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No. 4.] SHEEP TOPICS. 405 



With the special opportunities that are apparent in a large part of 

 the State why not grow a home protluct of widely known quality for 

 home use? Tlie demand of Boston, Hartford and New York — selecting 

 these cities at random — could be partially supplied by home-grown 

 sheep, for which a fancy price would be paid if the consumer were 

 assured of the value and high f|uality of the product. Mutton is the 

 swcct(\st and most tender of meat, lacking the grossness and coarse 

 textun^ of beef, and possessing a cleaner and more wholesome flavor 

 than pork. It will suit the daintiest i)alate and satisfy the heartiest 

 apj^etite. Who has ever partaken of a nic(;ly turned leg o'mutton, 

 tastily garnished and attractively served, whose mf)uth doesn't water 

 foi- another such feast? Massachusetts could and should take up sheep 

 growing as a much larger part of her activity than it is at present. 



