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much more sceptical of the potentialities of some of the techniques and methods that were urged by the enthusiasts of the day: the use of sewage as a manure, for which much was claimed by Morton and others, but which proved to be virtually useless, is a case in point, so Corbet was much more interested in agricultural shows, cattle exhibitions, and country sport than was Morton, and wrote extensively for the
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we will not now stop to inquire into, whether it be a "barbarous practice", "excessive cruelty to a poor dumb animal", or, on the other hand, if it be an "exhilarating sport", or a "healthy pastime." Sufficient be it presents to treat of the contents of the compendium now before us."
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