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So that, by feeding his hay out to horses, the farmer gets his produce into a better state to be transported to market.

The Vermont horses go all over the land.

Thus you see that the farmers in the grass country have to turn the vegetable products which they raise, into animal products, before they can get them to market; and as the rearing of animals is a work which requires a great deal of attention, care, patience, and skill, the cultivators must be men of a higher class than those which are employed in raising cotton, or even than those who raise grain.

The animals must be watched and guarded while they are young.