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of the horses, such as short and quick breathing, 

 full pulse, inflamed feet, fatigue from light exer- 

 tion and sweating at the breast. At the end of 

 two months, nearly, these symptoms were 

 greatly aggravated ; the appetite failed, and the 

 animal lost flesh. Though well satisfied as to 

 the irritating cause, a note was dispatched, con- 

 taining a short account of things, to our very ob- 

 liging friend, Dr. Dadd, of Boston, and request- 

 ing his opinion on the feeding qualities of corn 

 and cob meal." 



In conclusion we will state that we have no 

 pecuniary interest in the manufacture or sale of 

 Mr. Straub's or any mill, but we deem it not only 

 our province, but our duty, to recommend to the 

 farmers the best machines and implements that 

 are offered to the public, as well as to give the 

 best modes of cultivation, &c. This we shall aim 

 to do independently, candidly and honestly, and 

 at the same time, when we deem it* proper, ex- 

 pose humbuggery and fraud wherever it exists. 

 We must therefore decline the challenge of our 

 Indianapolis friend to take part in the contest 

 " with a Felton against a Straub." If we have 

 seen the Felton mill, it was but for a moment, 

 and we know nothing of its construction or its 

 merits. If its grinding surfaces are of metal, 

 when new it may grind as fast as the burr or 

 Straub mill, but we are quite sure it is not as 

 durable, nor can it be as readily sharpened by an 

 ordinary farm hand as the burr stones can. But 

 we are for improvement, whether in a Straub or 

 a Felton, and we shall be ever ready to chronicle 

 it wherever it is found. Improvement is our 

 motto. 



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