of this sort should be in company with the teacher or parent. A
class excursion for this and other purposes may well be arranged
for.)

What is a MORTGAGE? An ABSTRACT OF TITLE? (Consult parents.)

Is the Torrens System in use in your state?

Is your state a "public land state"?

From the deed to your father's land, or from the records in the
recorder's office, or from a map of your county showing the survey
lines, locate the land you live on, as indicated in the
accompanying diagrams.

In what section and township is your schoolhouse?

Are there still any "public lands" in your state?

Are the boundary lines of farms in your neighborhood regular or
irregular? How does this happen?

Do you know of any boundary disputes between farmers or other
citizens in your community? What machinery of government exists to
settle such disputes?

THE PUBLIC LANDS

At the close of the Revolutionary War, the territory of the United
States extended west as far as the Mississippi River. That part of