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very hard, about ten hours a day. If the pupils did not work 

 hard it -would be no gain to the farmer." 



Colonel A. D. writes, January 7th, 1885 : 



Ontario. '' We are much pleased to hear that my son expressed himself to 



your agent as being so thoroughly satisfied with all his surround- 

 ings, though it simply confirms what his letters have told us, and 

 we thank you sincerely for all you have done for him and for your 

 kind wishes on his behaK." 



The following extracts are from a few of the letters 

 written by pupils to ourselves and our local agents after their 

 probationary term of about a month on their farms ; they 

 are inserted to illustrate the care taken to ensm-e the selection 

 of a satisftictory farm and comfortable home, a transfer being 

 readily made by our local agents for any just reason before 

 the contract by the farmer is finally closed, or e /en after the 

 contract, though experience shows that the need for any 

 such change is exceptional. 



G. W. L. B., November 16th, 1881 ; 



Minnesota " I am perfectly satisfied with the farm I am on. Mr. G — • — 

 is a very nice farmer, and I like 1? im very much indeed/' 



C. S. I., Januaiy 9th, 1882 : 



Kentucky. " I hke the country very much, and have, through Mr. S— — , 



been introduced to some exceedingly nice people. Mr. S and 



his family are most kind, and I am very comfortable. If he will 

 have me, I shall stay with him, for I know when I am in good 

 quarters." 



T. Q. Q., aged 30, writes, Januaiy 11th, 1882 : 



Ontario. " If the interests of the farm pupils you may send out here in 



future are as well looked after as mine have been, it will be their 

 own faidt if they fail to succeed in Canada." 



F. C, Februaiy 16th, 1882 : 



Kentucky. " I am at Mr. S 's farm, and I think, if nothing happens^ I 



will stay here after the month The work is not very 



hard ; of course it seems hard to me at pi-esent, because 1 never did 

 a day's work in my life, but if one takes it easy at first one soon 

 gets used to it. The life is one of the healthiest in the world, and 

 would mend any one's constitution. All the arrangements you 

 have made are good. Mr. S— — is a nice old gentleman, and one 

 is Bare to get oa with him." 



