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NEW ENGLAND FARIVIER. 



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the raising of all our cereals, they forget the 

 demands of our markets, and the relation we 

 sustain to the rest of the States. 



The United States have been called the na- 

 tion of homes. And I would claim for New 

 Hampshire the credit of being the home-State 

 of the nation. In every house there are nur- 

 sery and home rooms. Thither men retire for 

 rest and enjoyment. In the homes of no other 

 people is there so much to attract the weary 

 from their labors, whether in the field, the 

 stud}', the counting-room, or the unsatisfac- 

 tory wealth of the metropolis. With moun- 

 tain and lake scenery unsurpassed for grandeur 

 and beauty, with the purest water and an at 

 mot^phere as pure, we should learn as far as 

 possible the demand, of those who may be at- 

 tracted hither. To the attractions of nature 

 we should add those of art, not only in mak- 

 ing our homes beautiful, our public convey- 

 ances models of convenience and comfort, but 

 we should make every product of the farm 

 and garden as near perfection as possible. Our 

 fruit, our dairy products, our poultry, beef 

 and mutton should be of the choicest kinds ; 

 and our streams and lakes should be restocked 

 with the finest fish. 



But what has all this to do with raising corn ? 

 Ask why fruit is not cultivated; the answer is, 

 "I have no time." Ask why grass is not cut 

 in the proper season; the answer is, "I was 

 hoeing my corn the second time." Ask why 

 the sheep were poor, thii lambs weak and unfit 

 for an early market ; and the true answer would 

 be, "the hay was cut late, because of the corn- 

 hoeing, and consequently was fit to make 

 nothing but frames of cattle and sheep." The 

 stock are allowed to grow poor because it will 

 not do to buy corn. 



Hon. Joseph B. Walker, the orator at the 

 Coutoococ k Valley fair, last autumn, asked 

 why so many farms had been abandoned in 

 New Hampshire, and given up to pasturage 

 and wood. The answer is, Because the occu- 

 pants of those farms suffered them to remain 

 as they were one hundred years ago. Cities 

 had sprung up around them, but they cared 

 neither for the city nor its fashions. The 

 great grain fields of the West were offering 

 their products at our doors by railroad, yet 

 they did not use them, but spent their breath 

 in denouncing city people and those who would 

 place the luxuries of the earth within their 

 reach, as "speculators." 



As a farmer upon the banks of the Merri- 

 mac, 1 find it more ( ifBcult for me to buy hay 

 than corn, and labor is too costly to raise it. 

 For these reasons I use my manure for the 

 grass crop. I plough after haying, manure 

 and reseed in the full, and am constantly im- 

 proving the hay crop with comparatively little 

 labor. Admitting that corn can be raised for 

 fitty or bixty cents per bushel, while it is worth 

 twice that in market, thus giving a profit of 

 100 per cent. ; what would have been the cost 

 of a crop of hay upoa the same land at the 



same time, and what the profit on that crop ? 

 Why urge the cultivation of corn and wheat, 

 though paying crops, if grass will pay better? 

 That it will, I think most of the farmers of 

 New Hampshire will acknowledge. F. 



Mast Yard, N. H., Jan., 1870. 



AMBRICAlSr DAIRYMAN'S ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The fifth annual meeting of this Association 

 was held at Utica, N. Y., Jan. 12 and 13. 

 The sessions appear to have been mostly oc- 

 cupied by addresses. Prof. Law of Cornell 

 University, delivered an address on the feed- 

 ing of cattle in relation to their health and 

 produce. 



In discussing the dairy interest, Hon. X. A. 

 Willard said, The operations of the past year 

 have established three facts of importance in 

 regard to dairy products. 1st. The beneficial 

 influence of a low temperature and humid at- 

 mosphere upon the preservation of the flavor 

 of cheese, 2d, That a healthy consumptive 

 demand for cheese, does not depend upon ex- 

 tra low prices, and 3d, That there are mar- 

 kets and an outlet for our whole produce at a 

 price above the cost. He recommended 

 smaller sized cheese, as better adapted to the 

 home market, which he thought cheese makers 

 must chiefly rely upon, and named twenty 

 cents per pound as the price cheese ought to 

 command. 



The premium of $100 offered for the best 

 essay on the claims of cheese as a wholesome, 

 nutritious and economical article of food, 

 was awarded to L. B. Arnold of Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Fourteen essays were received, several of 

 which were recommended for publication. 



The election of officers resulted as follows : 



President — Horatio Seymour of Now York. 



Vice Presidents— Ron. T. G. Alvord, New York; 

 Anson Bartlett, Uhio; X. A. Willard, New York; Ban- 

 ford Howard, Miciiigati ; Henry Wade, Canada West; 

 O. S. Bliss, Vermont; Moses Hawks, Illinois; Asahel 

 Buroham, New York; Bartholomew, Massachu- 

 setts; G. A. Kliphart, Ohio; T. 8. Harrison, New Vork; 

 N. W. Woodflne, Nortti Carolina; C. H. Wilder; Wis- 

 consin; John M. Webb, New York; B. M. Wells, Con- 

 necticut; H. Calmes, Kentucky ; Levi Wells, Pentsyl- 

 vania. 



Secretary— Qc. B. Weeks, Syracuse, New York. 



Treasurer— Dt. L. L. Wight, Whitesboro', N. Y. 



Rennet, its nature and use, was the subject 

 of a paper read by Mr. Arnold, in ■which he 

 showed that the efficiency of rennet depended 

 on the presence of an almost infinitely small 

 speck of light colored liquid, inclosed with a 

 very delicate sack, and having a darker col- 

 ored nucleus in the center. They were found 



