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cattle, and to take his share of the profit in this to he lucra- 

 tive business. 



Take Richthofen's tables of profits and the experience of 

 Western cattle-raisers, and tell me, would our Western capi- 

 talist reject an opportunity to co-operate in a business which 

 would insure the certain sale of his stock to consumers who 

 are now gradually learning to avoid and despise Western 

 beef? 



A Western cattle-raiser told me that during the last ten 

 years he has been able to raise steers and sell them at his 

 ranch, at three years old, for fifteen dollars per head, and 

 make money. The market price was from twenty-eight to 

 forty dollars per head, yet he could have made money and 

 sell them for fifteen dollars. 



As the price of land increases in the West, and the expense 

 of raising' cattle increases proportionately, every cattle- 

 raiser will see the importance of being able to furnish to the 

 consumer beef which will be faultless, and which will com- 

 mand a ready sale at a good price. 



New England adaptive genius and thrift will not allow our 

 farms and pastures to drift into wild waste and barrenness, 

 when they can be so easily diverted to a lucrative use and 

 occupation to serve a growing demand for an article which 

 they, and they alone in all human probability, can success- 

 fully furnish. 



It is not for the reason that I have no faith in the future 

 success of New England beef-fattening that I do not, and 

 cannot, submit the details of a successful plan of operation. 



The burdens under which the people of New England suf- 

 fer in the matter of their beef-eating have not yet, perhaps, 

 become intolerable; prejudice has not been broken down. 

 The possibilities of our resources have not yet been consid- 

 ered and appreciated. 



But in my judgment the time is not far distant when we, 

 or those who shall come after us, shall see, not in imagina- 

 tion, but in fact, the cattle on our thousand hills. 



We, or they, will see our forsaken soil rejuvenated. The 

 busy hum of a new industry will echo from hill-top to hill- top, 

 and the intervales will blossom as the rose. 



The rich fruits of this new industry will be garnered by 



