ADDRESS OF THE N. Y. FARMERS’ CLUB.—NORTHERN CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER. 
275 
which time it is turned over with a bowl to 
separate the whey from the curds, and broken soon 
after with the hand and bowl, in very small parti¬ 
cles ; the whey being- separated by standing some 
time, is taken from the curd and sinks to the bot¬ 
tom. The curd is then collected into a part of the 
tub, and a board is placed thereon which weighs 
from 60 to 120 lbs., to press out tKe whey. When 
it is getting into a more solid state, it is cut and 
turned over in slices several times to extract all 
the whey, and then weighed as before. These 
operations may occupy about an hour and a half. 
It is then taken from the tub and broken very small 
by the hand or cut very fine by a cheese-knife, and 
put into a cheese-vat, enlarged in depth by a hoop 
to hold the quantity, it being more than the bulk 
when finally put to the press. The side is pressed 
well by hand, and with a board well weighted 
placed at the top. The cheese is thus drained of 
its whey, then shifted out of the vat, having a cloth 
first spread on the top of it, and reversed on the 
cloth into another vat, or even into the same, 
which, however, must be always fresh scalded, 
and thus made warm before the cheese is returned 
into it. The top part is now broken down to the 
middle, has salt mixed with it, is reversed as before, 
then pressed by hand, weighed, and has the re¬ 
maining whey extracted. This done, the cheese 
is again reversed into a scalded warm vat, with a 
clofh beneath the cheese ; a hoop is also put round 
the upper edge of the cheese and within the sides 
of the vat, the cheese being first enclosed in a 
cloth, and the edge of it put within the vat. 
Finally, it is put into a press of thirteen pounds 
weight and pressed very hard. In four hours it is 
shifted and turned, and after four hours again 
treated in the same manner. After this it is taken 
out and carried to the drying room, and turned 
every day until it grows hard. 
Huldah Andrews & Sons. 
Winchester , Conn. 
We have frequently eaten of the above cheese, 
and found it of a very superior quality. It bears 
a high reputation in this market, and commands 
more than double the price of common cheese. 
The method of making it seems simple; but we 
have no doubt the perfect neatness and regularity 
of all the manipulations tend greatly to its supe¬ 
riority. The sweet pastures of that part of Con¬ 
necticut doubtless have their influence on the 
quality of milk, as it is impossible to make a 
superior kind of cheese or butter from poor pastures. 
ADDRESS OF THE NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB. 
To Farmers, Gardeners, and the friends of Agri¬ 
culture in all the States of the Union : 
Fellow Citizens —In carrying into execution the 
great objects of the American Institute, it appears 
to us that the cultivation of the earth gains in its 
importance, from year to year, among the most 
enlightened men of the world. Since the time 
(1796) when our glorious Washington asked from 
the nation the aid of its purse and power to pat¬ 
ronize Agriculture, (the last session of his admin¬ 
istration,) to this day, that noble interest has been 
swelling in importance in all civilized countries, 
and now claims the choice men of all ranks and 
classes of society for its disciples. 
You have a national department for your Navy— 
one for your Money—one for your Diplomacy—- 
one for your Postage—you have a place to issue 
Patents to encourage the arts and useful inven¬ 
tions;—but you have no place in which can be 
concentrated the knowledge which must accom¬ 
pany your mighty labors in the garden and the 
field. 
The New York Farmers’ Club is desirous of 
your meeting in one great Convention here at the 
next annual show in October, on the 11th day there¬ 
of, to deliberate, among other things, upon the pro¬ 
priety of soliciting from Congress efficient aid to 
Agriculture, and as a means the establishment of 
a Home Department so earnestly desired by our 
Washington. We cordially approve of the ad¬ 
dress of the Institute calling such Convention, in 
which its objects are more fully set forth; and we 
hope the press of our country will lend its effec¬ 
tual aid in giving it publicity to farmers, gardeners, 
and the friends of agriculture generally. 
You will perceive the great advantages to be 
derived from such a central point, where all infor¬ 
mation will be collected, and thence diffused. Let 
us then come together in the name of Washington, 
looking steadily and exclusively to the agricultural 
welfare of our country. 
Jeremiah Johnson, 
President of the New York Farmers' Club . 
Henry Meigs, Secretary. 
P. S. Gentlemen desirous of a copy of the full 
address, calling this Convention, will be supplied 
by applying at the Repository of the American 
Institute in the Park, New York. Editors who 
publish the same, and send a copy to the New 
York Farmers’ Club, at the American Institute, 
will have forwarded to them a copy of the pro¬ 
ceedings of the Convention. 
NORTHERN CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER. 
From the 1st to the 20th of this month is the proper 
time for sowing wheat in the northern States. If put 
in before, excessive heat and drought prevent early and 
rapid germination, which is undesirable, and exposes 
it when up to the ravages of the Hessian fly. If sown, 
later, the plant seldom acquires sufficient depth and 
strength of root to stand the frost heaving of winter, 
and it is more liable to mildew or rust in the following 
summer. As this is the great agricultural staple in 
many of the States, it is of vast consequence in the ag¬ 
gregate, that every precaution should be taken to in¬ 
sure good crops. 
If clay lands have been pared and burnt, or under¬ 
drained, or well charged with enriching vegetable ma¬ 
nures, by which they have become lighter and more 
pervious to air and water, it is sufficiently prepared by 
two good plowings a little time previous to sowing; if 
such condition is lacking, no proper preparation can 
be made on such soil for wheat, without a good sum¬ 
mer fallow, in which the soil is thrown up, where not 
saturated with rain so as to bake, and exposed to the 
ameliorating influences of air, sun, and dews. When 
this has been thoroughly done, such soils produce a 
large growth of the best wheat, and in Europe they 
are universally considered the very choicest wheat 
lands. 
