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AQBICULTUBAL JOURNAL. 



an order for the "Agricultural Journal." It 

 would save us, individually, some trouble, and 

 he would most likely get a hberal dxseount, 

 which (if he did not pocket it as a nchiy ae 

 served pei-quisite) would help to swell our mod^ 

 est funds. The puff I am hereby 

 living the "Journal" should in itself secure ge^- 

 S ous^erms from the publishers,, and possib.y 

 other associations may take the unt and adopt 

 the same method. I certamly thu k t is .ne 

 duty and interest of every farmer to sub.cn oe 

 to it, for the circulation anl the merit of su.n 

 publications very much depend the one on Uu 

 other If it is not all we would wish, who n 

 to blame? It is our very o%vn, and m our power 

 to make it, or have it made, anything we like 

 so that every man, woman, ana ch.ld m ine 

 land may find something in it to amuse or 

 orofit by. 



Something beyond mealie growing will soon 

 have to be found, to keep Uio fboys and girls on 

 the farm. Country homes must be brightened, 

 and a deeper and more intelligent interest Ut- 

 tered in all open-air pursuits. Some ot you can 

 well afl'ord to send your bovs for a year or two 

 to one of the Australian eol!eges. In every age 

 a youth's occupation has been considered in- 

 complete until he had seen something of t^.e 

 world, and acquired self-reliance and broader 

 views, besides many other accomplishmenls 

 that only travel can confer 



But if it be true that "tire hand that rocks 

 the cradle rules the world, ' surely the mental 

 and physical education of the girls is of even 

 more importance than that of the boys, and 

 one cannot but observe with satisfaction the 

 immense advances that have lately been made 

 in this direction. When we consider that at 

 least ten or twelve of the earliest and most 

 plastic years in the 'lives of the next generation 

 will be in their hands to guide, control, and 

 oftimes to educate, it augurs well, 1 think, for 

 the future of the great Anglo-Saxon race, all 

 over tlie world, that its yoiuig womea are now 

 being taught that a nobler career is open to 

 theni, and a higher level attainable; and th^t,. 

 in short, more is required of them T,ew-a-adv5 

 than that they should merely look pretty tor 

 a few years, and then be content, poor dears, 

 for the rest of their humble lives, "to suckle 

 fools and chronicle small beer." 



Most loi us have now 'got our wagons and 

 oxen back from the military, or their equiva- 

 lent in cash — for, as tar as T know, claims for 

 compensation have been honourably settled. 

 The Wagon-Owners' Association, for which 

 there was no longer any need, died a natural 

 and not altogether inglorious death, leaving 

 enough to defray funeral expenses, and a few 

 pounds aiS a legacy to an orphanage. Experi- 

 ences vary, and probably those who have done 

 the best with their wagons say the least about 

 it. I hear of a.t least one man who has been 

 employed over eighteen moiths, and not lost a 

 single ox. That some good money has found 

 its way into this, as into other districts, '.s 



very evident from the high piceB at wW^ 



ha°ps the most gratifying feature is that, so l^r 

 as i am aware, , . -, ^ . „ 



No one drinks who did not drink y^^^ve, 

 Ind those that used to dr;uk don't dnnk the 

 more. 



in regard to a possible collapse the Pi^en. 

 inllatioii, when the war is -^^e^' ^ ^^.^.^^^^^^^ 

 we have much to fear. Th^. condition, are very 

 different now to those, of tweuty years ago Atte. 

 a long period of British apathy and md tter 

 ence, Culminating in the su-render of IheTiaus 

 •aal capital simply turned its J^ack and left 

 us to gasp and stew in our juice. Truly, n 

 those days, when we come to think of it, our 

 loiirces ;ere absurdly few. and insigmhcant ; 

 whereas to-day, with resoi^rces practically . 

 Txhaus ible, and the Mother Country steniiy 

 determined to make amend* for past neglect, 

 Sere can be little doubt that when the war 

 is over and settled, South Mrica wiil be abso- 

 lutely flooded wtih capital and enterprise. ^ 



Many persons think this war is being grea.iy 

 prolonged by undue leniency. Such persons 

 shoiM remember that Britain P^o^^sses to be 

 the foremost of the great nations of ^hmte". 

 dom. Nearly two thousand years have elaps.d 

 since Christ trod this earth and preached cer- 

 tain doctrines, and it can -urely not be con- 

 sidered too soon for British statesman to ven- 

 ture on putting those doctrines to a practical 

 test However undeserved and ul- requital, 

 however mistaken and inerpedient such leni- 

 ency may appear to some, there is this at least 

 to be said, that a great lesion is being taught 

 to all nations, a most important and far-reaeh- 

 ino- principle established, and the sublime 

 truths of Christian charity, mercy, and for- 

 bearance, exemplified as thty never have been 

 before. Twenty more centuries may or may 

 not pass away before men learn to adiust their 

 differences without war, but a distinct step 

 has bf-en taken in that direction, and in the 

 amelioration of mankind, a^-d for all time the 

 horrors and atrocities of former days have 

 henceforth ceased to be even tolerated. 



Writing to Mr. P. R. Qordon, Mr. William 

 Dubhie, of Collynie, the now celebrated breeder 

 ol Scotch Shorthorns, states that the prices 

 for that class of stock are too good at present, 

 and cannot continue at the present high level. 

 He thinks it is not beneficial to. the breed that 

 they should do so. Good animals are worth 

 good prices, but extravagant rates bring into 

 business speculators who have neither know- 

 ledge nor love for the cattle. Again, high 

 prices for certain families induce breeders to 

 breed with inferior animals, if only they have 

 the popular pedigree. 



