176 QUARTERLY JOURNAL. 



My practice is to hire one man for general work, at $20 to $251 

 per month; also, two hands for out-door work alone, who are cai 

 pable to work at any job of farming; they have employment from 

 early spring till first of December, at 15 cents per day — these 

 three find themselves. Then there are two men engaged constant' 

 ly, feeding and taking care of cattle, feed, manure, &,c., who re- 

 ceive from $10 to $12 per month and found. By this arrangemem 

 I have always a pretty strong force to act on emergencies, and tc 

 avail myself of seasonable operations. My work is generally wel 

 done and timely done. 



1 have thus given you a general insight into the condition o 

 my farm, and the system by which it has been brought to its pre 

 sent state of perfection. If substantial fences, clean fields, welif 

 worked land, good crops, good barns and splendid cattle, beessei 

 tial to constitute a good farm, I trust you will find none of thoi 

 features wanting on mine. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



JAMES GOWEN. 



Mount Airy, December 24th, 1844. 



HI 



AMERICAN CHEESE. 



On the motion of Sir P. Egerton, one of the members for littr' 

 county of Cheshire, a return has been laid upon the table of thiji 

 British House of Commons, relative to the importation of foreigiiij' 

 cheese which exhibits the following figures : 



From Europe. America. Total. 



1841, 254,995 15,154 270.149 



1842, 165,614 14,098 179,712 



1843, 13fJ,998 42,312 179,310 i''«y 



1844, 160,654 53,115 213,769 



By this statement we find that the importation of America 

 cheese has quadrupled during the last three years, and during tb 

 last year the importation amounted to 53,115 cwt. To ou 

 American friends we say — send to this country nothing but a goo 

 article— introduce more color into it, and we are sure that in an 

 ther year England will use four times the quantity of its previou 

 consumption. We shall also be pleased to find that the manufac, 

 turer and exporter get a larger share of the prices for which itij 

 sold in England. 



The writer of this has now upon his table an American chees« 

 equal to the celebrated " Stilton" for which twenty-five cents pc 

 pound is obtained, while this excellent " American" is sold a 

 thirteen cents only. A similar return has also been made by orde 



