Sentence:  When surplus land is not expensive to buy or to keep up , it is usually <WSD>better</WSD> to buy it than to buy so small an acreage that the development of adjoining properties might impair the residential value of the farm . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another