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ed the business of pressing cotton seed oil, and sells the 

 meal from the ground cake to the farmers.&quot; 



Jake Frink was about right in describing the glossy 

 coat of my yoke of oxen, though, perhaps, I did not do 

 full credit to John s curry-comb, and wisp of straw. They 

 are Devons, and John takes a good deal of pride in polish 

 ing them down, especially when he drives a load of wood 

 to market in Shadtown. Whether any body looks out of 

 the window at the young former s team, or at his wood, 

 I am not able to say. He is uncommon fond of going to 

 see Sally at the parsonage, I have noticed lately, and the 

 span of Black Hawks are quite as shiny as the oxen. 

 Probably he don t want to disgrace his sister, when he is 

 in town. 



I have been trying this feed for a year or more, and 

 think I get more for my money than in any kind of feed 

 that I buy. It conies considerable cheaper than corn 

 meal, and goes further in making milk, butter, cheese, 

 beef, mutton, pork, etc. It is excellent for working cat 

 tle, making them shed their coats early in the spring, and 

 keeping them in good flesh. It increases the product of 

 milk from twenty to thirty per cent, depending, somewhat, 

 upon the condition of the cow. I have found about two 

 quarts a day enough for a single animal. If fed too lib 

 erally, it gives the milk an unpleasant flavor. It keeps 

 the cattle in good thriving condition. In making beef, a 

 larger quantity should be used ; there is no bad taste im 

 parted to the meat. 



Almost all cattle are a little shy in eating it at first, and, 

 in this respect they are pretty much like their owners in 

 buying it. But if a small quantity is mixed with some 

 palatable food, they will eat it, and soon become very fond 

 of it. One great advantage in using this and the linseed 

 cake meal is the excellent quality of the manure. It 

 seems to do execution on the land like hog manure. I 

 have never had such a yard of manure as I carted, out this 



