The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-09-30

e suDJOlneu, IL Is estllnateu ny solue
as atbree times as valuable as corn f,r
stock feeding. 1t has even been pro-
posed as suitable for bread. 1t is, Ell
ther alone, or mixed with fertilizers,
a powerful manure, probably equal to
half its weight of guauo-its decompo-
sition in the ground being rapid, and
supplying great quantity Of ammonia.
The oil which the seed has lost is hy-
dro.carbon, and entirely valueIess as
manure. But to use oil cake as ma
nure Cor raw seed either, where it is
possible to get it hulled and pressed) is
about as it would be to manure oats
with corn, or corn with -four. Not that
corn and -four would not be very good
mauures-or rather could not n,nke
good manures-when they have been
changed by decomposition from animal
to plant food, but decomposition of ami
NAL food is the source of all animal life
and strength, and planters never waste
it in the manure pile or in the ground,
or give bird in the hand for one in
the bush, or take this years for manure
for next years food. Why should not
cotton seed, the richest animal food
which our fields produce, be treated as
the poorer corn and wheat, and used
as nature intended it should be by our
stock and save US from having to plant
corn-the most expensive and precari.
ous of all creps? The Columbia Oil
Company propose to offer this facility
to the planters of this State and Geor-
gia on the most advantageous terms,
paying the freight on the seed, and re.
turning the farmer the whole of the
cake and the value of one third of the
oil in cash. We anticipate for them
very large patronage. Farmers who
desire to avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity, should cover their seed from the
weather, or send it forward at once.
OIL CAKE-We are glad to learn
/ that the attention of our farmers and
feeders seem at last to be drawn, by the
very high prices of hay, grain and fod-
der, to this most valuable substitute
1t is a remarkable fact, that only about
one twentieth part of the oil cake man
factured in the west has heretofore been
used in domestic consumption, the re-
naming Dineteen.twentieths finding it's
way to England, who, whilst she is her
self the largest manufacturer in the
world, is also the largest consumer; and
in addition to her own products, i'm
ports immense quantities of cake for
the use of her farmers. Shipped from
this city to England, tho cost to the
farmer there is about three cents per
pound; while here it never exceeds
half this sum.
Compared with corn, experienced
feeders, both in the old country and
this, agree that one pound of oil cake
is equal to three pounds of corn in nu.
tritious qualities Wheat bran has long
been favorite feed, and Boussingalt
estimates nine pounds of it to be equal
to ten pounds of prime hay, while the
comparative value of both is about one
tenth foil cake. This being the case,
short calculation will show that oil
cake at $50 per ton is as cheap for feed
ing as corn at $40 ton, or twenty-five
cents per bushel, while the present ac-
tual price of corn is sixty to sixty-fVc
cents per bushel. Again, oil cake at
$50 per ton is as cheap as wheat bran
at So, the current price of which is
from $40 to sl2 per ton.
Oil cake is undoubtedly the most
concentrated and nutritious feed in use,
and is to all other kinds of feed what
guano is to the manures. Horses, cat
tie and sheep will eat it with avidity,
an thrive on it wonderfully. 1t great
ly improves the healthy condition of
the skin, and gives the coat a fine sleek
appearance, while it fattens rapidly
The supply of beef cattle in the United
States is constantly falling off, and
hence prices must rule high for long
time to come; and while oil cake can
be bought as it can for one-half, and Of
ten one-hird the price it will bring in
England, it is unwise to let it 20 thith'
or To feel British cattle and enrich Bri-