with this department,
and looking for a farm home in ............. County, Wisconsin. It
is our purpose to keep in touch with him after his removal to this
state, to note his progress, and learn if he is fully satisfied
with the business relations he may have with any person or firm
selling him land.

Any courtesies extended him will be appreciated.

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_Director of Immigration._

C. P. Norgord, _Commissioner_.

In a bulletin of information for immigrants, issued by the Commission of
Immigration and Housing of California, 1920, the commission offers its
assistance to the seekers of land in the state of California, in the
following words:

Immigrants who are thinking of buying farm lands should call upon
or write to the office of the Commission of Immigration and Housing
for free information and advice.

(_a_) The commission co-operating with the Agricultural
Department of the State University will furnish without charge
general information regarding agricultural lands; and

(_b_) It will make an investigation and free report to any
immigrant concerning any particular tract of land which he may
have visited, and which he contemplates buying. This report will
cover the agricultural possibilities of the land and its
accessibility to markets. If the immigrant states his previous
experience, his financial condition, and gives other information
which may be requested by the commission, the report will also
give advice as to the wisdom of buying the proposed land.

No purchase or contract to purchase land should be made or entered
into until the immigrant knows the nature of the land, its true
money value, and that the land belongs to the one who proposes to
sell it.

This is the kind of public assistance which the land seekers, especially
the immigrants, most urgently need, and to which they are entitled. The
only questions are, will the other states follow, and how can the
opportunity of such reliable public assistance be made known to the
land-seeking masses?

III

EXPERIENCES IN ACQUIRING LAND

The experiences of the Russian sectarian peasants in America in their
attempts to settle on land are illuminating in regard to existing
conditions