Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-02-14
Tross a., v D. Iarner
LlNSEED OIL FOR FATTENlNG
CA11IE

VI prn.m-.N,ar Sit-t observed m vour
ptusr y toe !;h INST snmt citf'cts from =
Scuich work GA ia.mir s--afnopr ailf an hti-
u. ,u ta"ea sJ -s 'l"ruln. iood 'ot cattle. ri'.
IN 1t a.. pref r,uc, 20 Other articles have
sipc, q. frrr,lio nv .aJlv Deinor,nd, ot farming
IN ISIS In Monks Agricultural Dictionary, II
states ,hr gals Of husc,d oll raw, will ist a
bcas quicker than 6rt jl'nnis sieTi-g IN any
Other way Having about that prroi. ben
greatly taken in IN the purchase Of an expensive
large siz'd COW | dried her W at pasture. and
Early IN autumn determined she should h. hu'd
On OIL ordered plat to be well mixed IN half
y h1shc Of whoa, bran To DO for one DAYS food
wih such hay - she would eat She refused al
snlutly 10 eat 1t until the hird iav after which
she cau,e to and hrcame fond Of It, aul in one weel
could perceive that shc gained finely An
using gals purchased more then Tor
fortnight, gave indian meal in lieu Of the oil
then Offered hcr cor sale to the butchers in nv VI
cnty they all examined and declared her un
commonly well faued hu, rs sh, had been huod
in OIL they were afraid the meat would not b.
COOL Finally one Young man gave - per 100
lbs (,he weighed 7Qs lts) never saw finer
look ing mca, aud The purchaser severaI times u
forwards told me his customers often spoke Of th'
superiority fthai beef not knowing II had been
oil fed
One or two years AFTER that. f,ued yoke Of
oxen One fed on oil the other OF meal and
vegetables They were very hi, and | fnly
thought the one on oil I'D no, cost half ~ much
10 fi'tcn as the one on meal End vegetables !
sold them to an English butcher to carry 10 Halt
fax from whence for year or two afterwards
heard OF the snpcrioritv Of the meat Of those aDi.
mails The purchaser told me tina, in England
they Eel on OIL CAKE snd said he should before
sliughicring the oilfrd one for a week or ten
DAYS bleed once or twice as IS customary here
wNh calves.
have no, faucd any beef animal since or
should have adopted the oil plan ! have fire.
qrrnily sp ken of ii, hu, have never heard Of rs
being trird since The oil appeared to fr,e',,e'
he foiks, for which am cousion' there Re nc
cause. Very truly yours, J. PRINCE.
Jamaica PLAIN 30h Jan ls%3.
Weare pleased to receive ami insert ,hi, com
mun,cation from Mr. Prince, who has long beet
one of the most liberal and generous promoters Q
all matters pertaining to agriculture that tn com
monwrah has contained The real valJe Of o,
as mn alIclr for fi,tonnng cattle, we csnnc, kao"
whou, more trials than nave va been mate here
The fact that il IS ranked nigh in The book o
the Farm 4 work that Is NOW coming 10 Va II
numbers, from Henry Stephens Secretary OF IN
Highland agricultural Society, anil th.s Sat'pie
from Mr. Prince we hone will ind ice some q
our farmers who can afford IAN experiment" t
give it further trial The usual price Of whoa
bran per double bushl is abou, 80 cents Tw
double bushels nearly and one gallon of oil n"arl
per week hesll hav would be required pf"bp
bly, to feed good sized OK The cost would
such to require great gain in the animal to ~
. muncra,e the feeder hut it may be- tina, the ga,
( would rn1 tins article profitable one. /
q feed out bushel and half of ru,a bagas, or
b, bnshe Of potatoes daily. will cost a dollar Pc
= week. or more, and if one gives three or ou
V quarts of meal IN addition this will cost near 5
Q cents weekly How mnch more or less hny n
J. OK might consume when fed with ROOTS and mes
=, than when kept on oil AMI bran, we know now.
Il The cost of proper tallfeeding is great in u
p vicinity Of the city, let us us@ what we may. Tn
/ oil would be cheaper than meal we not y
prepared to say bat we are ready TO ask tho'
= who conveniently can, to ascertain by trial "het
IS er il is So or not