The Progress., 1894-05-26
oh;oar 90 means Of balancing

mon chiefly as means Of balancing
ration. that is, increasing its percent
age of protein. The oil which II con
tains is doubtless of value, but Iho
protein is the especially valuaDIe ID
gredient. Oil meal is valuable also loE
its dietetic effects, being mlId laA@-
five feed. have understood that II ID
used by horsemen on this Iatter ac-
couDt. being considered rather IN the
lipht of medicine than a feed, so S@r
as I know. Two or three pounds ner
dav for an animal weighing I'ooo
nounds would be an average ration o.
oil meal in combination with ordinary
grains -
N bulletin No. 56 Of the CorneLb n
Y station some facts about manure
ora riven that are of value to the gen
eraI and special farmer hffortS "eFo
nada bv a series Of experiments to de-
tprmine how much Of the tertl1~'hS
elements of the food Of animals unoeF
the various systems OF feeding now III
vorun were returned to the SOIL
tbrough the barnyard manure. In the
several experiments conducted II was
fOund that about II per cen} OF the
nOtash, nitrogen and phosphcrlc ac'''
Of plant food were recovered III Uhe
manure. This is more correct TOR am
mails fed in the barn and stables, as II
would be rather too high Tor thOSe
pastured out most of the tine. "oou
nourishing food that contained al
:, abundance Of nitrogen always en-
riched the manure in the same proper
tiOn. and the same is true Ct the 1ooos
abounding in potash and phoSphoric
acid In fact, such maGhreS derived
from foods rich in these ;nanurlal con
/ ctituonts were found to De much mort
l valuable than the commercial 1erIlII"
> ers advertised to contain special,
these clements. In feeding ANIMALS
then. some foresight should be glVeI
Z as to the ultimate use Of the 1oooS II
II the shane of manure. Of two food
l. equally expensive ard nutrition" IN
G preference should al ways be gwen u
y the one that contains the most
y these fertilizing elements.
- TIE chief difficulty Of growing AHA
~. ia is in getting a gDod stand and earn
. for it the first seaaOn 1t is partlcula
% ly adapted to dry land and Will yleI
y, fair crops Of splendid hay even w1tho'
j rain or surface moisture, but will pr
IL duce much better and larger quaint
9, :. by having plenty of moisture at u
10 proper time, which is just after cr'
&c has been talS!n from the land.
~ ~ sown in spring with oats, 1t ="
~ ~ usually get good start before the o
NC cron is harve sted, and with the aSSl'
III III ance of light showers, it will spring
81 again and grow almost all wlnt'
u After the first year it will find mo
or ture beneath the surface by sinking
~, W. long tap root to the depth OF seVel
ne 1re feet if necessary, and hence drou
~ has no material effect upon 1t az
ha plant.
,rv PASSING along the Central railrC
of in New York the present winter
ur, noticed great many COW barns w
the great unsightly heaps Of manure stal
sell ing under the caves of the barn, ST
the Gov. Hoard, in his "Dairyman." l
the barns, in many instances, were pain'
ion black, as if in mourning, and then
Gus great yellow letters over 1t all wo
to- be some patent medicine advert
! of ment. We thought at the time T.
ark we had never seen anything more
sion propriate. When farmer has drop
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