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growth of grass, let liim irrigate and then top-dress. In the 

 music of tlie murmur of our mountain streams, in their way 

 onw'ard to turn the wheels of tlie mechanic and manufac- 

 turer, tlicre comes the voice, we can aid in agriculture. 



But I am asked the inevitable question — Will it pay ? 

 Will this new departure in farming, as it is called, pay ? 

 The answer to this question is suggested by other questions 

 like the following : Is the leisure which may come of a sys- 

 tem of farming devoted to the culture of grass worth any- 

 thing to the farmer and his family ? Is tlie satisfaction of 

 seeing one's estate increase in beauty and fertility worth 

 anything ? And, last and least, but most practical, will it 

 pay for tlie farmer to pay his debts ? 



