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there ; that the best of results for traders and 

 railways have followed the adoption by the 

 former of combination principles which enabled 

 the one to work hand in hand with the other, 

 to their mutual advantage ; and that cultivators 

 in Illinois and the Southern States, at least, 

 have displayed great readiness generally in adapt- 

 ing their methods alike to fresh openings and 

 to changing conditions. 



