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connected with fruit crowino: as the silk business. I can not en- 

 ter into its consideration at large, here, but I will say that while 

 his fruit trees are growing, the farmer will find it profitable, and 

 afterwards he can give it up to his wife and children. I hope to 

 say more about this hereafter, and also something in reference to 

 the duties of young farmers in entering upon this business. I 

 shall feel gratified if I have been the means of opening the eyes 

 of any one to his interest. The truth is, agriculture on the Hud- 

 son river will never pay as it ought, till it is conducted with 

 strict reference to circumstances. And I am satisfied that here 

 fruit growing ofifers decidedly the greatest profit. Yours. 



AGRICOLA. 



JYeioburgh, July 4, 1846. 



THE DAIRY. 



Most of the cheese of this country is made by guess, and yet 

 much excellent cheese is made. Still proportions may be deter- 

 mined which shall not only increase the product, but improve the 

 quality. Every one who opens a book on chemistry, learns that 

 every kind of compound matter is made up of elements combined 

 in certain definite proportions. Every substance in the mineral 

 kingdom and every manufactured material in the arts, which has 

 homogeneity must be composed of certain elements united in ex- 

 act proportions. So cheese being a homogeneous compound, its 

 elements must be as exact in kind and proportion, as water, mar- 

 ble, or any other natural production. The natural productions 

 however, differ among themselves in certain particulars, W'hich it 

 is important we should briefly notice. Some are fixed and stable 

 and may remain the identical thing forever; while others, not less 

 definite and fixed in their elements, undergo changes and be- 

 come in a short time, things entirely different in kind and in pro- 

 portion from what they originally were. Bodies derived from or- 

 ganic matters, are the most liable to undergo these changes, and 



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