1838. HOUSE—No. 72. 2) 
markable for milk ; it is, however, but reasonable to infer, that a 
good milker will also make beef easily, and of a good quality, when 
she is dried, for the matter for the secretion of milk, will then be 
converted into meat. ‘The value of a cow does not depend on the 
number of quarts of milk she gives, but on the quantity of cream. 
The best method of determining the quantity of cream, is to divide a 
tall glass into equal parts, or inches, and Jet the last inch be divided 
into quarters or tenths, according to the point of accuracy it is wished 
to observe ; let this glass be filled with milk and set aside, the pro- 
portion of cream to the milk may then be known by the proportion 
of the parts it occupies. 
‘To improve the husbandry of this state, it is not necessary to copy 
the system of husbandry of foreign countries. A successful system 
in one country is not certainly successful in another. Considerations 
of climate, soil, exposure, general features, &c., are to be taken into 
consideration, when a new system is proposed. Besides, the dis- 
tance from market is by no means to be lost sight of. For instance, 
the farms of two individuals, equally good as to quality, but located 
differently as regards a market, would not be equally profitable to the 
owners by the same course of husbandry. The farm, in one instance, 
might be turned to the raising of wheat, and, in the other, to the making 
of cheese. It is evident, that cheese will bear a more distant trans- 
portation than wheat ; for $1000 worth of cheese may be transported 
to market with much less expense than the same value of wheat. A 
gentleman in the vicinity of the metropolis, may turn his whole farm 
to garden sauce, to great profit ; he will, of course, adopt the drill 
husbandry, but a distance of 20, 30, and 40 miles will prevent the 
successful adoption of this kind of crop, and this system of husbandry. 
I shall conclude this part of my report with remarks on some of 
the animal secretions. 
1. Fat. ‘The beauty and roundness of form depends on the ac- 
cumulation of fat. It is to be considered as a secretion, deposited 
in the cellular system for certain purposes. It never accumulates, 
except the animal has more than a supply of food for the immediate 
wants of the system. Its use in the animal economy is plain, viz., 
to furnish nourishment when other supplies fail. It is an internal 
store-house, from which the system draws nourishment in time of 
