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to master this most difficult science of successfully handling 
permanent and temporary pastures. They have access to the 
books of a variety of agriculturists, in a variety of districts, 
and under a variety of circumstances. They are daily brought 
into contact with men holding different views upon the subject. 
They daily see both old and new pastures, and they have 
opportunities of ascertaining their history and all about them. 
If a gentleman from this profession be met with, who has 
taken an interest in the subject, who is a fair-minded man and 
one of common-sense, and who does not, in his own opinion, 
know so much already that he is above hearing the views of 
others, he is indeed a most desirable acquaintance, and one 
whose assistance and advice should be courted by his less 
fortunate or less experienced agricultural friends. ' 
