Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-06

til not uBconmon to see pastures over
stocked and ted % closely . TO expose the
the scorching sums Of summer. The instances
are by no means rare in which farmer has
the hay ard FODDER sufncient TO winter q lar
ger amount OF stock than his pastures will
carry In summer.
Every farmer knows that as . matter of
economy it 10 desirable to keep as much stock
as it is possible to feed. and that as q general
rule it is better economy to buy graia and
even hay. than 1t is to buy any of the concen-
;rated or commercial manures. BY keeping
q large stock and buying feed enough to
carry il along. that is enough in addition to
the amount raised on the arm, the amount of
manure raised Is vastly increased. Indeed
way and the fertility OF a farm be almost
indie flnitely increased.
Cotton seed meal Is in our opinion the Cheap
est feed q farmer can bay at the present time
and at the present prices OF other feeding sub
stances. Indian meal costs nearly double
while II possesses less Of the elements of nu.
triton. Linseed meal costs about a third
more. that is $62 ton, with cotton seed meal
at S45 . ton, while we showed q few weeks
ago that the Ia tier Is quite equal to linseed,
and 1--we take into cons Iteration the value Of
m ore economical Of the two, even ii the price
were the same.
A gentleman in this vicinity recently made
me following statement: He bought Jersey
and when che was giving only from eight to
ten quarts of milk per day. He began to feed
her on cotton seed meal. ana In a very short
time the flow of milk increased to sixteen
quarts day, while the quality was as much
better as the quantity was larger. The milk,
he said, was nearly, if not quite as good in
his opinion, as what was sold for cream in
in this market.
Another farmer in Hampshire county, in
this State, says that he can make nearly twice
the amount Of butter from cotton seed meal,
that ne can from any other feed, and the same
confidence IN its quality is expressed by other
practical men, to which might be added the
complies endorsement Of Prof VoeIker, the
nrst SCIENTIFIC man IN England, which we gave
3 few weeks ago.
We can speak with all the more confidence
Of the feeding value Of cotton seed meal for
ence and observation. The cheapest damaeed
corn we have have been able to ind in this
market was Sl.l5 buehel and very poor at
that. The cheapest beans At to feed sheen
were slaO a bushelsand 30 full OF old nlasser p
nails, glass and other rubbish as to make them
very dear at that price. We have found it bet
ler economy to buy clean, fresh, cotton seed
meal ,decoriicated, or hulled, as it Is prepared
by the Union Oil Company. at Providence, at
si5 ton, than any other substance in the
rarket. The cows take hold Of it with the
with avidity, but thrive wonderfully upon it.
Now with the best of management our pas.
tures, even if not overstocked, WILL often get
dry In summer and the cattle will need some
thing on which 10 exc out q short supply of
grass. What is there either cheaper or better
than cotton seed meall We know OF nothing
tnAs Will 30 surely increase the TOW Of milk,
nothing that will add go much to its purity,
nothing that Will add go much to the value OF
the manure and through the manure to the
fertility OF the farm: and Of the two we prefer
10 buy feeding substances and run them
through the stock than to be compelled to buy
manure II we make manure on the farm,
we know at least what it is, and we know
how 10 use to advantage all we can make.
and more If we had 1t. Concentrated ma.
nures may be as good as many of them are, bat
there is sort of confidence and satisfaction
barn or in our own yard, aud the only wav to
nave II is to keep stock ana q good deal of it,
ia large number OF stock eat down the pastures
or they will not only run do wn, but fall off in
production and profit and soon show that
their is no profit in them.
Cotton seed oil meal can be easily tried bv
sls farmer who finds his pastures getting
sAoSt From two to four pounds day to a
COW will not add much to the osts of keeping
nor pound day to sheep-Aass. Plough