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hitch in the management. They have become dis- 

 couraged simply because they failed to see the great 

 benefits to be gained. Others have tried partial 

 soiling; in this they have experienced nearly all the 

 disadvantages and not over a quarter of the benefits. 

 Others are convinced that it is the thing to do, but 

 are afraid of what their neighbors will say if they 

 should branch out in any new line. I have been 

 through all this ; the lions in the way are not half as 

 ferocious as they look at a distance, and although 

 there is always a rod in pickle for any man who 

 would be wiser than his generation, the reward is 

 more than ample compensation for all such cuts. 

 " He laughs best, who laughs last. " 



Squawkie Hill Farm, 



Mt. Morkis, N. y., 1899. 



