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sons, in the growth, before we shall be able to declare 

 positively as to the effect of plucking off the suckers. 



We think we often err in suffering too many stalks 

 to stand in a hill. Of the middle-sized corn, two 

 stalks in a hill are sufficient when the hills are two 

 feet apart in the rows. If two many are allowed to 

 stand, there will be many stalks without a single ear. 



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Improving the breed of live stock is as necessary for 

 the farmer as the proper cultivation of a field for 

 wheat, corn, or any other crop; for, according to the 

 present improved system of farming, there is such a 

 connection between the cultivation of ground and 

 breeding, rearing, and fattening cattle, sheep, and other 

 domestic animals, that a man will make but an indif- 

 ferent figure in rural affairs, if he does not understand 

 the latter as well as the former. 



Our breeds of horned cattle, particularly, are too 

 little attended to, yet they should receive the primary 

 attention of our agriculturists. In the best cultivated 

 countries of Europe, this subject receives that attention 

 which its importance demands ; and to such perfection 

 have they brought their breeds of cattle, as to render 

 them worthy to be sought after in the diflerent parts 

 of the world, and to insure for them enormous prices. 



In our own country, particularly in the northern and 

 eastern States, the raising and improving the breed of 

 cattle is considered as a matter of the first importance 

 with the farmer. The different agricultural societies 

 established in those parts of the Union (which are 

 doing great good) spare no exertions, by offering 

 premiums, and the establishment of cattle-shows, to 

 diffuse among the people a spirit of improving the 

 breeds of their cattle. 



