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HE unforeseen obstacles that were 

 thrown in my way, and rendered abor- 

 tive my attempts to revolutionize the 

 pig industry of the United States, did 

 not abate one jot of my enthusiasm for the noble 

 art of farming and stock-breeding. After all, pigs 

 were but an incident in the life of a farmer. Sta- 

 tistics demonstrated the fact that, while the fowl 

 and egg industry was increasing by leaps and 

 bounds, to be one of the leading industries of the 

 country, the demand was far in excess of the 

 annual supply. 



When in the fifties the first Shanghai fowl was 

 imported, the excitement ran so high that it was 

 currently reported and believed that at last an 

 ideal fowl had been found that would lay two 

 eggs a day and give a pint of milk. Hundreds of 

 misguided enthusiasts retired from the business 

 in disgust when they found that the much 

 vaunted Shanghai fowl was a sort of gallinaceous 

 crane or cormorant, with an abnormal appetite, a 

 voice like an ophicleide, a reproductive capacity 

 under most favorable circumstances of about six 



