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._ AN EYE FOR A GOOD PAIR OF HORSES. Some men have an eye for one thing and some for another, but I think if I have a weakness it is to fancy that I have an eye for a good pair of horses, and for a straight line. When I see a line I can judge if it has been ploughed straight, and then I can judge whether the ploughman has had too much. Of course, that sort of thing never happens at a ploughing match, but still it is as well to be on the look-out. _Farmers' Association, Bassaleg, October 17th, 1876._ AS CATTLE DEALER. Just before I came to the meeting I had put into my hand a small--a very small--paper in which I am described as a cattle-dealer. But I am not at all ashamed of that. _Newport Conservative Meeting, April 5th, 1888._ THE BEST FARMER. It was the late Lord Beaconsfield, I believe, who said that the best educated farmer known spent all his life in the open air, and never read a book. There is a great deal of truth in that, and although science may aid farmers, observation and experience in the proper treatment of land and crops will do much more. _Tredegar Show, December 26th, 1890._ FOX-HUNTING AND DIPLOMACY. Many people imagine that to be a Master of Foxhounds you have only to get a horse--but besides the matter of pounds, shillings and pence, you have to create an interest amongst the farmers over whose land you hunt, and whose sheep, pigs and lambs you frighten. One, therefore, has to use a certain amount of diplomacy. _Gelligaer Steeplechases, April 12th, 1910._ Nothing tends to brush away the cobwebs so much as a bracing run with the hounds. Fox hunting is an admirable sport, and my neighbours shall enjoy it as long as there is a fox to be found on my estate. _At Tredegar House, October 30th, 1884._ AT AN ATHLETIC CLUB DINNER.