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profitable returns, on account of the expense incurred in fitting 

 lands as you are doing. The silo doubles the value of the growth 

 of an acre, and yet, so long as the old way produces meat and milk 

 enough for the present generation, old men and young ones too, 

 will, I fear, prefer the past to the present and future." 



Upwards of two years have passed since Mr. White's letter was 

 received, and despite the apprehensions of the author that our system 

 may fail of early adoption, we confess to have been made happy by 

 the knowledge, that while thousands and ten of thousands of farm- 

 ers still reject ensilage, every day of our life brings evidence of the 

 fact that the new agriculture is steadily making headway, finding 

 friends all over the country, and that no event of the future is more 

 certain than its general adoption. It is this general adoption which 

 is destined to demonstrate its possibilities. Not by the trenching 

 and fitting of five or even of ten acres can a trout stream be grown 

 and yet, ten acres of trenching on any hillside having a firm sub- 

 soil will bring out a steady flow T of crystal waters, telling the most 

 wonderful story told since that of Moses at Horeb. 



In THE AMERICAN ANGLEK, of November 4th, 1884, occurred the 

 following lines, from the pen of Mr. H. H. Thompson, an ardent 

 student and lover of the woods and waters, and an associate of Mr. 

 ~\Vm. C. Harris and Seth Green, in the conduct of the above named 

 paper : 



"A new era for the brook trout is dawning. In these latter days 

 its saviour has arisen. A remarkable man stretches forth his wand 

 and trout streams are created. He smites the hillside and a purling 

 brook or a rushing river issues in never ceasing flow from its base. 

 He gathers the waters from the clouds, dews, and melting snows, 

 and after their utilization in the production of marvellous results 

 in agriculture and horticulture, releases them to form a lake of cold 

 water absolutely pure, or a never failing crystal stream. 



