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write to you. I think the contract can be made out as soon as you 

 hear from him," etc. 



M. R. writes, July 30th, 1883 : 



Wisconsin « d^^j. sirs,— We are greatly obliged by your letters. We have 

 heard from our son this morning, telling us the contract is signed. 



He is very satisfied that Mr. R is a most excellent farmer, and 



that under him he will learn his work well.'' 



Iowa. 



Iowa. 



Tasmania. 



A. L. 0. writes, October 27th, 1883 : 



" I am very well satisfied with the farm on which you put me. 



Mr. K and his wife are very kind to me, and I am not over- 



worked. The food is excellent, and I am willing to stay the year 

 imder the terms expressed in the contract.'' 



Colonel 0., his father, writes, April 4th, 1884 : 



" He expressed himself highly pleased with the living and kind 

 treatment in the family. He is only just sixteen; said he had 

 been weighed ; found he had increased 201b., and now turned lOst. 

 71b." 



H. C. F. writes from Tasmania, December 17th, 1883 : 



" Thanks for your kind letter. You will be glad to hear that 1 

 am very comfortable here and like the place very much. Every- 

 body is most kind and considerate. 



"1 showed your letter to Mr. W , so if you forward the 



documents they will be duly signed. We are having a considerable 



amount of rain. Mr. W and I went to the S Show last 



Wednesday." 



G. A. P. writes from Tasmania, January 21st, 1884 : 



asmania, ,( ^^ ^y, jj^Qj^^^j^'g notice has now expired, I will write again and 

 let yoii know how I am getting on^ In the first place, you will be 

 glad to hear the farmer is satisfied with me, and I with him, so 

 we've agreed to stick to each other. 



*' I like the farming very much indeed, and feel quite a different 

 fellow now. 



"We rise at 4 a.m., and naturally go to bed early, say 10 p.m. ; 

 but it seems to agree very well with us. 



" On Sundays we do no work here, except to milk the cows, and 



