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the form of clay, or silicate of alumina and especially 

 those in which the double silicates are found. It is, 

 however, necessary, in almost every soil, to supplement 

 the good influence of thorough cultivation, by 

 the judicious use of manure. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 LIVE STOCK. 



158. The system of farming adopted must deter- 

 mine the kind of stock which is kept upon the farm. 

 In some cases dairy cows and pigs, will be the live 

 stock kept, in other cases sheep, and some farms will 

 have cattle; others, again, will adopt a mixed hus- 

 bandry, and have some of each variety. Without, at 

 the present time, going into detail on the relative 

 advantages of each, it may be sufficient to remark, 

 that whatever may be the kind of stock kept, it should 

 be of good quality, and suited to the district. 



159. Upon the good management of the live stock 

 of the farm, much of the farmer's success depends ; 

 and it is satisfactory to know that that which promotes 

 the comfort of the stock, also increases the profit they 

 produce. Harsh and cruel treatment, should be recog- 

 nized as decreasing the profit which any animal will 

 produce, because it is punishing to the stock. The 

 suffering undergone by an animal, involves a corre- 

 sponding loss to the owner. If no higher motive 

 than profit exists for careful and kind treatment, this 

 ought to be enough ; but it cannot be too much im- 

 pressed upon all having the care of live stock, that 

 some better motive should guide them. 



' A merciful man unto his beast is kind, 

 But brutal actions show a brutal mind.' 



JCind and careful treatment of stock, is one of the 



