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from stalks having two or more cars, he was induced to 

 trj the experiment. He has selected his seed corn in 

 this way for three years past, and the result has exceed- 

 ed his expectation. He states that it is not uncommon 

 to find in his cornfield, 'stalks with three, four, five, and 

 sometimes six cars, and three of them fair, full-grown, 

 and fit for seed, and that too in hills containing four or 

 live stalks.' He says, 'I think my crop has been in- 

 creased several bushels this year by the experiment. I 

 vrould suggest a mode of selecting seed to those who 

 do not cut up the corn at the roots. Vv^hen they are 

 picking corn, and find a stalk with two or more ears, 

 let them tie the husks together, and the ears will be 

 easily known at husking.' 



STOCK TO SELECT. 



The word stocky in this country, is commonly used by 

 farmers to express only live stock, or tiie beasts that are 

 kept upon a farm. These should not be all of one 

 kind, but such an assortment as is best adapted to the 

 convenience and profit of the farmer. The stock 

 sliould be adapted to the nature and circumstances of 

 tlie farm. 



Young stock, in general, is better than old. The 

 more there are in a growing state, the greater is the 

 profit. And very old cattle, when turned oflf to fat, do 

 not answer so well as those which are but little past 

 their prime, or full vigour. It costs more to fatten them, 

 and the meat is not so valuable. 



It is best to begin with a considerable variety of ani- 

 mals; that the farmer, by observing the profit he gets 

 from each kind, may afterwards vary, as he finds to be 

 best. For tliis cannot be determined, but by some ex- 

 perience: Because some animals prosper l3est on one 

 farm, and some on another; some best under one mana- 

 ger, and some under another. 



A variety indeed, for other reasons, is always best: 

 One is, because almost "every farm produces a variety 

 of food, some of which will answer best for one animal, 

 and some for anotlier. Even in the same pasture, that 



