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would it not have been ia the same ratio ? I say 

 it would have weighed six thousand four hundred 

 pounds. 



There were two beeves passed through Baltimore 

 for Washington city, about the middle of March, 

 1838, which were said to weigh four thousand each ; 

 and both of them sold for three thousand five hundred 

 dollars. 



Well, then, my gentle readers, suppose you had 

 been keeping twenty head of cattle during the same 

 time, in the manner graziers keep them ; and you car- 

 ry them to market on the same day, and sell them, 

 They will not bring more than twelve or fifteen hun- 

 dred dollars. 



Now, my dear reader, is it not better to keep less 

 stock and take more pains with them, which will 

 bring you double and treble the amount of money ? I 

 should say so ; but many have such old fashioned 

 habits that they will not retract. Take my advice, 

 and depend on it you will not rue it ; for if you will 

 count the cost between raising twenty head and two 

 head for eight years, I think you will be ready to 

 agree that I am right. 



ON THE RAISING OF HOGS. 



You should take the best breed you can obtain for 

 your own interest, which will be those that will fatten 



