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will sometimes find a tract of thin, stony land, 
while the section or quarter section adjoining it will 
be of the best.” 
‘* When is the best time to go?” 
“ Generally the early spring is best, and most peo- 
ple prefer it. Some, however, go in the fall and put 
in the winter getting ready for the spring work. In 
your case I should say decidedly go in the spring,. 
for you would then be there in time to make con- 
tracts for the season’s building, and to arrange to get 
some work done on your farm. It would be better: 
for you to make a trip before moving your family 
out, to look at the country and select a location, — 
Three or four weeks spent in that way would pay 
well, and you would always afterwards be better 
satisfied with your location.” ; 
“T thank you for the information you have. so 
cheerfully given me. It is practical—just what so 
many of us need, and do not know where to get.” 
And so these things went on during all our visit, 
People in every station in life were anxious to learn | 
the truth about Dakota. So many wild stories had 
been told them on both sides that they did not know 
what to believe. 
THE CLIMATE AND VERACITY. 
One good old Presbyterian brother, who had been 
diligently seeking information for almost a year, 
¢ame to me totally perplexed, and said: ‘ There 
must be something in the air out there that stimu- 
