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practiced in many places. Such statement has been carefully 
prepared and may be given at another time. Hints at the 
leading features of the system—its noble, harmonizing effects 
—with some statements of facts, to arrest the thoughtful atten¬ 
tion of those interested, was all that was aimed at by the wri¬ 
ter in this paper. One word in 
CONCLUSION. 
In this as in every other proper pursuit of man, every ad¬ 
vanced step in the right direction leads to another; every im¬ 
provement in any part of the business opens the way for addi¬ 
tional improvement; in fact, all improvements in any portion 
of a business or profession require improvement in all other 
parts, ill order that the fullest benefits may be realized. True 
progress and reform begets, necessarily, other progress and 
reform; and here is seen the great importance and value of 
first steps, in the right direction; they not only incite but 
demand farther right movements, in order that the highest 
blessings may result from them. For instance: the introduc¬ 
tion of the seed drills requires that the soil be put in better 
condition than for the old harrow, in order to .work to best ad¬ 
vantage. The use of reapers and mowers requires the surface 
of the land to be put in the best condition to derive the great¬ 
est benefit from them. The introduction of improved species 
of seeds and plants needs improved preparation of soils to 
secure the greatest yield from them ; and improved care and 
feed are required in order to realize the largest profit and pleas¬ 
ure from the introduction of improved breeds of stock; and 
so on, to the end of the chapter of all agricultural operations. 
The very march of the times demands of all improved intel¬ 
ligence and skill. The progress of these material improvements 
stimulates to higher moral and mental attainments, by inciting a 
broader and deeper exercise of the mind to devise and carry 
out elevated improvements of every kind. So, in the plan 
and efforts to secure greater docility and tractability among 
his animals the operator elevates his own character and im¬ 
proves his habits; the very practice of improving their condi- 
