advised differs from running into debt, 31-2; experience and practice essential, 32; circumstances where theoretical study is approved, 32; qualifying remarks, 32-3; he who has mastered farming is competent to buy a farm, 33; exceptions, 33; a young man should not wait until he can buy a large farm, 33; twenty acres ample for $2,000 capital, 33; that extent is sufficient to test his aptitude, 33; BUYING A FARM, chap. v, 34; it is better to buy good land than poor, 34; poor land can be turned to account, 34; the smallest farm should have its strip of forest, 34; advantage of New England and countries of like surface over very fertile regions, 34; cannot be divested of forest, 34; "Five Acres" or "Ten Acres" not sufficient, 35; exceptions, 35; genuine farms, the general want, 35; the remark "he has too much land," 35; some men specially adapted for large farms, 35; individual circumstances control, 35; counsel to a young man intent on buying a farm, 36; means of buying to be the main guide, 36; capital the true limit, 36; New England farms comparatively as cheap as Western, 36; migration urged only for those who cannot buy farms in the Old States, 36; success of the butter-makers of Vermont, 36; also of New York cheese dairymen, 36; insuperable barriers in the East to effective cultivation, 37; cultivation by steam must render large farms necessary, 37; grain growing not likely to be extended in the East, 37; the West to be the source of supply of bread-corn to the East, 37; main considerations in buying land in the Eastern States, 37; in the West the case is different, 37; social considerations, 38; make a permanent investment, 38; have confidence that industry will be rewarded, 38; LAYING OFF A FARM, chap. vi, 39;