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farmers to consider was what sucli au article was worth to them. 
The proper cotirse was to sell at a fair market value, and thus secure 
support, rather than to ask for patronage, in order that the j^rice 
might be hereafter reduced. Undoubtedly there were great ex- 
penses in the trade, such as the cost of advertisements, and a con- 
siderable commission to agents ; still an article which would give 
satisfaction might be made at 25s. per cwt. ^Vith fair competition 
prices would ultimately find their own level. 
Mr. H. S. Thoju'son, M.P. (Yorkshire), thought Mr. Beale Brown 
was wrong in assuming that there was any prejudice on the part of 
the public against Thorley's Food ; for he had never met with any 
evidence of its existence. The feeling against buying the food at its 
present price was not a prejudice, but rather a conviction that it 
would not answer to lay out money in purchasing this article. If 
this feeling could be called a prejudice, Mr. Thorley had himself 
created it by advertising at such great cost, and professing too much. 
He gave Mr. Thorley great credit for the variet}- and ingenuity of 
his advertisements, for he had never seen more varied advertise- 
ments at railway stations, than those illustrations wliich show the 
attitude and bearing of a horse before and after taking this food. 
In his paper and his advertisements Mr. Thorlej' professed to da 
more than any food could possibly accomplish. If he could reduce 
the expenses of his advertisements by some thousands a j'ear, 
and reduce proportionately the price of the food, he would be more 
likely to succeed. He (Mr. Thompson) was glad that there was a 
gentleman present who represented the makers of another condi- 
ment, so that they had the question put fairly before them. ^Vith 
reference to the action of the condiment, ho had tried it, but on so 
small a scale, and for so short a time, that he did not attach much 
importance to the result himself, and therefore he would not ask 
any one else to do so. As far as it went the result was not satis- 
factory. 
They were all indebted to Mr. Lawes for his experiments. That 
gentleman had conclusively settled the question whether it would 
answer to employ Mr. Thorley's condiment on a largo scale as 
feeding stuff. But farther considerations were involved in this 
inquiry. Thej' all knew that a man might be so out of health 
that his food worJd do him no good, and that a very few 
grains of rhubarb or quinine . given to him when in this state 
might enable him to digest his food properly, and restore him to a 
healthy condition. In like manner, looking to the antecedent 
probabilities of the case, the use of condiment with food might 
prove a valuable adjunct for feeding cattle when out of health. That 
question could, howevei-, be settled only by extensive trials on the 
art of farmers themselves ; if the price of these condiments could 
e materially reduced, and^if they could have wide experiments 
to establish the conditions under which, and the quantities in which, 
they could be given with the greatest effect, they would then soon 
be in a position to speak positively upon the subject. 
Mr. E. Barker wished to say that some years ago his neighbour, 
