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also, that they might be usefully raised in the rich 

 valleys of the Connecticut, and perhaps in some oth- 

 er favored parts of the State. But, for himself, as a 

 farmer on the thin lands of Plymouth county, and on 

 the bleak shores of the sea, he did not feel that he 

 could give, to animals of this breed, that entertain- 

 ment, which their merit deserved. 



As to sheep, the Leicester were like the short 

 horned cattle. They must be kept well ; they should 

 always be fat; and, pressed by good keeping, to 

 early maturity, they are found very profitable. " Feed 

 well," was the maxim of the great Roman farmer, 

 Cato ; and that short sentence comprises much of all 

 that belongs to the profitable economy of live stock. 

 The South Downs are a good breed, both for wool 

 and mutton. They crop the grass that grows on the 

 thin soils, over beds of chalk, in Wiltshire, Hamp- 

 shire, and Dorsetshire. They ought not to scorn the 

 pastures of New England. 



When one looks, said Mr. Webster, to the condi- 

 tion of England, he must see of what immense im- 

 portance is every, even the smallest degree of im- 

 provement in its agricultural productions. Suppose 

 that by some new discovery, or some improved mode 

 of culture, only one per cent could be added to the 

 annual results of English cultivation ; this, of itself, 

 would materially affect the comfortable subsistence 

 of millions of human beings. It was often said that 

 England was a garden. This was a strong meta- 

 phor. There was poor land, and some poor cultiva- 

 tion in England. All people are not equally indus- 

 trious, careful, and skilful. But on the whole, Eng- 



