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IFsom tie Nogld.I
Grants HearEiess cruelty.

On the 2sth Of January, 1865, Gen
eral Butler made very remarkable
speech at Lowell. The three or fonr
years since elapsed hage been SO crowded
with events that that speech seems pref
ty we'll forgotten, although j. d4ow much
attention at the time. 1t was soon AFTER
the ridiculous Fort Fisher fa&eo. In
consequence Of that fasco, General But.
ler had been relieved Of his command
by General Grant, and sect home. But-
Ter, though an Indifferent officer, was a
sharp, alert observer; and he felt at lib,
erty, in his LEVEL speech, to express
his opinion of Grant With considerable
freedom. We concern ourselves at pres
ent only with his damaging exposure OF
General Grants cold hIooied cruelty
and sneaking hypocrisy in relation 10
the poora suffering Union prisoners. He
fastened on him ihe impUtatioa ef bgu-
tai Indifference to their lingering s:afga.
tion in loaihsome Southern prisons. Eut.
ler stated in that speech, that he had
himself made successful arrangement
with Mr.. Ouid, the Southern Jonmiss-
ioner, for the exchange o. all cur achste
soldiers against ao equal nanbcF Of reb
ell prisoners held by Us, leaving tie e.-
change of the negroes fOr separate aud
subsequent arrangement. This Butler
said would have left balance OF 6fteen
thousand rebel prisoners Il cur posses.
sion. and about FIVE hundred negro pris.
oners in the hands of the rebels. Whel
the esnegotiatious reached this tage, Gen.
eral Butler was brought to sudden hat
and bis work undone, by superior au.
thority. What followed was 20 remar-
kable, and is so fraught wish painful 10.
terest, that the account must he given IT
General Buffers own language:
1 reported the points Of sSreemen:
between myself and ibe rebel agent to
the Secretary of War, aud asked foi
power to adjust the other questions Of
difference, so as to haye The questions Of
enslavipg negro soldiers ssaad alone, tc
be dealt with by itself; and that the whole
power Of the United States should be ex.
erted to do justice to those who had
fought the battle Of the country, and
been captured in lis service. The ichOl:
subiect aeas referred Gy he SccrataTy q
Far to tn Lieutenant Gcaer01 commaad-
lag, aoho tciagrdphei me 0s tho l4M o5
april, 1864, in substance: ''Bteak ef al
aeyotia' ioas OF die aalysct Of eecha&gc
til Jurtkcf orders" And, therefore, MI
negotiations were broken Of, save tha,
special exchange of sick aud wounded
on either side went On. On tie 20th q
Ap1i I recciUsd on0'her telegram Of Gen.
Grant, oraefi'g ''fsot onot'se' man to b
gtren to tie rebels" To that answered,
on the same day: "1.ieutenaht General
Grants instructions shall be implicitly
obcyed. | assume thai you do not nsan
to stop the special exchange Of the sick
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MUSIC FOR THE CtMBsAEGy.
THE BONDHoLDER.

