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bestowed upon maiij for his support, and for the beauti- 

 fying of the earth on which he lives. I have merely 

 opened the subject for your further investigation. It is 

 not a trifling matter in the topics belonging to agricul- 

 ture. For, although the boys may feed " old brindle" 

 on meadow hay, and the girls may milk her scanty 

 mess — still "old brindle's" superior relations occupy a 

 high place in the economy of farming, and hold in their 

 capacious maws a large proportion of the profits of the 

 business and of the means by which it is carried on ; 

 when you have learned how to select a good animal^ 

 and how to feed it profitably, and to make the most of 

 it, either for beef or the dairy, you have taken a long 

 stride in the work of successful farming, and have 

 accomplished what some of the most sagacious and 

 intelligent and capable agriculturists have arrived at 

 only after years of accurate experiment and close obser- 

 vation. Fertile fields and good crops are a bright 

 testimony of skillful agriculture — but, after all, none 

 but a good farmer knows how to select a good cow, and 

 none but a good farmer's wife knows how to use the 

 cow to the best advantage. 



