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living in your country, and where would be the best place 

 for him to settle?" 



I think I have already answered the first part of this 

 question, but I repeat that he can more than "make a 

 living." There is an Irishman in my neighborhood, who 

 last year an abundance of vegetables, and much more 

 raised wheat than he needed for his family, almost en- 

 tirely with the spade. The "best place to settle" for a 

 poor man, is in any good healthy neighborhood of prairie 

 farms — plenty of such locations in North Indiana and 

 Illinois. 



"How many bushels of corn, wheat, oats, &c, can two 

 hands and two horses make in a season, doing other nec- 

 essary work on the farm?" 



That's more than I can tell — don't think the experi- 

 ment was ever tried in this or any other country where 

 the means of subsistence are so easily procured; par- 

 ticularly when the natural indolence of mankind pre- 

 dominates over the artificial habit of industry. Let every 

 man answer for himself, how much he can raise in a 

 rich, loose, mellow soil. Let no man say how much he 

 will do. 



"What is the average price of grain?" 



That question is more feasible. I think in the Chicago 

 market, for the last two or three years, the following is 

 a fair average : — Wheat 60c, Corn 21c, Oats 19c, Timo- 

 thy seed 1.50., Flaxseed 87^»c, White beans 56c, Peas 

 62i/ 2 c, Barley 37i/ 2 c, Potatoes 12i/ 2 c, Onions 37i/ 2 c 



"Is your land clay, sand, or black loam?" 



Each and all in different places, sometimes on the same 

 farm. The latter is the most prevalent. 



"I wish you to state the advantages and disadvantages 

 of your country?" 



I have already stated many of the advantages and per- 

 haps shall some more, as other questions arise. One of 

 the disadvantages you may see in a late communication 

 of mine, of a settler who froze to death while crossing 



