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ered in the churn, take it out and wash it with cold water till the 

 milk i'3 out — then salt it immediately, and let it stand in the cellar 

 until the next morning then work it thoroughly till the pickle is 

 ■worked out, and pack it in the pail or firkin — keeping it covered. 



JOHN M. MULFORD, 



Shawangunk, Ulster Co., Jf. F., t\h. 21, 1848. 



DAVID S. MILLS' 



Mode of Cultivating his Farm for Dairy Purposes. 



Gentlemen : At your request I give you an account of the crops 

 raised the past year on my iarra at New Town, L. I., as accounted 

 to me by my overseer, Mr. Nathan Perry. 



About the 30lh of March last, we commenced plowing a twelve 

 acre field for potatoes; when plowed, we manured broadcast with 

 equal parts of cow manure and pond muck, putting 30 loads to the 

 acre; cross plowed and harrowed it, then applied (as a trial to 

 prevent rot) shell lime, to the amount of 80 bushels to the acre. 



It then being in a desirable condition for planting we marked it 

 out in drills, 3 feet apart, and commenced dropping the cuttings 

 (piuk-eyed-kidneySj) which had already been rolled in lime and 

 plaster, using about 15 bushel to the acre, covered them with the 

 plow, and in two weeks after, harrowed and cross-harrowed the 

 field till level. As soon as the sprouts were 3 or 4 inches high w6 

 plowed through each row, and in another week we dressed the 

 field with the hoe, and as soon as finished we again plowed thera; 

 they required no more attendance. On the 27th of July, we com- 

 menced digging oar new crop. We found the yield less than antici- 

 pated, as the vines grew thiiftily, receiving no blight, and from 

 every appearance we were promised a handsome return. From the 

 12 acres we dug 1,455 bushels of merchantable potatoes, there be- 

 ing but few of inferior size, but their quality greatly aided in mak- 

 ing up the deficiency, as they were very large and fine. I attributed 

 the deficiency, to having used too much limr, as it caused the ground 

 to be very dry. The field being cleared of the potatoes, we com- 

 menced plowing on the 31st of Sept. for wheat, and when finished 

 harrowed it over, and removed all the stones that were to be found 

 on its surface, then marking it out in squares of 27 feet, applied 18 

 loads of well rotted manure to the acre, (it being a compost of 



