The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-09-08
COTTON Seed Cake as a rortilisor..


Estracts from a letter from DR.. Joseph
lie eConte, Professor Chemistry, Unt-
rersity Of South Carolina. on the
Comparative Value to the Farmer of
Cotton Seed Cake as Compared s0ith
the Seed from sohicb 1t suas made.
GAS MANURE-Very numerous and
carefully conducted experiments in
England and Germany prove that the
oil cake stands very high as a manure,
whether applied by ITSELF or in combl--
nation with other manures. 1t is adapt
ed to all kinds Of crops, since it contains
all the ingredients necessary to the
growth Of plants, and especially, since it
contains in large quantity of those most
necessary ingredients, nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid aud potash.
The oil in the seed and in the oil
cake contribute nothing to It's efficacy
as manure. On the contrary, it is
rather q hindrance since it retards de-
cay. 1t follows, therefore, that the cake
Is greatly superior to the seed, and that
the moro thoroughly pressed the cake "a
the better.
Oil cake is from the large quantity
Of nnrogenous matter and tho ease with
which II decomposes.) essentially a
stimulating manure, like Peruvian GU
ano. The following table gives the
value OF rape seed cake as compared
with other valued manures. Cotton
seed cake is still richer, both because
tho cotton seed is more nitrogenous, and
because the cotton seed cake is free
from hull !:
cwt rape seed oil cake, equal to
1920 cwt stable dung
! cwt. rape seed oil cake, equal to
cwi. bone dust
3 cwt. rape seed oil cake, equal l
cwt. goof Peruvian guano.
There can be no doubt that the rela
tive valne OF cotton seed cake is gleater
than irdcated by this table.
AS PROvENDER AS flesh prodnc-
er, and therefore as food for growing or
laborrng animals, oil cake 10 rroba bly,
superior to the grains.
According to the experiments of
La ives, tie distinguished English Agri.
cultnralist, the manure derived from
stock varies Immensely in value accord.
ing to the naturc Of the food on which
the stock is fed. The manure Of stock
fed on cotton seed cake stands first on
his list, being more than thirty times as
valuable as the manure from an eoual
weight of turnips, and four times more
valuable than the manure derived from
an equal wei, 1t of Indian corn.
The following is Mr.. Lawe's table,
showing the actual gold value Of tho
manure derived from ton $4,000 lbs. }
OF different foods:
Cotton seed cake, (hulled) $27. SO ;
rape seed cake, 2l.Ol lnseed cake,
$l9.72; malt dust. 1921; lent,!s.
sl6.5l; linseed, $l5.65; tares $l5.75
beans, $l5.75; peas $l3 80; locust
beans, Sd 81 oats. $40; wheat, 81
o8; Indian corn, $6.65; malt, $6. .65
barley, $6.32; clover hay, SO Ga
meadow hay, $6.43 oats straw, So. 90
wheat straw, $2.6s barley straw, $2..
Is; potatoes, $l.50; mangolds, $l OF :
Swedish turnips, ole. common turnips,
&c. ; carrots, Soc.
These actual values ate OF course only
correct for England, but the relative
values are of universal application. and
tor this reason this table deserves TO be
studied by every farmer. The relative
values seem TO be closely connected
with the amount of n,trogenous matter
contained in the food.
1t is quite possible that this Indirect
method OF using The cotton seed cake as
manure may prove most profitable ito
the farmer IF so, the use of cotton
seed may largely replace the use of corn
in stock feeding.
CoNoLus'oNs.-T great value of
cotton seed, as manure for corn, is we'll
known to every farmer. Its value also
as proVender. when stock will eat il, is
also well known. Now, there can be
no doubt that for both these purposes
the oil cakeis greatly superior to the
seed. AS manure, it decomposcs readi.
y, and may he applied .c eli kinds o!
crops, alone orin combination with 9th
er fertilizers. AS food, it is readily
eaten by stock, and is easily digestiblc.
! believe that a given quantity Of seed
hulled and pressed into cake, though
greatly diminished in weight, will 90
farther both as manure and as provender,
than the seed from which it was press
ed. f
jos. LECoNTE, M. D.