104 OXEN. 



Well then, as they are able and willing to 

 pay for these things, we farmers and graziers 

 endeavour to supply their wants ; and are not 

 sorry to have another way of disposing of our 

 vegetable produce, besides the sale of it for 

 money. By feeding animals which are requir- 

 ed for the table, we get rid of our grass, hay^ 

 corn, and other things, in a more advantageous 

 manner, than if w r e w^ere obliged to sell all for 

 others to consume. 



The first on the list of meats, undoubtedly, 

 must be beef. 



The Ox in a wild state called the Bison 

 is an animal comprising the most useful as- 

 semblage of qualities and materials for the 

 varied necessities of man in a civilized con- 

 dition, of any creature with which nature has 

 supplied him. Cattle of this class yield sub- 

 sistence, living or dead ; and this in greater 



