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lambs at tLe Border Union Show at Kelso, and it may be mentioned 

 that, with the exception of gome given to the 20 rams annually sold, 

 no artificial food is used with the sheep stock on the 1250 acres of 

 which the farm consists. Do not the facts in this paper seem to 

 show that, on the whole, the cheapest and best manure merchant 

 is the seed merchant, and that be is also the cheapest cultivator and 

 drainer of the soil, the most economical producer of meat, the best 

 preserver of the health of stock, and the best promoter of their 

 condition ? 



ROBERT H. ELLIOT. 



CLiirroH Fabk, Eelbo. 



