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State. It is not pretended that they show any symptoms of 
disease themselves, bnt 'that they possess some latent and 
mysterious seeds of it which can impart a fatal disease to 
cattle in other States. But even in the States that originated 
this hostility to Texas cattle the opposition has ceased. An 
enlightened public sentiment has confounded the schemes of 
the monopolists. A California Legislature will not be guilty, 
at this late day, of so unreasonable an act of hostility to a 
sister State as to lend itself to the grasping schemes of a few 
cattle speculators at home, who have grown enormously rich 
by cattle monopoly. We want all the Texas cattle that can 
be sent or brought to us/ ” 
Like the people of the Northern States of America, we 
want all the beef that can be sent to us, although we do not 
want the Texas fever, whatever that mysterious disease may 
be, aloug with it, and we confess we do not feel much appre- 
hension of its introduction by South American cattle. 
Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
DAIRY FARMING. 
By the Northern Farmer. 
Introductory. — In the United Kingdom the dairy occu- 
pies an exceedingly prominent and important position, and 
is a branch of industry well suited to both the climate and 
soil of many districts of the country, as well as to the means 
and requirements of the farmers who make it a leading 
branch of business. Mildness and humidity of climate, and 
fertility of soil, are essential requisites for profitable dairy 
farming, the former being eminently conducive to the health 
and well-doing of the best and most useful breeds of cattle, 
while the latter is indispensable for providing a full bite of 
succulent herbage for the summer months, and for raising 
those root crops in sufficient abundance which are to provide 
food for winter and spring. 
To the small farmer of limited means a dairy offers many 
inducements, even apart from favorable conditions of climate, 
soil, and facility for the disposal of his produce. Capital 
invested in agriculture being for the most part locked up for 
some considerable time, it is difficult for the needy or strug- 
gling man ever to attain anything but a very moderate degree 
of success, if indeed he can get on at all by even the most 
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