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CHAPTER XLII. 



CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMENT. 



Under date of July 5, 1906, Charles F. Mills, editor 

 of the Farm and Home, Springfield, 111., in acknowledging 

 receipt of a copy of the 1905 Manual, wrote: 



"My attention was called to your methods of dry 

 farming in the July issue of the Century. We hope to be 

 able to send you some orders for your Manual which will 

 be offered as a premium. Your work is deserving of the 

 highest commendation." 



FINEST EVER. 



F. H. Oberthier, secretary and general manager of the 

 Comanche Cotton Oil Company, Comanche, Texas, wrote: 



"I have read and reread your Manual and I think it is 

 the finest work of the kind I ever saw. I think every 

 farmer in the semi-arid west should study this book. I 

 wouldn't take $1,000 for what it has taught me." 



INCREASED LAND VALUE. 



Herman S. Youtsey, writing from Fort Collins, Col., 

 Dec. 10th, 1905, said: 



"I have been reading what one of the wiseacres has to 

 say in defining the Campbell system of soil culture and as 

 usual the most conspicuous point in the article is what he 

 don't know about the system. Meeting so many articles 

 of this character in which improper notions are inculcated 

 and knowing the importance of a correct knowledge of 



