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over and repacked here before it will sell. It generally contains 

 a good deal of milk, and if not re-worked soon becomes rancid. 

 Improper packing in kegs too large and soiled on the outside, 

 make at least three cents a pound difference. Whatever the size 

 of the firkin, it must be perfectly tight and quite full of butter, so 

 that when opened the brine, though present, will not be found on 

 the top. 



Until the middle of May, dairymen should pack in quarter- 

 firkins or tubs, with white-oak covers, and send directly to maiKet 

 as fresh buttej. From this time until the fall frost, there is but 

 little change in color and flavor with the same dairy, and it may 

 be packed in whole firkins and kept in a cool place. The fall 

 butter should also be packed separately in tubs. 



Dr. Waterbury said it was surprising that farmers could not 

 learn the benefits of soiling «^ttle. He thought the time would 

 come when land would be sold so high that owners could not af- 

 ford to devote it to pasture. 



Solon Robinson — That time has come when land is worth $25 

 or $30 per acre. 



Dr. Waterbury said few knew the use of butter or fat in the 

 animal economy. Suppose we look at the fact that the most intel- 

 lectual portion of mankind are the greatest butter eaters. Casein 

 goes to support muscle, sugar to support respiration, butter to the 

 support of animal heat and all the functions of the body that grows 

 out of that. 



MILK COWS IN TEXAS, 



Mr,. Field said — A brother of mine has travelled much in that 

 State, and notwithstanding the immense herds of cattle, the people 

 who use butter have to look to New- York for a supply. Many 

 families who own large herds never have any milk. 



Amos Oore of Bloomfield, New Jersey, presented a very valua- 

 ble bean. It was grown by Mr. Jacob Freeman and his father be- 

 fore him for nearly fifty years. They were market gardeners and 

 having become possessed of this very valuable variety of stringless 

 in place of string bean, found very ready and profitable sale for it 

 in the markets, and did not let others have any ripe beans. Jacob 

 the son, now old, gave the Secretary (Meigs,) an old acquaintance, 



