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which were it not for the interest taken by the multitude 

 on the very animals thus decried by the cattle-breeders, 

 they could never do. Our Government, at an outlay 

 of several hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, 

 publishes a work, called the "Report of the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture." One year it was of vast importance to 

 the horse-breeding interest, the result of an article 

 written by one familiar with the subject. The last issue 

 has an account of a mongrel, only amounting to an ad- 

 vertisement for one individual horse; and the volume 

 preceding the one containing Mr. 's first-rate article, 

 contained one written by a prominent agricultural writer, 

 yet so devoid of truth that the merest tyro in horse 

 breeding would not have been misled by it. How then 

 will you effect the popularity requisite to carry the bill 

 you propose through Congress and on its intrinsic merits 

 without adventitious aid? 



PUPIL. By each man that subscribes for a turf paper 

 constituting himself an agent and canvasser to increase 

 its circulation, till the masses become acquainted with the 

 efforts that are making for the benefit of the country at 

 large through the improvement of the stock ; by calling 

 the attention of people to the course pursued by other 

 countries in encouraging by governmental aid the pro- 

 duction of the true type of animals from which to breed; 

 by invoking influential men in every State to enforce 

 their views through channels open to them, subscribing 

 to truths with which they are familiar, and which would 

 need no further guarantee than their proper signature. 

 I could name hosts of the very foremost men all over the 

 country interested in this project, whose concerted sup- 

 port would insure its success. I read a notice in a paper 

 that has a bearing on this, and reminded me of our former 

 conversation regarding the English women, horses, and 

 trees. I transcribed it, as every country there mentioned 



