Saving stock.
--In Impressing beef and hogs for the army, an eye should be had to the importance of preserving a sufficiency of stock for breeding purposes. In some sections of the country nearly all the milch cows have been taken for beef cattle, and in others scarcely a hog is to be found. If the war continues two or three years longer — as it probably will — the great mass of the people will be compelled to live on little or no meats; and in order to do this they ought to plant out orchards and vineyards, cultivate the Chinese sugar cane extensively, and devote great care to the rearing of poultry of every description. We are in for a long and wasting war, and to come out of it successfully those who are not fit for field service must determine to live frugally, and to spare no efforts to feed and clothe the soldiers who have to do the fighting.
