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Letters Home 



head of stock. His method of breeding and 

 raising stock is less expensive, but it is needless 

 to go into details. 



Here is an extract from a letter of Bob's, show- 

 ing how he endeavoured to sell some of his stock 

 to the best advantage : 



" I am home again after a long journey to 



Saskatoon and back. R B and I started 



out last Saturday week and got home yesterday 

 night, being away a fortnight altogether. 



" I am sorry to say that as far as the marketing 

 of the nine head of cattle went, it was to some 

 extent a farce, as we did not realize anything 

 like the price we had hoped, owing to there being 

 a glut on the local market. However, I suppose 

 we should not kick, as our cattle realized more 

 than any one else's who sold there. 



" Well, suffice it to say the nine head brought 

 bur hundred and eighty dollars instead of five 

 undred and fifty to six hundred, as I had hoped, 

 discovered to my chagrin that it was a poor 

 lace to sell, and then that calves were much 

 iheaper than here, it being a dairy district, and 

 utside of veal (which happened to be down in 

 rice) there was no sale. Finding I could get 



car-load up to R for twenty-two dollars, 



bought all the calves I could, and we came 

 back in a car with the ponies and the dog, besides 



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