we have, to produce 100 lbs. of mutton, 436 lbs. oilcake, which contained 21.84 lbs. of 

 nitrcyen, and 1,378 lbs. clover hay, containing 29.08 of nitrogen — making in total food 

 consumed to produce 100 lbs. increase, 51 lbs. of nitrogen. According to our former 

 estimate, this would give 51 lbs. of ammonia in the manure, and, at 16 cents per pound, 

 would be worth $8.16. The oilcake, too, would contain 8. 72 lbs. phosphoric acid, the 

 clover hay 6.24 lbs. This, estimating 3 lbs, as taken up in the 100 lbs. increase, would 

 leave about 24 lbs. of phosphate of lime, &c., in the manure, worth 24 cents. If we 

 allow 10 cents for the potash, soda, &c., the value of the manure made in producing 

 100 lbs. of meat with oilcake and clover, will be $8.50. This, it will be seen, is exactly 

 the value of the food eaten, reckoning the oilcake at $20 and the clover hay at $6 per 

 ton; so that we get the 100 lbs, increase of animal for nothing, except the labor of 

 attending the animals. 



From these facts, which are undoubtedly true in their comparative character, we con- 

 clude that while it is of questionable economy to feed hay to cattle in winter, the pro- 

 duction of meat by oilcake and clover chaff is attended with considerable ultimate profit. 

 There are probably no other substances used as food, that would give so good a result ; 

 clover containing more nitrogen than meadow hay, or any of the difterent kinds of 

 grasses, and oilcake is perhaps the most highly nitrogenous substance used as food by 

 herbivorous animals. Beans, peas, and leniils, approximate closely to oilcake in their 

 per centage of nitrogen ; and their growth and consumption on the farm can not be too 

 highly recommended, or be too extensively adopted by all farmers. Even admitting 

 that, weight for weight, the cereals wheat, rye, oats, barley, and maize, are as good for 

 feeding purposes as the leguminous seeds beans, peas, and lentils, or as oilcake, (which, 

 however, is by no means the case,) the manure made from them would not be half so 

 valuable ; and, as we have shown, it is to the value of manure that we must look to 

 make fiitting stock a profitable business. Leaving the value of the manure out of the 

 calculation, feeding is in most cases attended with direct loss : reckoning the value of 

 the manure, and feeding with oilcake, beans or peas, and clover hay, it is attended with 

 considerable profit. 



Many will be inclined to object to these conclusions. We submit them, however, 

 hoping that they will not be cast aside with a careless perusal, but be thoroughly inves- 

 tigated, when we think their justness will be evident. At all events, if they lead to 

 thought and an examination of the matter, some good will be accomplished. The value 

 of manure we have estimated according to the present price of guano. The subject is 

 a deeply interesting and important one to every cultivator of the soil. 



Prepare for the Storm. — Winter is now fast approaching, and of course all our 

 readers have made preparation to give him a warm reception. The necessity for this is 

 so apparent, that but few perhaps neglect it in the main ; yet how many there fire who, 

 when the cold weather is really upon them, have cause to regret that some things have 

 been left undone that should have been done. They then resolve that the next Avinter 

 shall not find them in so unprepared a condition. The next winter they repeat their 

 good resolves, and try to satisfy a troubled conscience, and thus the matter ends for a 

 year. To such — to all — we say, look about your premises, — your house, and barn, 

 and stables, — and see what more you can do, even if it is not absolutely necessary, to 

 make more comfortable yourself and fiimily, and all living creatures that look to you to 

 protect them from the winter's blast ; and to save from injury the crops you have stored, 

 and which you proudly look upon as the result of your summer's toil. Do your work 

 up thoroughly in this respect, and you can enjoy the winter's fire, the visits of your 

 friends, the reading of your agricultural papers Avith a peaceful conscience, laugh and 

 grow fat, and come out in the spring with new life and energy for another season of labor. 



