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pro^-ed themselves for filling the milk pail — 

 having discarded all which did not answer 

 to this description, he neglected no oppor- 

 tunity of filling their places with others of 

 a similar character, and thonght little of 

 giving a couple of pounds or so, over the 

 market price for such as come up to his 

 standard. But while he deemed liberality 

 to be sound policy, whenever he recognized 

 superior shape, high quality, and superior 

 blood, he carefully avoided paying extra for 

 mere condition, which was the result of high 

 keep — for he possessed that rarest and most 

 money making of all qnalificatioos, the 

 power of discerning merit in an animal when 

 out of condition 



"A<? regards his bull, Mr, Thoughtful 

 actually had the extravagance to give a 

 celebrated breeder 20 guineas for him at a 

 week old. His reasons for committing this 

 piece of fj^ly, as it was regarded by Mr. 

 Thriftless^nd his school, are, perhaps, not 

 unworthy of consideration. In the first 

 place, ■ he knew the dam not only as the 

 possessor of aJiigh pedigree, but as one of 

 the finest cows and best mothers in the 

 couQtry. He had seen former calves of 

 her's grow up to fetch enormous prices. He 

 was aware that his sire had cost 300 

 guineas, and that his stock proved him to 

 be worth it. And he well knew, too, that 

 if he waited until this calf was a year ok!, 

 there would be no chance of his • obtaining 

 him for a sum within his means. He, 

 therefore, deemed himself most fortunate 

 that his offer, made before the calf was 

 born, had been accepted, for he had thus 

 become the owner of one of the best br<^d 

 bulls in the neighborhood, at what he 

 rightly deemed a very low price. 



"Disregarding the offers which flowed 

 upon him to part with the young animal, 

 for which he even refused to name a price, 

 he was in due course rewarded by witness- 

 ing the annual arrival of a healthy, even, 

 handsome, lot of calves, from which he 

 selects the healthiest and most promising to 

 rear. Having an object in view, he keeps 

 it steadily before him, turning neither to 

 the right hand nor the left till he has at- 

 tained it; and, therefore, declines the most 

 tempting offers for his young stock. At 

 last, the long-looked for day of his sale of 

 heifers arrives. The concourse of buyers 

 is numerous and influential, and the com- 

 petition which ensues is such as had never 

 before been witnessed in that neighborhood. 

 His cows are well known as milkers, while 

 the heifers are not only by Herd Book Bull, 

 but are in calf to another of equal value. 



His name is now established; he has by 

 common consent achieved a success, hence- 

 forth all is plain sailing before him." 



The same judicious coarse pursued with 

 Devon, Hereford, Ayrshire and Alderney 

 cattle, produces a like result. 



Seed Wbeat, &c. 



The following article should have been 

 published in our last number. It may be 

 of service even at this time. Mach of the 

 wheat is sown. The experience of the past 

 years has proved that early sown wheat pro- 

 duces the best crops; that failures are much 

 more frequent with late sown wheat than 

 with that which is sown early. Experience 

 has also abundantly proved that good crops 

 are most likely to follow good cultivation. 

 We cannot now afford in Illinois to cultivate 

 crops badly. It is a great misfortune to a 

 farmer to lose a crop. The laud should be 

 well and deeply plowed for wheat, and in 

 nine cases out of ten the crop will be bel- 

 ter if the seed is drilled in. Especially is 

 this case with the late sown wheat. If the 

 wheat is sown broadcast, the land should be 

 afterwards passed over by the roller. The 

 cultivator is an excellent instrument for put- 

 ting wheat in corn land. We are told by 

 those who ought to kuow, that a far greater 

 breadth of laud will be sown with wheat in 

 Illinois, the present fall, than there was 

 last year. 



Tne following rules for the selection and 

 management of seed wheat have the sanc- 

 tion of experience: 



SELECT GOOD SEED. 



1st, . Choose a kind which has succeeded 

 well in soil and climate similar to your own. 

 Intelligent neighbors, who have raised good 

 wheat, can help much in this matter. It is 

 not well to try new experiments on a large 

 scale, unless one is prepared to risk a con- 

 siderable loss. 



2d. Accept only that seed which is per- 

 fectly ripe and plump. Let no man im- 

 pose on you by saying that smaller kernels 

 will produce a greater number of plants 

 from a bushel of seed. What is wanted is a 

 strong vigorous growth of wheat plants. 

 This yon cannot effect from half-grown or 

 shriveled seed. 



3d. Never sow any but the cleanest 



