52 1 Senate 



in a new garden, on ground that had been trenched to the depth ot" 

 three feet, as follows: 



The top soil was taken off to the depth of one foot, and the sub- 

 soil to the depth of two feet; well rotted cow manure was then 

 thrown into the trench, and a portion of the top soil mixed with it; 

 then a layer of rotted horse manure thoroughly incorporated with 

 the top soil; after which the trench was filled with subsoil and raked 

 smoth; drills were then made and filled with a composition of salt, 

 poudrette, oyster-shell lime, muck and ashes, and the seeds then sown 

 upon it, then covered with earth and pressed down compactly. 



ROBERT L. PELL. 



Pelham, Ulster Co., J\^. F. 



Cabbages. 



I planted one-quarter of an acre with cabbages, having first ma- 

 nured it with 16 loads of manure, each load containing 28 bushels. 



16 loads of manure at 8 s. per load, $16 00 



Interest on cost of land, 2 00 



Labor, plowing, hoeing, &c., 4 00 



Seed, 2 oz., .' 50 



$22 50 

 Team and man to New-York, 8 loads, 20 00 



$42 50 

 2000 cabbages at 3 cts., 60 00 



Profit, 18 50 



DANIEL D. FOLK. 



Butte)-. 



The Butter exhibited by me at the Fifteenth Annual Fair of the 

 American Institute, was made in the month of October, 1842, from 

 thirty cows. The cows, feed was clover, pasture and, once a day, 

 field pumpkins, with a constant supply of running water. The only 

 ingredients used, were loaf sugar and Onondaga barrel salt. 



In packing butter for family winter use, grated loaf sugar is rubbed 

 on the bottom and sides of the firkin, and the butter, after being 

 salted and having the milk thoroughly worked out, is closely pressed 

 with a ladle in the firkin, and then loaf sugar is again grated over the 

 top to exclude the air. 



I prefer the Onondaga salt, for the reason, that after the butter 

 has stood about a week, the surplus salt exudes and forms a crust 

 around the butter, between the firkin and the butter, and also ever 

 the top, thereby preventing the air from bleaching or tainting it. 



STEPHEN YATES. 



Palatine, October, 1842. 



