MR. URBAN AND A COUNTRY HOUSE 



TESTIMONY OF EXPERTS 



At the risk of iteration, and in the hope of 

 throwing all possible light upon the subject 

 under notice, I propose the examination of a 

 few fifty-acre farmers, who shall represent 

 respectively the stock-breeder, the amateur, 

 the business man, the philosopher, the practi- 

 cal man and the trader. 



Mr. Urban being in company — in whose in- 

 terest the inquiries are made — we first encoun- 

 ter Mr. Upden, of Deep-Dale, well known 

 among Committee men, and eminent at Agri- 

 cultural Fairs. 



His system is simply — to breed cattle of 

 pure blood. We venture the query — if Mr. 

 Upden's stock is fed mostly from the land, or 

 if he is in the habit of buying food? 



Witness. "I buy, I should say, from twenty 

 to forty tons a year." 



Mr. Urban innocently asks if Mr. Upden 

 makes sufficient butter for the consumption 

 of his family? 



The question is almost resented. 



"Butter-making is an annoyance. Six or 

 seven hundred dollar cows can be put to better 

 uses, I prefer to buy my butter." 



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