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Mr. Creed, it appears further, is the owner of 

 quite a number of pure-bred animals ; but his fences 

 falling into a bad condition in the course of his 

 improvements and experiments, (some of these being 

 in the shape of patent hurdles,) and his neighbor's 

 male animals being intrusive and aggressive, he is 

 not quite sure of his calves. His sales, therefore, 

 have been subject to the discount of the uncertainty, 

 and have brought only fair butcher's prices. It is 

 hinted that the adjoining farmers laugh at Mr. 

 Creed's operations. But in what age have the rustics 

 failed to laugh at a philosopher ? 



We next encounter in the person of Mr. Sloman 

 an eminently respectable man, of the upper part of 

 Westchester County, who has managed his farm of 

 fifty acres for the past thirty years. 



Query. " Do you find a profit in farming Mr. Slo- 

 man ? " 



Witness. " Waal, that's as folks count profit. 

 These 'ere chaps that go into heavy wallin' and 

 drainin' may be don't count profit as we count it. 

 If I keep my family along, and buildins in repair, 

 and put up five or six hundred dollars, I call it a 

 pooty clean thing." 



Query. " Would you tell us, Mr. Sloman, some- 

 thing of your method ? " 



Witness. " Waiil, there an't much method to 



