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The ten or twenty men I name I would have all, each and 

 every one, good, honest, hard-working men, not greedy of 

 wealth, but willing to work for the needs of humanity, and 

 be satisfied with a reasonable reward for their labor. 



I have, in this paper, given you the benefit of information 

 I have gained upon the subject which I believe is of great 

 importance to our people, and especially to those engaged in 

 agricultural pursuits. 



If questions of the dair\', cereals, fruits, etc , command 

 your serious attention, engage your thoughts and inspire an 

 ambition to excel, I am sure that this great question of good 

 beef must demand, at least, a passing investigation, when we 

 consider how large a place beef fills in the menu of our 

 climate. 



My suggestions of methods I do not insist upon. They 

 are only such as have occurred to me in my own reflections 

 on this, to ?7ie, important subject. 



If I have succeeded in attracting attention to a demand 

 for something better, I have accomplished as much as I could 

 expect. One consideration I ask at your hands : if I am 

 addressing those who eat only beef of your own fattening, I 

 must ask that you put yourselves in the place of many 

 thousands of our citizens who almost never taste such food. 



Let me say, in conclusion, that I believe this industry will 

 thrive, and perhaps can be most advantageously instituted 

 by the efforts of individual farmers. 



At least in their hands the experiment may be made 

 under the varied circumstances of each one, and in a diversity 

 of ways such as may accord with the views of each. 



As in other experiments, so in this, some may succeed by 

 the better choice of means, while others fail. 



While I suggest experiments made on an extended scale, 

 thinking that perhaps more capital would be required for a 

 successful experiment than any single farmer could command, 

 yet I would not discourage private trials, which have already 

 been so satisfactory. 



The Chairman. The evidently close attention with 

 which you have listened to this suggestive and valuable 

 paper proves to me that you are all interested in this im- 



