5. Stove heated or steam heated property—which is the better income producer?
6. The Mortgage.—(a) Why people mortgage their property; (b) Why people loan money on mortgages.
7. The increase in the total value of farm lands during the last ten years.
8. The decrease in the value of farm lands in the East.
9. The reasons for the growth of the West.
10. Will the South be a new West?
11. The reclamation of swamp lands.
12. The success of irrigation.
Exercise 299—Insurance
An exposition of the subject of insurance is hardly in place here, especially as every one, to a certain extent at least, is acquainted with the fundamental reasons why insurance is purchased. The questions below should be used as a rudimentary review that will prepare for the letters that follow.