442 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



matter of the farm may be transmuted in the soil into golden 

 grains, luscious fruits, and palatable and nutritious vegetables ; 

 that the vegetable matter decaying on the surface, or in the soil, 

 should furnish the elements necessary to produce the plants that 

 are to follow. The poet says : 



"Life evermore is fed by death, 



In earth and sea and sky; 

 And that a rose may breathe its breath, 

 Something must die. 



Earth is a sepulcher of flowers, 



Whose vitalizing mould 

 Through endless transmutation towers 



In green and gold. 



The oak-tree struggling with the blast 



Devours its parent tree, 

 And sheds its leaves and drops its mast, 



That more may be." 



On the farm the offensive poisonous excrement, which, if 

 allowed to accumulate would contaminate air and water, and the 

 decaying vegetable matter are vitalized and utilized in the soil, 

 so as to give health and wealth to the farmer who uses them 

 intelligently. 



Stock Growing on High-priced Lands. It is thought 

 by many farmers that to make stock growing profitable, cheap 

 lands are necessary, and that this branch of farming is only 

 suited to a new country, or broken lands unsuited to the plow. 

 I believe that on farms suitable for grain growing, and which 

 are worth one hundred dollars or more per acre, by intelligent 

 management stock growing can be combined with the produc- 

 tion of grain, so as to give a greater profit with less labor, 

 and a much better condition of soil, than would be possible if 

 grain alone was produced. I give below the views on this sub- 

 ject of Mr. Chambers Stewart, a farmer now over eighty years 

 old, who has spent his life on a farm such as I describe, and 

 whose success gives weight to his words. 



"The greatest distinction conferred on man at the creation 

 was dominion over all things, animate and inanimate. Invested 



