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happy laborers, and will be sent through the channels of com- 

 merce to markets which now are growing shy of the make- 

 shift methods and poor expedients for unloading the fruits of 

 a far-removed feeding ground upon the dissatisfied consumers 

 of AVestern beef. 



Let the West and the East unite their forces and their 

 resources. Let the Western grain-grower become a partner 

 in this projected enterprise ; he too may help to make this 

 industry a success, and if he shall do so, then let him reap 

 his share of the profits. 



In this day of co-operative labor and division of profits, 

 let the experiment be made of uniting the forces of nature 

 and circumstantial necessity, and bring out the greatest and 

 most benign results. 



If my ])osition in this matter is tenable and my deduc- 

 tions are correct, why may we not be able to provide for 

 our market as good beef as the world affords ? 



Any one adopting these views and firmly believing in the 

 final success of a fair experiment, supported by sufficient 

 capital and wise and liberal management, will find himself 

 face to face with a question of the details of the operations. 



Such a one can easily ascertain whether beef fattened as I 

 suggest will find a ready sale in our city markets. lie can 

 also satisfy himself as to whether there are abandoned farms 

 which can be purchased at a fair, not to say a very low price ; 

 and for a fair experiment he will learn the importance of 

 providing as large a pasture, lying together, as the circum- 

 stances and extent of his experiment shall reasonably demand, 

 and as convenient to railroad facilities as possible. 



Bearing in mind that the trouble does not wholly lie in the 

 fact that now the Western beef is frozen and necessarily 

 undergoes great changes when exposed to air and heat, but 

 that the cattle slaughtered in the West are not in the best 

 condition when slaughtered, our pioneer in this enterprise, 

 after procuring his pasture, will make his provision for win- 

 ter feeding and shelter, so that he may be able to supi)ly his 

 customers through the entire year. 



If he proposes to raise as much fodder as possible on his 

 own land, he will consider the wisdom of procuring working 

 cattle as he may need for the purpose of working the soil 



