[Illustration: "_Just then a great blue-bottle settled on my nose._"]
In regard to scientific agriculture, I am not sure whether we are not
rather overdoing things; but there is no doubt that, notwithstanding
all the science we have, we have never succeeded in making a cow have
more than one calf in a year, or a sheep more than two lambs. That
goes to prove that there is a limit even to science in agriculture,
and it reminds me of the saying, "You may pitchfork Nature out of
existence, but she is sure to come back to you."
_Bassaleg Show,
October 11th, 1910._