The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1871-02-01
Value of Cotton Seed as Food for Cattle
Horses, Mules and Hogs.

Prof. Whitney lately presented the fol-
lowing facts TO the New York Farmers
Club, showing the great value Of cotton seed
as food for stock. if properly prepared:
We estimate the value Of food according
to its proportions Of nitrogenous for album
inous substances cf oily or fatty material.
and its starch Sr sugar. The first supplies
the red flesh. the second the areater part Af
! tho fat. and the third portion OF the lat ana
sustaips the respiration. Sugar. starch or
oil-one or all Of them-are common ii
most kinds of cattle feed, and either will
cal value of the feed may therefore be esti
mated from the quantity of albuminous ma
terial in it, and the percentage of either or
all of the others. Taking the statements
Of chemists who have carefully Investigated
the subject. we find that, disrrgarding the
minute fractions linseed cake contains
twent, two per cent. of albuminous matter,
and t,venty three per cent of oil. Gotten
seed cake has trifle upwards of twenty
five per cent. Of albuminous substances. end
nine per ceniof OIL and is. therefore. worth
1 nearly but not quite Is much as common
oil cake.
As has been frequently observed in the
Club by Dr.J V. c. Smith. certain degree
Of bulk is necessary to insure most efficient
Digestion uf the food. BY carefully mixing
the more concentrated with the less nutri-
cious. an average may be oatained that will
give the hest results. The proportions re-
uuired between the albuminous food and the
| sugar, starch and oil, have never, | think.
been definitely settled. and, indeed. will
vary very much according to circumstances;
/ the colder the stable. and the more neglect
ed the cattle. The greater the quantity of cl-
e,uents for fat farming and respiration that
will be needed. II must also be remembered
that the quality of the manure is directly de-
pendent upon the nature Of the feed. Some
English farmers have held that with cattle
fed on oil cake. the increased value IF the
manure is from One-third to one half the
original cost of the cake.
WHAT is A GENTLEMAN lin the course
,, of an address IT, the Leeds Young Mems
Christian Assoclation. delivered lately by
the Bishop Of Manchester. his lordship said
Some people think a gentlemen means I
man Of Independent fortune-a man who
hss his clothes made in the height of fashion
by the most expensive tailor. q man whit
:, keeps large establishment. man who fare
= sumptuously every day. man who neet
: not work hard for his daily bread. None o
= these things make a gentleman-not one o
" them: Nor all of them together. l hav'
J known. whan had charge Of country par
: ishes, aud when was brought closer int
: : contact with working men than. from m.
. changed position. l am nuw-k Aaxa- knows
!" men of the roughest exterior. who had beel
/" accustomed all their lives to follow the plow
and To- look after horses. as thorough gen
tcmun in heart. as any nobleman that eve
- wore a ducal coronet.' mean have know
. them as unselfisli. have known them a
e truthful hav. known them as tender,
have known them as kind, l have know
= them his sympathizing; and all these quail
- ties go tu make what l understand by tn
,, term "a grntleman.' 1t is a noble privileg
- tha. has been been sadly prostituted, an
" what want to tell you isithat the humble:
&" man i'm Leeds who has the lowest work
- to do. may yet if his heart be tender. On
~ pure. aud true, be. in the most emphati
u sense Of the word. gentleman"
to SWEEPING THE OCEAN BoLrox,-Sciene
of is busiIy at work exploring air, earth an
sea- During the past summer and autumn
t. an expedition has made many remarkab
bs discoveries in dredging the bed of the 81
:. from the Bay OF Biscay to the Farce Island
rn from a depth OF few fathoms near the sho
is to nearly three miles out at sea. 1t IS a
he certaii,ed that there IS stratum of war
to water from $50 fatuoins upward. a stratn
=" of ice-coid water from 300 fathoms dow
Ii. ward, and stratum of iliermixture
ri. tween the two. 1t Was formerly suppos
is that no animal could exist lower than 3
et fatho,ns. but various forms of animal i
in have been brought up fiom the profound,
Ill. depth of the OCEAN, many species havi
to been found entirely new to science. So
he of the animals, brought up from depth
On 1870 +, thoms. or nearly mile aud m
he and half. had perfect Eyes. while the co
ed Of their shells indicated the influence
.ce i:Lt.