d when to plant, how to cultivate, and how to handle the
products--in all such questions the new settlers need constant
direction. They themselves give two reasons for their need of advice in
farming operations. First, the European methods of farm work are
different from the American methods, especially because in Europe they
were not engaged in opening up new land. Secondly, having been engaged
in industrial work in America, often for long years, they have forgotten
the European farm experience to a certain degree.

While the writer was in the office of the adviser the settlers were
constantly calling upon the latter for advice in all sorts of matters.
One woman came, crying, and said, through her boy as interpreter, that
her cow was sick and perhaps dying. Another woman sought advice as to
her sick baby. A man came to ask that a certain road be extended to his
place. Still another man wanted to do some stumping on his land in
co-operation with his neighbors, provided the company lent a machine and
the adviser came to direct the work. Another man asked advice in regard
to the extension of credit to him. So the stream of inquiries went on
continually. The adviser needed to be, as he was, an extremely capable
man to deal with the extraordinary list of demands. He was an expert
agriculturist, energetic, and in love with the game of helping the
immigrant settlers.

[Illustration]

[Illustration: THIS TWO-YEAR-OLD WISCONSIN FARM IS JUST READY TO CARE
FOR ITS NEWLY ACQUIRED SHROPSHIRE EWES]

In regard to the need of a trained adviser for the new settlers the
president of the company explained as follows:

The greatest need for instruction is in land clearing, for the
modern land-clearing methods--methods of just how to "brush," and
at what time of year to conduct the operations--are entirely new to
almost every settler arriving in the colony. No wonder we ourselves
are studying, experimenting, and improving on land-clearing methods
each month.

In general, our immigrant colonists are efficient workers. The fact
is that some of the buildings in our new town site are being built
by our settlers. A large number of them were contractors. Many of
the foreigners worked in the shipyards on the coast. Some of them
worked on big farms. We find them very intelligent and capable, and
some of them very good business men. We have built over twenty
miles of road this