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fatted nicely, and it was nicer than any lamb I ever ate in Hart- 

 ford. It was raised on the Litchfield county hills, and it had 

 not been shipped all over the country before being prepared for 

 eating. It was as nice mutton as I ever ate in my life, and if 

 he had not inquired of Charles how old it was I never should 

 have known but it was lamb. We have got the best land in the 

 world to keep sheep on, because it is sheep land, and it is land 

 exactly adapted for what sheep want. The only objection, and 

 the only hindrance in the way of the development of that busi- 

 ness is the dogs, and we cannot get rid of the dogs until the 

 farmers of Connecticut say so. 



A Member. Mr. President, I would like to hear about the 

 raising of lambs. I would like to hear the gentleman speak 

 that was going to speak on lambs. 



President Seeley. The gentleman is going to speak on 

 lambs now. I was just about to introduce him to you. We 

 have brought a gentleman from Ohio, who is now going to 

 address us on the lamb question. His address will follow right 

 in and supplement the one made by the gentleman from Ver- 

 mont. It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you Mr, 

 Joseph E. Wing of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, who will speak to 

 you on the subject of " Money in Lambs." 



MONEY IN LAMBS. 



By Mr. Joseph E. Wing of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. . 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : It gives me a great 

 deal of pleasure to come here and speak to you today, even 

 though I am somewhat unacquainted with the conditions pre- 

 vailing in your country. Of course, I have read a great deal 

 about your abandoned farms, and I did not know exactly just 

 what condition New England agriculture was in, so I came 

 down here today with a great deal of anticipation, thinking I 

 would see something of the far-famed New England country 

 towns, but I have not seen very much. I came down from 

 Canada, and on the way down from Montreal, through Ver- 

 mont and Massachusetts, I saw but very little of your land, but 

 I have been charmed with what of New England I have seen. 



