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valuable pasture land might be put under the plow. There is no 

 reason why agriculture should lag behind the other great branches 

 of industry, and nothing but prejudice, and a dogged adherence 

 to old customs and usages, can prevent this glorious and free 

 country from taking a high position in rearing the best races of 

 domestic animals, and covering her valleys and mountain slopes 

 with the choicest cereals. 



