The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-21

cake made by m OF mill being ftee fsom
Oil, keeps for years, apd it will BE seen
In the article subioinedi it 10 estimated BY,
some three times ! as valuable AS Corn
for stock feeding. It has even been pro-
posed as ssisAbiefor bread. Tt is, either :
alone Or in mixed fertilizers, powerful
manure-probdbly equal to half its
weight OF guanoAits decomposition in
the ground being rapid, and supplyinga q
great quantity OF, smmonia. The oil
which the seed has lost is 9 hydto-car-
bon, and entirely valueless as, manure.
But to use oil cake as manure. (or raw
seed, either, whereit is possible to get it
huiled and pressed) is about as economi-
col as it would be to manure oats With
corn, or corn with -four. Not that corr.
and -four would not be very good ma.
nures-or, rather, could not make good
manures-when they have been changed
by decomposition from animal food t,>
plant food, but decomposition of animal
food is the source Of all animallife 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 food rs manure
for next years food. Why Should not
cotton seed, the richest animaf food
which our fields produce, be. treated as,
the poorer corn and wheat, md used as
nature intended it should be by our
stock, and save us from having to plant
corn-the most expensive and precarious
of all crops? The Columbia Oil Com,
pany proposes to offer this facility to
our planters, over this whole State and
Georgia., on most advantageous terms,
turning the farmer the whole of the cake
and the value of one-third of the oil in
cash. We anticipate for them O very
large patronage. Farmers who desire to
avail themselves of the opportunity,
should cocer Mei, seed from HE ueathe7.,
or send ii for,cdrd at once: ~:'e ~ 40
OIL CAKE.-We are glad to learn that
the attention of our farmers and feeders
seems at last to be drawn, by the very
high prices of hay, grain and fodder, to
this most valuable substitute. It is IRE.
markable fact that only about one-twen-
tieth part of oil the oil cake manufac-.
tured in the West has heretofore been
used in domestic consumption, the re-
naming nineteen-twentieths finding its
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, imports
immense quantities of cake for the use
OF her farmers. Shipped from this city
to England, the cost to the farmer there
thraa
here it never exceeds the half Of this
sum.
Compared with corn, experienced feed
ers, both in the old country and this,
agree that one pound of oil cake is equal
| to three pounds of corn in nutritious
qualities. Wheat bran has long been O
favorite feed, and Boussingault estimates
nine pounds of it to be only equal to ten
pounds prime of hay, while the compa-
rative value of both is only about one
tenth of oil cake. This being the case,
short calculation will show that oil cake
at $50 per ton is as cheap for feeding
rs corn at $40 per ton, or twenty-five
cents per bushel, while the present actual
price of corn is from sixty to sixty-five
cents per bushel Again, oil cake at $50
per ton is as cheap rs wheat bran at So,
the current price of which is from $40 to
Oil cake is undoubtedly the most con-
centrated and nutritious feed in use, and
is to all other kinds of feed what guano
is to the manures. Horses, cattle and
sheep will eat it with avidity, and thrive
on it wonderfully. It greatly improves
the healthy condition of the skin, and
gives the coat fine sleek appearance,
while it fattens rapidly. The supply of
beef cattle in the United States is con-
stantly 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 often for one-third, the
price it will bring in England, tits un-
wise to suffer it to go thither to feed Bri-
tish cattle and enrich British SOIL. ~
NEW ADvERTIsEMENTs.- is
called to the following advertisements,
published the first time this morning:
W. B. Gulick-Notice.
w. D. Peck-For Sale.
Meeting Independent Fire Company.
Meeting Columbia Lodge, A. F. M.
Frost & Adger-Real Estate Sale.
VIM. M. Lawton-Cotton Factor, &c.
Application for Removal of Charter.
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