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it tlioroughlj, and do not put it to press until cool. Press the curd 

 two or three liours, then take out the cheese, turn and bandage it, 

 return it to the press, and let it remain until the next curd needs its 

 place, having been in the press about twenty-four hours. The cheese, 

 after being taken from the press, is weighed and put on the rack to 

 cure ; the next day it is greased with the oil of butter made fi'om 

 •whey, colored with anotta, and kept at about seventy degrees, 

 turned and rubbed with the oil daily for three months, when they 

 are fit for market. I milk from thirty to forty cows. 



Alsike Clover. 



Mr. S. Edwards Todd read a brief paper on this clover, as follows ; 

 Alsike clover is known botanically as the Trifolium hyhndum. 

 Before the blossoms have appeared, the stalks and leaves resemble 

 tlie common red clover {Trifoliuim pratense). But after the clover is 

 \\\ bloom, the heads are beautifully variegated in color from white to 

 red ; and instead of being large and nearly round like the heads of 

 tlie red clover, they are small like the heads of the white clover 

 {Trifolium repens). This kind of clover is no doubt a valuable 

 acqusition to our country, as the reports of those who have raised it 

 in numerous parts of the country speak highly in its favor. One 

 remarkable peculiarity of the Alsike is, that there are from one to 

 four seeds in each glume, while it is a rare occurrence that more than 

 one seed is found in each glume of the red clover. As this fact has 

 been disputed, I wrote to M. M. Baldridge, St. Charles, 111., to forward 

 some heads and seeds of the Alsike, which I have received and here- 

 with distribute, together with a package of the clover seed, which 

 resembles the seed of the red clover, except that the kernels are much 

 smaller and many of them are of a darker color than the seeds of the 

 t/rifoliuin 'pratense. For this reason a smaller quantity will suffice 

 for seeding an acre. Four quarts, on rich land, w411 seed one acre 

 satisfactorily. 



The Alsike seed may be obtained of most dealers in garden seeds 

 in our large cities. Mr. Baldridge writes touching this Alsike as 

 follows : 



"I herewith inclose you some sample heads of Alsike clover. You 

 will find them somewhat mashed. I have just examined the pods of 

 a single head and in several of them I find two seeds, and in three of 

 them three seeds each ! In some cases the glumes have four seeds. 

 These sample heads came from a friend that had, in 1867, thii'ty-three 

 bushels of clear Alsike seed on four and a quarter measured acres." 



