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animal, and how to feed it profitably, and to make the 

 most of it, either for beef or for the dairy, we have taken 

 a long stride in the work of successful farming, and have 

 accomplished what some of the most sagacious, and intel- 

 ligent, and capable agriculturists have arrived at only 

 after years of accurate and close observation. Fertile 

 fields and good crops are a bright testimony to good agri- 

 culture ; but in securing and using these aright, we turn 

 continually to our cattle, in the selection and care of 

 which we must use all our judgment and skill. 



