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stand as agricultural candidates, and pay all 

 expenses, as they do now under other appel- 

 lations. It is asserted that the whole cost of 

 registration, as well as other costs, must conae 

 out of our pockets. If it does I maintain that 

 it would be the best investment that agricul- 

 turists could make. Incidentally it is worth 

 consideration whether a strong body of members 

 might not carry through legislation which would 

 materially reduce these same costs. The fact 

 is that this question of cost is chiefly put forward 

 by those who hope thereby to frighten us from 

 our object. But do not let me be misunderstood. 

 I do not wish to shirk the question ; it will be a 

 costly matter, and all landlords and farmers 

 must bear their share of it ; but I say again that 

 it will be money very well spent. 



NO. 3. NO UNANIMITY BETWEEN MEMBERS OF 



EITHER CLASS. 



There is a greater element of truth in this than 

 in any of the other contentions. On several 

 points a farmer in Cornwall will differ from a 

 farmer in Cumberland, and a farmer in Cam- 

 bridgeshire will not agree with either of them. 

 But while that is true on certain points it is 

 untrue on others. There are many matters 

 which agriculturists desire to see settled, and 

 upon which practical unanimity exists. Absolute 

 unanimity there may not be, but will our op- 



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