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gradually improving. It is easily perceived, that the 

 farmer who does not at all times keep his domestic ani- 

 mals in good condition, does not practice that which is for 

 his interest ; but we wish also to appeal to his humanity. 

 Can the farmer, who suffers his domestic animals to roam 

 over the highway or fields, with but a scanty pittance 

 for food, and no protection from the chilling blasts of 

 winter, wasting away the little flesh they may have gain- 

 ed in summer, and perhaps losing life itself from actual 

 starvation, lay any well-founded claims to humanity ? 

 We think not. If any of us are thus cruelly treating 

 our domestic animals, would it not be well for us to re- 

 form our own practice before we charge our southern 

 neighbors with cruelty ? The abolition of cruelty to an- 

 imals should at once be adopted, and no person who re- 

 fuses to comply with its reasonable and humane require- 

 ments, can plead that the Constitution forbids it, legal 

 enactments are opposed to it, or that self-interest is not 

 promoted by it. 



SEVENTHLY Nece$sity of "barns and theds sufficient to store 

 all crops, and protect domestic animals from, the inclem- 

 ency of the weather. 



The following are a few of the many reasons which 

 might be urged in favor of barns and sheds sufficient to 

 store all crops, and protect domestic animals from inclem- 

 ent weather. 



1. Crops are preserved in better condition in barns than 

 they can be in stacks. 



2. Hay or grain when deposited in stacks, is always in 

 an unsafe condition until the stack is completed, which 

 frequently cannot be on the day when commenced, and 

 sometimes several days will unavoidably elapse between 

 the commencement and completion. This inconvenience 



