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for a week or more with an occasional rubbing, 

 •which will probably extract all their strength, 

 and they may then be taken out and thrown 

 away. The liquor should be kept in a cool, 

 sweet place and occasionally stirred, and if 

 good, sweet rennets have been used, it will 

 have no unpleasant tainted smell. 



When water is used to soak the rennets, 

 enough salt must be used to make it a strong 

 brine. 



As the sour whey assists (he rennet in the 

 process of coagulating the milk, rennets 

 soaked in whey will yo lurcher than when 

 soaked in water, and at th«i same time the 

 liquid prepared in the jar is not so liable to 

 tamt. — X. A. Willard, in Bural New Yorker. 



crops as it has been shown to be in the case of 

 the onion crop ju-t cited. The raising of 

 seed may be made profitable, provided the 

 grower conscientiously olFcrs none for sale 

 that is not true to description, and of the best 

 thoroughbied qualify, grown from selected 

 stock, years in succession. A few years of 

 such business would secure a reputation worth 

 a fortune, for such seed will always sell at 

 very high prices. — Mr. Ware''s Address at Es- 

 sex Co. Fair. 



IMPORTANCE OP GOOD SEED, 



To illustrate the importance of high culture 

 and thoroughbred seed, I will mention an in- 

 stance that has come under my notice the 

 present season. Mr. David Wentzell, of Sa- 

 lem, has two acres of onions, to which he ap- 

 plied fifteen cords of muscle mud of the first j 

 quality, and twenty- five cords cf well rotted 

 stable manure, measured as thrown lightly into 

 the cart without treading, and piobably equal 

 to eighteen cords trodden. He sowed the 

 very best quality of knovvn thoroughiTcd seed 

 on an acre and three-quarters, then sowed 

 beed grown by a neighbor, of as good quality 

 as the average used ; not having quite enough, 

 he bought more at a seed store to finish the 

 field. All came up equally well. On the part 

 sown with thoroughbre t seed there is scarcely 

 an imperfect onion, and the crop is the largest 

 in the vicinity. On the part sown with good 

 seed, the onions are ten days later, of inferior 

 quality, and less quantity, and valued at twen- 

 ty-five per cent, less than the first. On the 

 part sown with seed from the store, (which 

 probably was of about the quality usually in 

 the market,) the onions were still later, of 

 much worse quality, and less quantity, and 

 valued at fifty per cent, less than the first. 

 Any one walking across the fi"ld could tell at 

 a glance, and to a row, where the different 

 qualities of seed were sown. 



Here, then, is an instance where a field 

 of onions, under very high cultivation, was 

 treated every part exactly alike, except in 

 the quality of seed sown. The thoroughbred 

 seed yielded the value of one hundred and 

 fifty bushels per acre, more than the average 

 quality of seed generally used by farmers who 

 grow their own, and three hundred bushels 

 per acre more than the average rjuality of seed 

 sold in the market. This estimate is made 

 while the crop is yet in the field, and six hun- 

 dred bushels of onions, of the first quality, is 

 not an over estimate of the product per acre 

 from the thoroughbred seed. 



I have no doubt that the careful selection 

 for seed, year after year, is just as important 

 and profitable in all other vegetable and grain 



BREAKING STEEHS. 



If I have a pair of wild steers, (which 13 

 not the case when I raise them) I put them 

 into the stable and commence introducing my^ 

 self to them as their particular friend, feeding 

 them good bits, such as sweet apples, small 

 ears of corn, or sliced potatoes. AYhen in 

 the yard, I secure their friendship by doing 

 the same from my frock. They will soon fol- 

 low me about. I then attempt to yoke them, 

 and it does not take three or four boys and 

 a dog to help do it. I never leave them to 

 ramble about the fields (as is the custom of 

 some) to turn their yoke and haul each o'her 

 about. I next give each a name, and when 

 speaking, I apply it. This is more important 

 than many persons imagine. Suppose a man 

 has two sons, and he calls them both John. 

 It will be difficult when the boys are together, 

 and a command is given them, to ascertain to 

 which of them it belongs. It is so with 

 steers. 



I take them into the road and learn them 

 to travel, that is, walk evenly and quick — 

 stopping often, and suiting my action to the 

 word by stopping myself. I then give some- 

 thing from the old frock. I practice in this 

 way a while, and instead of their running 

 from me, they rather relish my visits. Some- 

 times I attach a rope to the bow (never to the 

 horn or nose) as a kind of safeguard in case 

 of fright, and to illustrate the command to 

 stop. 



When they will stop uniformly at the word, 

 I put them on a light sled — give them a good 

 path, sometimes let them tike the lead of me ; 

 stop quite often, and give something to en- 

 courage the stopping. When I have nothing 

 else to give, I talk to them of the prospect 

 before them of sometime becoming o.xen ; of 

 drawing premiums at fairs, and lastly of see- 

 ing Brighton market ; all of which they seem 

 to understand when explained by a pat or two 

 of the hand. 



I soon begin to draw something, loading 

 light. One trouble with teamsters of young 

 cattle is, they too soon think they have be- 

 come oxen, and load too heavy. 



Never feed in the yoke ; the practice cre- 

 ates a dislike to wear it. Never whip for 

 running away. If you do, you will probably 

 have to run twice as far next time. Never 

 let your cattle draw unless in good position. 



