Aberdeen, S. D., April 7, 1919. 



Mr. T. A. Hoverstad, 



Dept. of Marketing and Organization, 



Agricultural College, N. D. 



Dear Sir: 



Answering your letter of April 4th, we have been 

 unable to locate the article you mentioned in your let- 

 ter, but we found another one describing the value of a 

 ten acre timber tract in Yankton County owned by 

 Geo. H. Whiting. We are enclosing a copy of this one 

 and hope it may be of some value to you. We are also 

 enclosing a clipping from our March 15th, 1919, issue 

 which contains some pictures of the saw mill at work 

 on the Andrew Mourer Farm in Richland County, N. D. 



If we run across the other article, we will send the 

 information it contained. Call on us again if we can be 

 of service. 



Very truly yours, 

 Special Service Department of 

 THE DAKOTA FARMER. 



By E. V. Durkee. 



TIMBER RAISING IN DAKOTA 



(Extract from THE DAKOTA FARMER of February 15, 1908. 



All admit that trees are valuable as shelter, and that 

 they make for pleasure in farm life. No farm home is 

 complete without them, and most farmers would feel 

 insulted if they were offered a price for such trees as 

 may be found around the homestead. But so far, but 



