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principles, might be able to elucidate and mark out what would be for their 

 true interests, and then, with full and entire confidence in each other, go for- 

 ward in pursuit of those interests. Let no man tell me I have been describing 

 an Utopian scheme, entirely impractical of application. I sball reply to Lim 

 that such an organization exists, and to-day the monthly reports from 30,000 

 granges are on their way to the national headquarters, where they will be 

 compared, condensed, and classified, and redistributed for the advantage and 

 information of those who are fortunate enough to belong to the "Patrons of 

 Husbandry," 