,,-,-, po,---,,ror 1>-,r,
-
Oh, the 81 ,dholdoc rests in a cushioned char,
As he sits at his table to dine,
While before him is sproau cut the eain''oS
flre,
And the choicest OF fg-elgh vine, :.
the war,
| For his heart has grown s.ttish ard cold;
And he laughs, AMI ne quaff:, ana he smokes
cigar,
| AS he counts up his interest II gold.
CHoEUs-Oh rollioking Sallow IS It.,
And his lile masses sw;f1y away.
And what caFoIh ne To- y1a or INC,
While he mas no {. 2cs 10 gay.
,.,
~ s,,a
D-.,,: e 1.7,.,, AL ,,r,
slo a,,s h, 3,o sr ff,,i,,.. ,.z-r,ver,, door
Not bocdirr thc m;-crr th,re.
r.o h,.,,., o,.;,,,o1 s,,aisr sb, s,os NOT now,
Non L. nb;1dr,., 60 ,,,,,.Ir7 ,n7 col:
VII. a., ,at,,.;,,. ,,,, II. t5o ty,oat, Of Ii,
brow.
butp"yS up her 'h''SeS' II s't'''
CnoEus-oh right merry NE mas She'haS Si'e
This Bohaholt.ers VIC 50 Gay'
And what caleth she for y'U or me,
While they have 10 taxes 70 pay.
lpep' "orH .li5 i''ei'' a. p"' '"''' '-''--A 49,
A,a 1o+ ~ "a 1o,,ac~ dolav
For +olI wa, r-o oro o,1,. ba,si7,rnr ,, seoI
w. ,ro. u,o,,l soor hove. +, nav
III, oo,,o cr;nn1od soIdier come raIIy again.
Till Union restored we behold;
For our sons have besn slain, and your BLOOD
sboa -, vain
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The following is the second resolution
Of the National R,d;c.l ,.rtv .aonted
:. ch;a,.o.
- ,aso'
Inc guarantee by Congress OF
equal sunrage TO all loyal men 10 the
south was demanded by every considera-
uon o. pubic safety, ,of gratitude, and OF
Juauce, ana must pc maintained while the
question, of suffrage IN alllthe loyal States
properly belongs to the people of those
States. Cheers.
The results of Negro Equality as
pleaded for by ssSenex'i and the Athens
as....,, Il h. eonna = tho eo,,ou;nc
- - = N = wy 'o"i'1
revolving reoilai'
From the Georgia Clarion
FIENDIsH OUTRAGE BY NEGROES IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
One Of the most revoItirs outrages and
Z double murder occurred near Swain 3
Mill, North Carolina. on Tuesday last,
which it was ever our lot to record, or
which ever took place in civilized land,
j IA few miles from the mill on the Coium-
bus road, lived Mrs. Marks, a young and
beautiful widow lady about thirty years
Of age; q hired woman and two children,
and little boy of Eve and q little girl OF
eight living with her. At about 8
- = - . ~ ~
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s.1as saey canle.

No ,ess .lau three of no eleesors an:
pointed Ay the Rslse1I S.ase Executive
Committee, Lave resigned their positions,
aad have s.ee,ased f.r Saymop.anb Blair
Civil Gseoranent and Equal Taxes.
James L. Waagt8n, sbeir eldest and
n6sl earnest Radical editor, IN the State,
fcpusi:a.es The Military Government party
ana comes oct fcf Seymour and Blair.
Aside from taese leaders. We can name
. large rllleg oe ulen, Slo, although
oeeupyips 10 0Gc.aI position in the par
y: possess gleat influence amoEg IFS mem
beis, have Gems Gus eor the l.aboriug'
mans parry aid Elnal Taxes, -
Ever ;Lias is encouraging, fsionds.
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VOLUME ky,
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY,
HENRY R. WEST, Editor and Pro-
~ prIetor.
THE Ne9o Of 1867 is a Man.
Horrible Results OF the Teaching
OF Negro Equality. ..Ratiicaiisni.
The Athens Messengers Par.
ty Friends.

6
The Following item says the Deinocra.
oys'~ill yetbe forced 70 recognize Ne
gro Equality;
The Neg4oof 1867 is a Man
And the Democracy even OF
Monroe County like the rebels
of the Soulth) Will yet be fore
ed to recognize DEMOCRATIC
doctrine. MARIETTA REGISTER,
(Radicd
Here is portrait ofzone of the beau
ties,t the doctrine Of Jacobinism,as advo-
Gated by the Athens Messenger and Mari
eta Reyisters has placed over the white
people of ten States as their rulers:
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Money enough has been raised by tex

Money enough has been raised by tex
alton since the close Of tue var to pay
mora Than half of the national debt, or
a sum equal TO $500 70. every one Of
the negroes made voters IN ali the South
egn States. ''Lct Us have peace"
The reason Wig Grant Clubs style
themselves ''Taunersn is because the
Radical party has prevea Itself SO es-
pert at ''skinnine" The people.
Hist combs aud the hair in lsops on
top Of The head, IN che style once affect.
ed by cur graEdnothegs. are DOW again
fashionable in Paris.
4 serticmaa Of Saratoga aged s5, is
engaged to be married iu The fall to q
goung lady of ia. He has iaoney--she
has ncne. S
Two meu iu Kansas paid $500 in costs
OF court and lawyers fess hefofe they
could Get Judgment 90 she Ownership ss
"a calf worth geven dollsrs.
/ The fancy torceaesh oi Saratoga is
iessinatcd at 81 SOC, COO hi Yalae.
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Exez...s1ge oz Prlsonorss

