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On the question of feeding stuffs, therefore, for 

 our live stock, the allotment holder with his pig, 

 the small holder with his pig or cow or both, and 

 the larger farmer with his varied live stock, will 

 all feed such stock at a considerably less price 

 than now — from 30 to 50 per cent, cheaper. 



Tariff and Machinery. 



Having dealt with the live stock of the farm 

 and tariff reform, let us now say a word or 

 tvro on the question of the dead stock, to see 

 how the cost of this is affected by the proposed 

 tr.riff changes. 



In the first place, let us take the allotment 

 holder or gardener. He wants a spade, a fork, 

 watering can, hoe, rake, and if he grows corn 

 he may have a small allotment plough suitable 

 for a pony to draw, a harrow, perhaps a culti- 

 vator, and one or two other miscellaneous items — 

 such as a wheel-barrow, and other articles — some 

 of which are commonly made by himself. In 

 any case he Avould not purchase the foregoing more 

 than about once in a lifetime, and never all at 

 once. The actual implements, &c., referred to 

 vv'ould be suitable not merely for an allotment of 

 an acre, but for a small holder, and could be 

 purchased for about £10. The proposed tariff 

 of 10 per cent, on £10 comes to £1, and that is 

 the amount he would have to pay once in a life- 

 time, supposing (which is altogether doubtful) 

 he had to pay the whole of the duty either on 

 the imported goods if they were imported, or 

 upon the British made goods, if these went up in 



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