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we say, especially if subject to mortgage, sell enough to furnisli ' 

 funds sufficient to develop the resources of the remainder. In ; 

 England it is estimated that .€8 sterling, or $-10 dollars, cash ca-: 

 pital per acre, is necessary to make the land. In other words, 

 farming is a business requiring a knowledge of the laws governing 

 the results, and capital corresponding with the extent of opera- 

 tions, without whicli it cannot be profitably pursued. As a source 

 of rapid wealth it offers no inducement; but as a means of abun- 

 dantly and permanently supplying all of the rational enjoyments 

 of life, all whose tastes so incline, and are willing to apply the 

 same amount of industry necessary fur success in other business 

 can confidently depend. 



One great advantage we claim for it over mercantile pursuits, 

 is that the capital is not endangered by the sudden reversions to, 

 which it is constantly exjjosed when invested in commerce. Itis 

 true, there are seasons when the crops, however skilfully managed, 

 ill repay the cost of production ; but he is an indifferent farmer 

 that cannot bear up against an occasional season, when the earth 

 withholds a portion of its fullness. 



To the leisure-seeking theorist, desirous of changing the active 

 employment of city life for the imaginary spontaneous enjoyments 

 of the country, we say hesitate before purchasing a farm, or too 

 late you may find that though theory is valuable, practice is in- 

 valuable, and that both are requisite to attain the distinguished 

 position of a successful and accomplished agriculturist. 

 Very respectfully. 



JACOB P. GIRAUD, Jr. 

 Bergen, JYtw-Jcrsey, Dec. 6th, 1852. 



PROCESS OF MAKING CHEESE, BY JOHN O. DALE, WESTERN, ONEIDA CO., 

 N, Y., TO WHOM THE FIRST PREMIUM OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE 

 WAS AWARDED, OCTOBER, 1852. 



I milk 30 COWS, averaging one year with another, 3 lbs. of cheese 

 per day to a cow. Last year tlie season being very dry, the aver- 

 age was less, say 2^ lbs. per cow. My cheese-making season is 

 about six month, commencing about the 1st of May. Put the ren~ 



