AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
FOR THE 
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“ AGRICULTURE IS THE MOST HEALTHFUL, MOST USEFUL, AND MOST NOBLE EMPLOYMENT OF MAN.”— Washington. 
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Entered according to Act of Congress in February, 1870, by Orange Judd & Co., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. 
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VOLUME XXIX.—No. 3. NEW YORK, MARCH, 1870. new SERIES—No. 278. 
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THE AYRAULT FAT OXEN .—Drawn FROM Life, By W. M. Cary .—Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
These cattle, said to weigh more than 3300 pounds each, were over sis years old, raised and fed by George Ayrault, of Poughkeepsie, N. 7, and 
slaughtered in February by Wm. Lalor, of Centre Market, N. Y. City. For an account of them, see item on page 85—accurate weights hereafter. 
