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  changes 
  into 
  its 
  tissues, 
  structures 
  or 
  parts, 
  elements 
  different 
  from 
  tlie 
  

   others, 
  the 
  animals 
  fed 
  thereon 
  will 
  not 
  only 
  eat 
  the 
  fresh 
  food 
  with 
  greater 
  

   avidity, 
  hut 
  they 
  will 
  digest 
  and 
  assimilate 
  it 
  hetter 
  than 
  if 
  fed 
  upon 
  one 
  

   kind 
  alone, 
  and 
  some 
  will 
  grow, 
  thrive, 
  and 
  fatten 
  quicker 
  upon 
  it, 
  And 
  

   further, 
  from 
  the 
  peculiar 
  hahits 
  of 
  growth, 
  and 
  their 
  root 
  and 
  leaf 
  action, 
  

   the 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  grasses 
  mil, 
  either 
  in 
  mixed 
  pastures 
  or 
  alone, 
  extract 
  

   from 
  the 
  soil, 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  air, 
  exactly 
  such 
  qualities 
  and 
  quantities 
  of 
  

   the 
  elements 
  as 
  will 
  huild 
  up 
  their 
  own 
  tissues 
  and 
  products, 
  and 
  which 
  

   they 
  alone 
  will 
  ho 
  ahle 
  to 
  present 
  in 
  that 
  peculiar 
  form 
  to 
  the 
  animals 
  fed 
  

   thereon; 
  thus, 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  same 
  fields 
  and 
  farms, 
  the 
  many 
  different 
  

   varieties, 
  species, 
  and 
  genera 
  of 
  grasses, 
  will 
  not 
  only 
  grow 
  and 
  give 
  larger 
  

   quantity 
  than 
  one 
  kind 
  alone, 
  hut 
  will 
  present 
  to 
  the 
  animals 
  fed 
  on 
  

   this 
  field 
  or 
  farm, 
  a 
  far 
  larger 
  numher 
  and 
  amount 
  of 
  chemical 
  

   elements 
  than 
  can 
  any 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  species, 
  and 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  require 
  a 
  

   very 
  profound 
  knowledge 
  of 
  physiology 
  and 
  dietetics 
  to 
  understand 
  that 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  food 
  are 
  very 
  beneficial, 
  for 
  though 
  to 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  a 
  beef 
  

   steak, 
  or 
  a 
  vension 
  haunch, 
  may 
  bo 
  very 
  delightful 
  occasionally, 
  yet 
  if 
  

   they 
  had 
  only 
  these 
  all 
  their 
  lives 
  for 
  every 
  meal, 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  

   starved 
  into 
  eating 
  them 
  ; 
  and 
  precisely 
  so 
  with 
  our 
  sheep 
  and 
  cattle 
  eating 
  

   rye-grass 
  and 
  clover 
  all 
  their 
  lives, 
  yet 
  they 
  Avould 
  thrive 
  much 
  better, 
  and 
  

   pay 
  their 
  owners 
  more 
  quickly, 
  if 
  fed 
  on 
  forty 
  or 
  fifty 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  

   grass 
  and 
  fodder 
  plants. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  that 
  the 
  cheese 
  made 
  in 
  certain 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  cannot 
  bo 
  made 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  because 
  the 
  

   animal 
  cannot 
  obtain 
  the 
  same 
  food 
  and 
  assimilate 
  its 
  elements 
  in 
  other 
  

   places. 
  For 
  while 
  botanists 
  have 
  found 
  over 
  forty 
  kinds 
  of 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  

   fields 
  of 
  LDicestirshire, 
  Gloucastershire, 
  Huntiagdonshire, 
  and 
  Cheshire, 
  

   besides 
  other 
  places, 
  and 
  upon 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  the 
  pedigree 
  sheep 
  and 
  cattle 
  

   can 
  feed 
  at 
  their 
  pleasure, 
  it 
  is 
  hardly 
  likely 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  thrive 
  and 
  pay 
  as 
  

   well 
  when 
  forced 
  to 
  live 
  on 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  kinds. 
  And 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  earth, 
  whether 
  upon 
  the 
  Swiss 
  mountains, 
  the 
  Dutch 
  water 
  

   meadows, 
  the 
  wild 
  pastures 
  of 
  the 
  Cape, 
  America, 
  or 
  Australia, 
  the 
  animals 
  

   fed 
  there 
  develope 
  certain 
  qualities 
  and 
  excellences, 
  without 
  you 
  can 
  provide 
  

   them 
  Avith 
  the 
  same 
  grasses 
  and 
  fodders 
  they 
  will 
  not 
  do 
  the 
  same 
  else- 
  

   where. 
  But 
  in 
  this 
  favourable 
  land 
  of 
  ours 
  here 
  we 
  can, 
  if 
  we 
  will, 
  make 
  

   these 
  plants 
  grow 
  and 
  thrive 
  upon 
  our 
  fields 
  and 
  pastures, 
  and 
  our 
  sheep 
  

   and 
  cattle 
  will 
  benefit 
  by 
  these 
  introductions 
  and 
  being 
  fed 
  thereon. 
  Now 
  

   that 
  population 
  is 
  pouring 
  into 
  this 
  Colony, 
  and 
  the 
  land 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  bo 
  

   more 
  highly 
  tilled 
  and 
  fully 
  worked, 
  it 
  will 
  bo 
  necessary 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  same 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  land 
  more 
  profitable 
  and 
  yield 
  a 
  larger 
  return 
  per 
  acre, 
  and 
  

   therefore 
  the 
  pastoralist 
  must 
  sow 
  down 
  fifty 
  or 
  sixty 
  species 
  of 
  grasses, 
  

   where 
  before 
  ho 
  has 
  sown 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two, 
  and 
  the 
  farmer, 
  if 
  he 
  wishes 
  to 
  

  

  