Tho Radical Press is assailies the re -
port of Robert Oald very bitterly. VIII
rhey be good enough TO remember thas
Alr, 04id ealla prou.8eat Quiol Gener-
ais 70 testify 10 The ruth Of egory state
nent be mikes. Uo.ii these Generals
deny the statement Of Mr. Uuid tile Rad.
ieas may fur.e as much % they pisase;E
bu: it Ni!i stand uaceDisadicted that
Grant was responsible 10 great extent
f0l tho horrors of Audegsoa vile.
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stieutes, Gbutaioa Agtulate, Nlathsts uusthtnis,
NUMBER 40

| TO faed their poor, While the Democrats
had done nDthius Tor them, but had
fought iof. iour sears .oyiyet their chains
IN then---tiat Tho Had;ral party intend
ed eotrius possession Of ala the uncufti.
sase,y iaud IN rbe sSrsle. and there was
eoough'of !. for az, and you'd give to
leach of them comfortable homestead
rh.ub they sdaaid have On credit and
! very c!e4p, and pay for It by degrees.
de hea aFgad them that il was their
dusy aad interest 10 sustain seeh party
iano 10 sec u it ,,hat every black man
voted for tho RADICAL esndilates--thas
! tif-aay Q! tbem did nSs he should be-
marked snd w.sehai Us 80 enemy --thas
! The reugeahs - theif pae!y gio contem.
plato!. Il any sueh thara we're, going
ko,u: IL ;AJ peMCclas4. shodid he forced
II. 20 wI~.! tlG.ii ii---t.aI every means should
u uss4 . MaI.e them suite tho Radical
! ,.gk s.-luao us pe.hsari should re-
ilasa 20 .e.o.: :ul,a a.ul, aud 8 mans vita
! Should reuse to le,eive hin OF have any
F., 1t,ng 10 90 w:sh hin s.'fGg nln until he
gave Ii li1 2daesipu to iheIr party.
/ the ,h.gd aaG ias. Speaker, as it was
sa,a ".iic;s l.g gnn w;.o would thunder
! iioal l!uaat SiEai," vas Il. L. Elliot,
lneg.o member Of tie legislature. He
| spoke toe over Al hous, asa aroused aud
e4clyed L;s aa.isacc against the white
:ea!iicr!s, 2aa he Democrats generally.
lie tO:t? lne2i the whico Nan had never.
done taeu, jescice His course towartf
thea. Was ono u Tsang and oppression
iton fist to 'aa; i.is lie design of
tho Democratic party 60 reduce you again
10 ccadi:.ol or seldom ard yassaiage.'
a. gaay you 20 remember all this, and
Iyemellbcl .i..t youe fr.epds, lie Radical
.ar.y k4ye to!a ytu ee it and warned
EU;. nov 10 ayp!- Il. ''Rcmeaaber that
sc acSs tod yla 20 pu. On rour syGs6s,
ya inen OF war, 60 ont 20 tigdt, for ye
ca1 ta.e tic ,aad as.d il viii DO yours"
-orles III urcf Tao house o: sYes, yea,
fes. w. sal, aa VIA ""No want the
!an3 "l:i lie .a;rg," &e, In No
gemoes acEt yog flass administer to your
Ue.noer1..c tais facss a aoso that will make
.acm SEX ia Z ao iaaa, for let me tell you
tAe Sest ta.-y y9u Ca dj IL TO Kill them, .
ana Easn ca bury ,her, want You TO
Vg-f t:ic.i, G..a tGt.l t2cep downward. 5.
SD 81 deep lat ylee tie or. sss, !: e
o.GIYet sla. lloS, anu al! ::a.s lead
Tis they E~a -.so - 5....as and Nither
God's sr2latn. t1S "! 20 oa, down.
.oSp. tega. y f3c. ges, 2erVe icr rigatl
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l'2Scs.

