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ILLUSTRATION: MOTHER EARTH NEWS STAFF
It's true that a knowledge of surveying is very useful . . . but there's far more to the skill than Aimee and Dave suggest, and the layman who wants to learn the basics had better find an expert to teach him.

A reader and surveyor John A. Shuttleworth share their comments and surveying information on the MOTHER EARTH NEWS EARTH NEWS NOS. 34 and 35 two-part article “Surveying for the Homestead”, and offer advice to homesteaders unaware of the technical abilities needed to survey land.

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Joseph Kleid:

Though I myself am not yet ready to go back to the land, I’ve enjoyed MOTHER EARTH NEWS over the last year and have learned a good deal from her. Since I’m a student of civil engineering — a field I’ve left to teach woodworking — I follow the articles on alternative housing and construction with special interest. Which brings me to the subject of “Surveying for the Homestead” by Aimee Gelwick (MOTHER EARTH NEWS NOS. 34 and 35).

I should mention, first of all, that I was fortunate enough to attend a special school — Brooklyn Technical High, which is designed to prepare engineers-to-be for higher education — and studied surveying there for two years. In college I took specialized, advanced training in the same subject.

  • Published on Nov 1, 1975
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