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roots, such as Potatoes, Ruta Baga, Mangel Wurtzel, and he will, 

 more than half the time, leave the grass, for the roots. It is im- 

 possible for us. in this country, to give our cattle grass in the win- 

 ter ; but we can give them that which they like as well, and often- 

 times prefer — roots, and we are inexcusable if we do not do it. It 

 is not denied, that they will live, and do well upon dry fodder. — 

 So can a man live, and perhaps do well upon dry biscuit and water. 

 But place before that man a quantity of fruit, or even a roast po- 

 tatoe, and mark with what greedy pleasure he would devour it. 

 Will any one say that the brute, who has been confined upon dry 

 food, does not experience as much or more pleasure from a similar 

 change ? We think not. Such a change, therefore, adds to their 

 pleasure — adds to their comfort — adds to their health ; consequent- 

 ly adds to their value, and to the wealth of their owners. We can 

 conceive no greater source of genuine dcligiit, or better cause of 

 sfelf-congratulation to the farmer, than a full fold of thriving, healthy 

 and happy cattle. There must be a feeling of exquisite satisfac- 

 tion, in the breast of a benevolent man, when he reflects that he 

 has done all in his power to relieve, and has relieved the wants of 

 those that are dependent upon him. No matter whether it be a 

 dog or a child ; no matter whether it be a rational or an irrational 

 being, it is all the same in effect, if not in degree. 



With what intense pleasure must that farmer listen to the howl- 

 ing of the storm, as he sits by his fair blazing fire in the evenings 

 of our cold winters, who knows that his cattle, his flocks, and his 

 fatlings, are safely sheltered from its rage, who knows that they aie 

 full fed, and who daily leceives their caresses, and marks their 

 silent, but eloquent expressions of gratitude, whenever he goes 

 among them. Those of you who have often experienced these 

 feelings, and those of you who wish to experience them hereafter, 

 are reminded that you must be up, and be doing. The genial and 

 the merry month of May is at hand, and if you would have old win- 

 ter find you with full barns, with full granaries^ and ovcrflowiiig 

 bins, you must improve the time accordingly. 



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8. Grasses. What kinds of grasses are cultivated ? 

 How much seed do you sow upon an acre, stating the kind or 

 kinds of seed ? 