The people have paid in taxes and
loans from the c0t.l Of Jlac, 1SGito the
Is: o!Jaaaary, l6oS.sevon Millions SIX hun
dged and one tLousaDd AID sixty four
dollars. Was ever such an amount Of
taxation poaoeaLly sabAicsa 70 by any
otler people On eartL2 But General
1raat he's no pdlisy in orpssit.on 10 that
OF CoDgsess, and if lio is elected the
debt, ta2atisn. and pidnJesins s.ii con-
t;aus. q
Let Us have yeaoel
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Mrs. BurdoIl Cunningham, who has
'died thirty -four several violent and nat
ural deaths, aud yet lives to tell the
chequered story of her life, is in Lapoz
Mexico.
Italy has realized s32 100000 from the
sale of church property in eight months
It Is more than third above the original
estimate.
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The Redemption Sr C.eenLacks.

II wefedsen the tse-taen,les IN gree9-
backs. shall We not still have to pay in
coin, dollar for doilar on every green
back? Yes; but the interest viii be-
saved; and here is strong poiat Of PEN
dleton, Batter aud old Thad Stevens. In
The interest alone The sum OF the p,ihei-
pal Of the British na,ioaal debt has been
paid. perhaps, twice over, bGs it still re.2'
mains lie same Nee 1og2s HelaI -
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s@-It cost sixty -four thousand nine
hundred and eleven dollars to got Wit
nesses before the judiciary committee Of
the House, upon whose evidence i'm.
peachment articles were drawn UP, and
who was benefited? Not tho tax payers.
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SesH Senator Sherman is willing to ad
NIT, in his speeches before Radical con-
vention, that his party has not been econ.
omical in its administration Of National
affairs. lie says in his Hillsboro speech:
"Now, fellow citizens, | am not here
to contend that portion of the sl46,'
100000 expended for ordinary purposes
last year might not have been saved by
a more economical Administration.
Such being the case, the people intend
TO elect, this year, "a moro economical
Administration" They lintend to STOP
bribery and corruption, fraud and steal
ing Of every kind.
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Keep ii Before the People!
The Public Debt Increased OVel
One Hundred and Fifty
Millions Since the Close
OF the War
THE PUBLIC DEBT RAT THE TIME THE
wARwAs DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Extract from Secretary McCulloch's last Anuua

THE PUBLIC DEBT "AT THE TIME THE
WAR WAS DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Extract from Secretary McC Culloch' last Annual
Report.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT., !
WAsHINGToN, Nov. 80, 1867. {
In conformity with law, the Secretary
Of the Treasury has the honor to submit:
to Congress this his regular annual re-
port. .
In order that the action of the Secre-
tary, in the financial administration Of
the Department may be properly under.
stoon, brief reference to the condition
Of the Treasury AT THE TIME THE
WAR WAS DRAWING TO A CLOSE
aud at some subsa quent periods, seems
to be necessary. On the 31st day Of
March, 1865, the total debt Of the United
States was 1886, ,955,077 34.
[Sigued] HUaH McCULLocH.
Secretary Of the Treasury.
THE PUBLIC DEBT NOW.
Extract from Secretary McCulloch's last
Monthly Report.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, !
WASHINGTON, Aug. Z, 1868.
The follo@ingis is the statement of the
public debt of the United States on the
first day of August, 1868:
X X X \.
Amount of debt less
cash in the I'reas'y s2,523, 534, ,480 81
The foregoing is correct statement of
the public debt as appears from the book:
and Treasurer's returns in the Depart
meut on the 1st Of August, 1868.
Signed HUGH McCULLoCH,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
| INCREASE OF THE DEBT AS SHOWN BY
SECRETARY M'cULLoCH.
lS83.. so, 523,534 4So 81
1865. 1850, ,955 OFT "a
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Copyright secured for Music.
CARPET-EAGGE G
COMIC SONG FOR THE TIMES

