MR. URBAN AND A COUNTRY HOUSE 



warrant you in recommending to a friend a 

 similar course of agricultural operations ? " 



Witness. "If the friend had large capital, 

 and an assured income, independent of his 

 land, and had a taste for fine cattle I think I 

 could do so." 



All of which is eminently discreet : but if to 

 a taste for fine cattle, any rurally inclined gen- 

 tleman adds a thorough knowledge of them, 

 and aptitude in the handling of them, and a 

 keen eye for the apprehension of their good 

 or bad points, (such as few men are born to,) 

 he may become a successful breeder. But to 

 undertake such a business with only the flimsy 

 basis of a love for fine cattle, will prove a very 

 profitless venture. 



The next witness is a stout man, partially 

 bald, who carries a bandana pocket-handker- 

 chief and perspires freely — John Heaviside, of 

 Three-Hills Farm : retired from business go- 

 ing on five years. 



Query. "Would Mr. Heaviside be good 

 enough to detail in brief his system with re- 

 spect to stock and labor?" 



Witness. "Well upon my word, there 's not 

 much of a system. I keep a pair of carriage- 

 horses, and a little roadster for the boys, and 

 a pair of mules, and a pony and a saddle-horse, 



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