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furrowed at four feet distant with cross furrowing. I then threw in 

 each hill, before planting, a teacup full of shell lime, twenty bushes, 

 of which I bought for one dollar, being five cents a bushel, — the pol- 

 tatoes were cut into pieces of sets, then planted on the top of the lime 

 and covered with the hoe. After the potatoe was well up, I gave 

 each hill another teacup full of lime — 1 spread it well over the sure 

 face, in the hill and around the plants — then plowed, taking care to 

 mold the loose soil with the hoe around the plant, and at the sam- 

 time to cover up the lime. At the second plowing, I gave each hile 

 a third cup of lime, in the same way as the first, and then let theml 

 take their chance. In this way I had a good crop. My potatoes 

 were free from worms, of good size, and smooth fair skin. My neigh- 

 bors having the same soil had an inferior crop, and much eaten with 

 worms. 



Very respectfully, 

 (Signed,) JOHN P. HAFF. 



NATIVE STOCK. 



HarsimuSy JV. /., January 11 th, 1845. 



The native stock exhibited by me at the late Cattle Show of the 

 American Institute held at Vauxhall Garden, and for which premi 

 ums were awarded for the best native cow and heifer, are of a breed 

 not very common in this part of New- Jersey. I have owned the 

 cow upwards of three years, during which time she has regularly 

 milked at least ten months in each year — the average quantity of milk 

 per day for the season is about sixteen quarts, and the yield of butter 

 from the same is about two pounds — or about eight quarts of milk to 

 each pound of butter. Her feed during the year is a good grass pas- 

 ture for the summer, and the remaining part of her food is of a mixed 

 character — chiefly good hay, with each day a little meal, beets or 

 some trifle from the garden, when in season. When kept up, we 

 have not observed any very methodical system in her food — except 

 the daily quantity and quality sufficient to sustain her in good condi- 

 tion. And I may state that much less food will keep her in good 

 order than is required for the half blood. I own in this respect my 

 experience is somewhat different to the account given by others 

 keeping the cross breeds. I have found her much superior to any 

 half blood. She has each year been put to the best native bull we 

 could select. Her stock is excellent — the heifer being her first calf, 

 after she came into my possession, and what is stated about the cow 

 is equally applicable to the heifer; they each fatten well on the com- 

 mon feed, with a little extra meal, beets or turneps. For dairy pur- 

 poses in our part of New-Jersey, the native breed is considered much 

 superior to any other. 



Very respectfully, 



JOSEPH CLOWES. 



