THE SIZE—OF—SECTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 2

THE SIZE—OF—SECTIONS.

■. . ;• • • .Vyus i JATk ; JM V .I.' v. POOR • LAND "MUST BE-SOLD IN LARGE , i. • ■ ARIf .jjj .- .Writing, po&'ilaß4'?iifi ; ;the Puke- v.'-' our travelling corrdspohTOiitr'savs;-rrlt l •,;. v is a 'very mootqucUion'.'whether'it, is r ad- > : visable to cut up-rough' too 'small . very, serious .it-cm':'in. some o Wfe^h<i'roads • . :cost as:much' as*:thb ( 'laiid: j$ whereas. iif,'-iiistMdrbf--;2o(tiicro' : .s&Jfens^mwi^ere','.-; • '500 ■ abre's, it- would'-bo "better.-...' Yerjrfow, indeed of tho ,ori£h?|L '^tlqrl'.areV'' found 'on. their 2QO-acr<j let-.tp-flMVj^^is.'tbo;«. ♦rough- or'too far. 'a'wayl for' dajmlig^u'd. too;• .small. 'for\slicej: farming j. con^equen.t^ih'er?" '■ v is-'an .aggregation .which ;cannotT/'c'. fimctercd;. Men don t tako up. bare' living. They: look, forward to Uio,day jjvhen they- will bo |. : ifartablb . enjoyment' of life,'.' bitt .'tills" gaVi't be florid' as ai rulo* on ordinarjv'SOO-aere. |fily; 'land. ■I . know', of,' a'" case in" t$J- ; inrani^a'. . ' * where 1 "saw, sonio' • men• a Very rooky qo.untry.: .They !toldiriib 'it':was,lo' i </ .give access to only. one;section*of 200 acres.'' ' ' Vbe - capital' value'- ofwhich' tMb 255.!- peP 1 acre. " That would 'bo '£250, but this road' would actually cost over £300T It'- would. have been far better to have maifc the areas . ;at least .500, acres, and avoided'this excea-' . - Give.cost of '..V■ J '.