I'm gay old Carpetbaggerl
o! don't you understand
,Mong the colored folks ! swagrer-
Down in the Cotton-lantl.
Now got no eddication;
Of brains / does not br.,g,
Bat ownsa big plantation
All in my carpct-bas. Il
CHORUs-rm gay old carpet-baggc
o! can't you underst;inas
'Mong the colorpd folks ] swsssyr-
Down in the GessSIs HAD.
In the North was nobody
o! don't you understand?
Now / drinks my wine and tOdiy--
King of the Cotton-land,
For drives the old slave-lnaster,--
He calls me "scalawag;'
While he cusses, fast and faster,
fills my carpet-bag.
I'm gay old carpet baggor, oy,.
Tn the loyal carpet-bagger
= Who rules the Cotton-land;
I'm happy scalawaggc";
o! can't you understand?
For to Congress goes some mornin'
This curst old scalawag,
And [ pays EN- back for scorlin'
My loyal carpet-bag.
I'm a gay old carpet-baggor, ctr
But hears storm comm
o! yes, understand!
Now we'll all get kicks for hummin'
Around this Cotton-land.
For hears the Nations thunder;
We've lost our game Of Drag;
am off with spoons and plumber,
All in my carpet-bag.
Tn gay old carpot-baggor, etc.
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To the Voters of Monroe County

The following is the Democratic Ticket
as it will be printed at this Office. Any
other, circulated and purporting to be
Democratic, is bogus:
Democratic State Ticket.
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England exported more than four
thousand horses, worth nearly o million
Of dollars III all, last year.
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Taxpayers, the President Of that Ma
tional Robbery asks you 20 send him to
Congress, where he can vote to put more
gold in his and his brother Bondholders
pockets.
We have faith that you don't want a
Banke, and Bondholder to represent you
In the Congress of the United States.
Mr.. FoLLETT, the Democratic candidate
for Cougress,is neither Banker or Bond,
holder. Vote for him to represent you in
Congress, and gou aoiU be represented ana
not the exempted Bondholders.
Now here are the oaths taken by Mr.
MOORE in order to become member Of
the Know Nothing party and an oppres-
sor of foreign born citizens:
"I, E. Fl. MOORE, of Athens, in the
State of Ohio, a native born citizen of the
United States, and of PROTESTANT
faith, IN the presence of Almighy God
and these witnesses, do solen,niy promise
and sweur, that I will not vote, nor girt
my influence for any man, for. any Office
in the gift of the people, unless he be an
AMERICAN BORN CITIZEN, IN FA.
1VOR OF AMERICANS RULING
AMERICA, nor if he be a ROMAN
CATHOLIC"
"In the presence of Almighty God and
these witnesses, / do solemply and sim
cerely swear that WILL, when elected
or appointed to any official station con-
ferring on me the power to do so, RE
MOVE ALL FOREIGNERS, ALIENS
or ROMAN CATHOLICS from OFFICE
or PLACE, and that l will, IN No
CASE appoint SUCH to any Office OF
place in my gift"
Foreign-born citizens, there is the pro
scriptive record of the man the Radicals
of this District are imploring you tc
vote for.
Turn out to the polls to man on Tues
day, the 18th day of October, and vote
him and his Brother Know Nothings and
Bondholders rebuke they will remem
ber through all coming time.
No Radical dare deny the truthfulnesS
of the above record of their Know Moth
ing, Banker candidate for Congress
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Increase. $156579, ,4O3 SO
Such is the effect of three years of
Radical rule in time Of peacel
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THE PEOPLE DEMAND THE PAYMENT
OF U. s. BONDS IN GREENBAoKs-TTAT
ALL U. S. Bonds SHALL BE SUBJECT 70
TAXATION THE SAME AS 0THEP Proper
TY-THAT One CURRENCY, GREENBACKs,
FOR TAXPAYERS AND BoNDHoLDERs, Is
JUST AND PROPER.
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COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET

For Auditor,
SAMUEL GRlMSHAW.
Commissioner,
ISAAC BERNHARD.
Surveyor,
OLIVER s. SLOAN.
Infrmary Director,
JESSE JACKSON.
Democ and Conservatives, previous
to voting, read your tickets carefully, and
be certain there are no bogus names on
them. The Radicals in Woodsfeld cir.
culated bogus Democratic tickets last
year and they will dc she same thing this
year.
Watch them!
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For Congress,
e. HI MI % d IL H
The National Bank President, and
Know Nothing.
The following is E. H. MooRE's Bank
advertisement as published in the Athens
Messenger:
E. II. MOORE, T. II. SHELDON.
President. Cashier.
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A 7 Fl E N S, o II l 0,
Successors to the
ATHENS BRANCH
of the
State Bank of Ohio.
GOVERNMENT BONDS,
COIN AND
EXCHANGE,
> BOUGHT AND SOLD.
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For Secretary of State,
THOMAS HUBBARD.
Supreme Judge,
WILLIAM Z. FINCK.
Member Board Public Works,
ARTHUR HUGHES.
School Commissioner,
SAMUEL j. KIRKWOOD,
Clerk Supreme Court,
JOHN NJ. WEBB.
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81 hold that THIS Government was
made on the WHITE BASiS,by WHITE
MEN, for the BENEFIT Of WHITE MEN
and their POSTER[TY forever. "-,Stc-
pheR 4. D0uglds.
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DISTRICT TICKET.

