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bear drought, they should be thin- 

 ned according to the fertihty of 

 the soil, from six inches to near 

 two feet between the stocks or 

 plants. In rich river grounds the 

 beds should be from 5 to 6 feet 

 apart, measuring from centre to 

 centre ; and the cotton plants, 

 when out of the way of the worms, 

 from two to three feet apart. It 

 is advisable to top cotton once or 

 twice in low grounds, and also to 

 remove the suckers. The latter 

 end of July is generally considered 

 a proper time for topping. — 

 Gypsum may be used with success 

 on cotton lands not near the sea. 

 In river grounds draining is pro- 

 per; yet these lands should not be 

 kept too dry. In tide lands, it is 

 beneficial to let the water flow 

 over the land without retaining it. 

 In river lands a change of crops is 

 necessary. From actual experi- 

 ment it has been proved that river 

 tide lands having the preceding 

 year had rice sown on them, yield- 

 ed much more cotton the succeed- 

 ing year than they would have af- 

 forded by a continuation of cotton. 



" The mere growing of cotton 

 is but a part of the care of the 

 planter ; very much depends on 

 classing and cleansing it for mar- 

 ket, after it has been housed ; 

 sorting it before it goes to the 

 Jennies, moating and removing 

 any yellow particles, are essential 

 to assure a preference at a com- 

 mon market of competition. Do- 

 mestic Encyclopaedia. 



COW, " the female of the ox 

 kind. The marks of a good cow, 

 according to some, are these : The 

 forehead broad, the eyes black,the 



horns large and clean, the neck 

 long and straight, the belly large 

 and deep, the thighs thick, the legs 

 round with short joints, and the 

 feet broad and thick." Die. of Arts, 



I may add here, if the cleaning 

 of a cow after calving be delayed, 

 it may be promoted by giving her 

 a pail of warm water with some 

 ashes in it. 



Cows should be milked regular- 

 ly, morning and evening, and al- 

 ways at the same hours, as nearly 

 as may be. At six in the morning, 

 and six at night, is a good general 

 rule, as the times of milking will 

 be equidistant from each other. — 

 But if they are milked three times 

 a day, as a modern writer on hus- 

 bandry recommends, it may be 

 done at five, one and eight. He 

 believes that if they are full fed, 

 they will give half as much again 

 milk, if milked thrice, as if only 

 twice. At the same time, it would 

 prevent a too great distention of 

 (heir bags, to which our best cows 

 are liable. If the milking be once 

 omitted, they will give much more 

 at the next milking ; but it will 

 cause them to give less milk on the 

 whole, and tend to dry them up. 



No animals that we keep are 

 more profitable than cows. Not- 

 withstanding this is generally 

 known, and admitted by farmers, 

 they are too apt to act as if they 

 believed the reverse to be true. — 

 They often keep two bad cows, 

 which will not give on an average, 

 through the year, more milk or 

 butter than one good one, while 

 they will consume double ; and 

 they are easily tempted, by a small 

 extra price, to sell the best cow in 



