Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-10-28

served and peseverng experiment Are all equally praise
worthy producing the article of butter of like sweetness
flavor and quality; and know equally well how preserve
for long time the primitive good qualities of it! Is your
process of cheeseakng uniform and perfect beyond further
hope? Why the Rhode Island, pineapple and Ham
bugs sought after in this cheese county, and such
premium prices paid for them in markets. Is the guess
principle pracceds pour stream of rennet into milk more
less. hot cold; is thermometer known to you,
the sine qua of the artist in this business Excuse
ladies' have excellent cheese made by ladies in this
circle. would have all come up to the standard. And
now ladies will YOU patronze association and
late by your smiles, by your presence, and by your
genius this effort to improve laying aside all inydous PRIDE
strive jointly and unitedy, to raise high the standard of
Ottawa BUTTER Ottawa cheese and every product of your
productive department. to the level of your sister counties at
least Will you tamely suffer yourselves to be outdone
trust no-the intellect here and the of knowledge
is equally open to all alike.
have dwe upon the prospective frutfulness OF this
valey-and would not advert to it again. only more
for united eort-o test and compare and determine
those kinds best adopted to climate 10 difuse
knowledge of the and benefits of grating and budding
it is an art any man may readily acquire and
the native wild stocks into branches grooming beneath the
burthen of the very choicest fruits And in posses
sion already of the best breed of horses working oxen cows
cattle for beef hogs sheep geese turkeys and that common
little being whose daily contributions esteemed by all the
ne plus ultra accompaniment of smoked ham-the hen?
All other branches of business however lucrative
present the few may be regarded ephemea when
trased with the farming interest OF county eventually
She has been represented abroad being almost exclusively
numbering region little better than barren waste after
the timber gone but those of us who 20 years SINCE
before the first tree ed by the farmers have per-
ambulated E. W. n S., equipped with knapsack blanket
and Ratchet traversed its lofty forests waded its streams by
day, and slept at the foot of study oak majestic
pne and who have carefully watched the permanent steady
and rapid increase of settlement to this tme must be
WINGED that have propectvey Of the valuable
tracts of land for agricultural purposes in the state out of
it. Too much swamp too much wet land in the west part
of your county, says True there swamps and wet
lands there but what of such lands when properly drained
And do not all know that they be readily and easily
drained-it is only question of time, the fast
accommodating; these swamps will become gardens They
the head of the many small streams that we'll
drain couny-they all susceptible of easy and
thorough drainage by opening Or charging their natural
outlets channe-and when drained their rich deep soils
under Dutch culture will excel all other land in productions
The upland where these praries abound is of light
soil; BEECH hemlock and maple prevail just the soil
to be enriched by the muck and mari of these low lands
they only require part of the same richness to be restored
them that they have through the ntemnabe space of
ages gradually yielded to the low lands Our easiest cult
waited and productive farms will in time be found in
that dcspiscd reg ion.
cannot pass unnotced those numerous and abundant
mari or lime and clay depose to be found in the border of
almost every and marsh in this region; the most
casual observer has noticed them; they really Natures
compost beds for the light lands where they
nexhaustbe and invaluable to generations Sandy
soils will be converted into gardens when labor can be afford
ed to obtain it. will not longer tax your patience with
further enumeration of the many for weah-a
within the future farmers reach in this county. might
glance at the great variety of almost every kind of tim
ber and some the hemock so valued by the and
carpenters almost peculiar to it. The purity of the
bursting from crystal springs and trickng along
pebbled BROOKS happy location for home and foreign
markets. odng chance both for the sale of products
and the purchase of necessaries, Q by foreign
market exterior to the stae and beautiful Grand
River that watts readily doors imports and floats
away products; and BESIDES yields all such
abundance of fine fish.
And now, let me entreat you and all to
ciate promote that interest which have endeavored
persuade you is of all others the important If
You convinced that united effort eectua than ind-
vdual, uete few holy days may not be amiss
lost to YOU AS people, comparatively have but few
perhaps in good cause might conduce somewhat
to social happiness.
If one hundred of you, agree to test by experiment
of the queries suggested Others that may be
proposed and meet next year with the results here would
be accomplished in year the experience of
100 years; this would constitute virtually Agricultural
FAR One suggestion fellow citizens incidental to this
association and am done 1t is knowledget simple truth
SEEK to better ourselves and all around u.s. doing injury
to not together to convert to pecu
liar creed-we fix not the bedsead aud focbly stretch
others its exact length them off if too long, may
spin theories but shall aim to practical yarns of
perence into the web to make it lasting and durable We
meet here, Jew Creek with holy purpose, join
hope faith baptism, enjoy full communion and
fellowship where truth grated upon experience shall be APP