For Congress,
MARTIN D. FOLLETT.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-04
IL. R PARRISH, ED1roR.
TO ADMINISTRATORS.


The law of Tennessee requires Admins
traitors to publish insolveut notices in a
newspaper. A written notice carries out
neither the spirit or letter of law, but it does
no injustice to all interested parties AM lays
the Administrator liable for damages to all
who are losers by his non conformity with
the law. We quote from the code Of Ten
nessee, section :, $50:
The Clerk(o the County Court) x : x
shall make an order upon the executor or
administrator, to give notice by advertise
ment IN some newspaper published within
the State, and also at the court house door of
the county, for all persons having claims
against said estate to appear and file the
same, authenticated in the manner pre-
scribed by law, on or against a day to be
fixed in such notice, which shall not be less
than three nor more than six months after
the date Of notice; and any claim not fled
on or before the day fixed, or before an ap-
preparation of the funds of the State is
made shall be forever barred both IN law
and equity.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-04
From the Rural New Yorker.
Selection and Preparation of Winter
Food for AnimaIs.-No. III.
% N - ro 90 Foop


This question is the all important one; for
If 1t does not pay balanceover the expense,
then no profit can accrue from It's practice.
We have endeavoFed to bring this question
to the test of accurate experiments, and have
found that sixteen pounds of hay cut and
steamed is equal to twenty four pounds of the
same hay uncooked The animals fed upon
the steamed hay improve, while those fed
upon the unsteamed barely held their own
We have stated that half hay and half straw
mixed and cooked is equal to hay uncooked
But we think our experiments viii warrant
the statement that oue-fourth to one-third
hay and two thirds to three-fourths straw,
vel steamed, Is equal to the same quantity
OF hay uDcoOked. While fattening cattle
we tried an experiment with ten head, feed
ing them for two weeks with uncooked meal
The ten head were given three bushels of
meal upon steamed hay per day, which they
easily consumed Then we took a busheI
and half Of meal, made into thin pud-
ding, stirred In six bushels Of short cut ha7
cooked 1t all thoroughly In a large kettle
and fed this amount daily to the same ten
steers, with whatever hay they would eat, for
two weeks. This seemed to satisfy them
even better Than the three bushels uneooked,
and they appeared to gain faster. This same
amount was cooked and fed them afterwards
for three months, when they were ready for
the butcher, and were pronounced as well
fattened as some other animals which we
learned had been fed eight months on larger
quantities of uncooled meal
Mr.. Geo. Geddes, who has fed pork extcn-
sively, says cooked meal is worth double for
feeding hogs Geo. A. Moore, who has ex-
perimented with sheep and cows, says: ''
think cutting and steaming combined insure
gain to the feeder of at least thirty-thre
per cent" Mr.. Mason of New Jersey,
found that pork fed upon raw corn cost l34
cents per pound, and that from cooked corr.
Al cents. James buckingham, as detailed in
the Prairie Farmer, found that hog fed one
and threefourths bushels Of raw meal gained
nineteen pounds, and another fed one lsheI
of cooked meal gained twenty-five pounds
Mr.. VIM. Birnie, of Massachusetts, who has
cooked the feed for milk dairy of some fifty
cows for years, regards the gain by cooking
as more than thirty-three per cent Prof
Horsfall, of England, who has kept cows for
milk and experimental on different methods
of preparation, says, {" L cooked or steamed
food for several years, and my experience Of
its benefits is such that if I were deprived of
it l could not continue to feed with satisfac-
ton
And thus, all who have given cooking a
fair trial, put the gain at from thirty to
one hundred per cent The testimony is
uniform, and must carry conviction to the
unpreiudiced mind.