The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-18

Poor Jim was entirely humbcd; he left
the field with his spirits completely cowed.
Not long after this occurrence, the story was
bruited about He soon after left the scene
of his many triumphs, and his late disastrous
defeat, and emigrated to the far west. The
last | heard of him he was preparing to make
another move. Being pressed for his reasons
why he again emigrated, he said colony of
Quakers were about moving into his neigh
borhood. He was under obligation to love
them, but he was of the opinion that distance
would lend strength to his attachment-N.
\. Spirit Of the Times.
Comparative Value of Different Kinds of
Feed.
! There are no suitable data, as yet, by which
very certain comparative value of the diff
ferent kinds of feed can Lc given. 1t is true
that some very excellent tables have been
given by different chemists, who have labor
ed long and diligently i'll analyzing the sub
stances named, and ascertaining the ingredi-
cnts of which they are composed, and their
proportions in every hundred pounds.
! These are undoubtedly V correct, and show
the comparative amounts of this or that in
gredent: and hence general estimate may
be made II their comparative value as feed
1t must be remembered, however, that these
estimates are only approximations to the truth
and not exact truths. The reason is, because
the stomachS of different animals are formed
differently, on purpose to draw nourishment
for its owner from materials different from
what another one would. The stomach of an
OK and that of horse are different The
horac or the OK will live very well on hav.
but the OK will do better on some kind of
poor ha, ,han the horse. They both iattcn
on the meal of Indian corn, but neither of
them could live on this meal alone Their
stomachs are made to be distcndcd with bulky
material, and if they do not ierui,c this slim
ulus of tension. they langui.Il Hence, when
we say that Go lbs of Indian corn are As GOOD
for cattle as 100 lbs. of hav, and will Weld
them as much nourishmcnt. some allowance
must be made-tor it will not do 10 SAY that
il you supply them with As much nourshmcnt
from gwen amount of corn. as they would
derive from corresponding amount of hav.
YOU need not feed them with hav at all 4
long series OF well conducted experiments is
necessary in feeding the animals themselves,
to establish the true, unmstakabc compare
tive value of different species of food Some
thing of the kind has been done. but not e.
nough to establish what is desired. As II is,
we can only give our correspondent the ia
bles as established by chemists. in their anal
yscs-anl we will here copy that of Bous>in-
gault, by which it is stated that 100 lbs. af
hay may he replaced by
bran, 50 lbs. Peas. o. lLs
Oats, 6S Potatoes. $50 :.
Barley, o. Carrots, $50
Indian Corn. SO Wheat straw, 436
Rye, - Oat straw, 3S3
llnseed cake, % Barley straw, 400 "
Beans, 90 q" Pea straw. Ga q"
The editor Of the Genesec Farmer. .(Dr Lec)
who is exceedingly well ''postcd up" as the
saying is, in these nlattors say. there can be
no doubt that 100 lbs. OF ground corn meal.
mixed with the required bulk of cut straw.
will be OF more avail in sustaining animal life
during the winter than anv other food that
can be obtained at the same price.
In commenting upon the above table, the
same writer Observes that if this table of g.
quivalentS NAV be relied ON. it appears that
100 lbs of hay is equal to 426 lbs of wheat
straw, and that 90 lbs. of oil cake is equal 20
100 lbs OF hay, IS lbs of oats. 80 lbs of bran.
&c. Boussingaut found that his II horses.
averaging 1910 lbs. each in weight. ate and
did we'll on a ration of 33 lbs. Of ha, ner dav.
working eIght hours regularly every dav.-
To obtain the same amount of nutritious food
In straw, horse must eat 165 lbs of the
straw per day-a feat which he is incapable
OF performing. But if we give him 80 lbs.
OF straw (equal to lbs of hav.) > lbs. of oil
cake, (equa. to p lbs of hay,) and 3 lbs of
corn meal (equsl to 5 lbs. of hay,) he will re-
celve the same amount of nourishment and
in about the same bulk, while the cost of win
terins him in this way would be considerably
reduced.
4iy carefully studying says he, the prices
substances used as food and their relative
value, most farmers may save considerable
expense in keeping their animals not By
Stintlng them, (no farmer can afford that \
but by using food which contains the most
nutrlment for them at given cost.-.Nains
Farmer.
LAWS OF VERMONT.
PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1862.
No. l.-An act altering the time of hold;no
the county court for tho c,n,,,, -, W.