The second and general consideration is this: The past agricultural history of New England shows a succession of specialties, each running its course until the advent of another which existing circumstances made more profitable. The first was grain (except barley), then came wool, and then potatoes, while the last and most promising is dairy farming. It is yet in its infancy but it is already important. One thing is sure, that farming on the old-fashioned plan has seen its day in New England. The natural advantages of the West enable it to raise and deliver many crops cheaper than they can be grown in the older part of the country, and under the influence of this competition Eastern farmers have grown poorer and poorer unless they have taken up a specialty or possessed some unusual natural advantages. We submit that the combination of dairy farming with the growth of barley will, even under the existing laws, prove very remunerative. The facts already adduced point directly to this conclusion. The figures show that barley is a profitable crop and that northern New England is well adapted to its growth. Moreover it thrives on a comparatively poor soil while most of the other natural products that rank high in value involve a large expense for manure, and in many cases a great deal of hand labor. Dairy farms are known to pay well. What then will be the result of combining the two industries as above indicated on terms favorable to both? But this can only be successfully done by the establishment of breweries, and sooner or later the people will understand all these facts and act accordingly. _Remove the laws that now make brewing impossible, and a new industry will spring up as if by magic_—we might well say three new industries—for barley culture and dairies will grow to keep pace with the demands and the grants of brewing. For it must be remembered that brewing is not like some other forms of manufacture. What it takes with one hand it gives with the other. It receives the farmer’s grain and pays him a good price; it gives him valuable fodder and manure for a sum that is small in proportion to the benefit conferred. It helps put in motion the wheels of another separate business, the manufacture of cheese and butter, and it is again the agricultural community who profit by the development.