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farm, gets into that state which causes his ruin, only 

 from the want of manure. It is not the loss of a horse, 

 or a cow, or a pig, or of all together, which ruins him ; 

 if his land were well manured, the very first crop would 

 enable him to buy a new horse, or cow, or pig; but 

 now his land is worn out for want of manure, and then 

 the first misfortune that comes upon him is his ruin ; 

 he has nothing that will enable him to recover it. 



The English farmers have a very true saying, that 

 " DUNG IS THE MOTHER OF GOLD." Therefore, if only 

 they can get the dung, they know the gold is sure, 

 sooner or later, to find its way into their pockets, and 

 like wise people, they take care of the mother, for the 

 sake of the benefit, they know, her children will be to 

 them ; they do not expect to have the children, with- 

 out first having the mother, any more than a man can 

 expect to have a litter of pigs, who has no sow. 



But I know many of you have been ready long since 

 to say, " We know quite well the value of manure, and 

 we only wish we had plenty of it ; but how are poor 

 people to get it?" There is only one way, unless you 

 have money to go into the towns and buy manure, and 

 that way is, by feeding cattle on clover and turnips, or 

 other green crops. The English farmers have another 

 saying which clearly points out this way ? No FOOD 

 NO CATTLE, NO CATTLE NO DUNG, NO DUNG NO CORN, NO 

 CORN NO GOLD." You see it is like building a house ; 

 before you can have sound walls and a safe roof, you 

 must lay the foundations firmly ; the food for your cattle 

 is the foundation, the dung, the corn, and the gold, 

 like the walls and roof, all rest upon this. If you will 

 not lay this foundation, you must not expect the corn 

 or the gold to come steadily in, any more than a man 



