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are often guilty of manifesting less care for wife<br />
and children than that shown to their cattle. A<br />
merciful farmer will take time, and devote especial<br />
thought as to the best manner of managing his<br />
stock, and will be particular that his valuable<br />
horses shall not be overworked, overfed, or fed<br />
when heated, lest they be ruined. He will take time<br />
and care for his stock, lest they be injured by<br />
neglect, exposure, or any improper treatment, and<br />
his increasing young stock depreciate in value. He<br />
will observe regular periods for their eating, and<br />
will know the amount of work they can perform<br />
without injuring them. In order to accomplish this,<br />
he will provide them only the most healthful food,<br />
in proper quantities, and at stated periods. By thus<br />
following the dictates of reason, farmers are<br />
successful in preserving the strength of their beasts.<br />
If the interest of every father, for his wife and<br />
children, corresponded to that care manifested for<br />
his cattle, in that degree that their lives are more<br />
valuable than the dumb animals, there would be an<br />
entire reformation in every family, and human<br />
misery be far less.<br />
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