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and there is a great anxiety among farmers to get it, and hence I 

 suppose it is considered valuable ; I should like to know how 

 valuable. 



Mr. Doughty, of New Jersey, said salt hay was good for horses 

 with the heaves. 



Andrew S. Fuller. — Salt hay sells with us in Brooklyn at $10 

 a ton ; that is its commercial value. 



Mr. Cavanach. — As a manure, I would just as soon have shav- 

 ings as salt hay. 



Mr. Quinn of New Jersey. — We use large quantities of salt hay, 

 and do not consider it of any value as a manure except as a 

 mulch. It possesses no fattening qualities, and is of no other 

 value for manure than as a mechanical divisor. More of the salt 

 marsh yields only half a ton per acre than more, and the value of 

 the land is from $5 to $50 an acre. 



TAMING THE HORSE. 



R. G. Pardee. — It is my opinion that it is worth $5 an evening 

 to any farmer, to listen to one of Rarey's lectures. His instruc- 

 tions how to handle wild horses are of the most valuable kind to 

 all persons who ever handle horses. His instructions are not 

 only valuable, but very entertaining. 



Mr. Carpenter. — I spent fifty cents, and got wJiat I consider 

 $50 value for the information thus obtained. 



THE NORTHERN SPY APPLE. 



Mr. Carpenter introduced the Northern Spy apple, which was 

 tasted and highly approved. It is one of the very best apples 

 gri )wn. 



Mr. Fuller remarked that the tree of this variety of apples is 

 -one of the handsomest of the family. 



THE PRODUCT OF ORCHARDS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. 



Mr. Carpenter made the following statement in regard to pro- 

 duct of orchards in his vicinity : 



The following five farmers, located on North-street road, in the 

 town of Harrison, Westchester county, New York, within one 

 and a quarter miles in extent, have produced the following re- 

 sults from the orchard in the fall of 1860: 



J. Carpenter : 



18,750 gallons cider at 8 cents per gallon $1,500 00 



250 barrels apples, at $1 250 00 



Total II, '^SO 00 



