No. G. 



The Oahs Coio outdone. 



181 



cliaracter of manure. Yet such is, never- 

 theless, a well attested fact. 



1. Wheat of warm climates has more 

 gluten, is harder, and less easy to grind. 

 The difference between the two, in climates 

 not very distant, may be safely calculated 

 thus : 



Warm Climate. Cold Climate. 



Starch, 58. 5 Starch, 71.49 



Gluten, 14.5.5 Gluten, 10.96 



Sugar, 8.48 Sugar, 4.72 



Gum, 4.90 Gum, 2.32 



Bran, 2.80 Bran, 1. 



Water, 12.30 Water, 10.00 



98.58 



100.49 



2. The gluten of wheat may be increased 

 by the character of the manure used, thus : 



Wheat, average crop, Gluten 19. 



" raised on soil manured 



with ox blood, " 34.24 



" raised on soil manured 



with human fceces, " 33.94 

 " raised on soil manured 



with human urine, " 35. 1 

 " raised on soil manured 



with horse manure, " 13.68 

 " raised on soil manured 



with cow manure, " 11.93 



From so much of the above facts as show 

 how tlir climate varies the quantity of gluten, 

 it results that there is a great advantage in 

 Alabama wheat over the Northern. Now 

 what is this advantage as applied to practi- 

 cal purposes? I will explain. 



Two pounds of Cincinnati flour were 

 weighed out, and to it was added one quar- 

 ter of a pound of yeast. Two pounds of 

 McAlroy's (Alabama) flour weighed, and in 

 like manner was added one quarter of a 

 pound of yeast— both were accuratel}' weigh- 

 ed in the same scales and at the same time, 

 and both made into loaves and baked in the 

 same oven. The result was as follows: — 

 The Cincinnati flour yielded a loaf weigh- 

 ing 3 lbs. — gain 33 per cent. McAlroy's 

 flour yielded a loaf weighing 3^ lbs. — gain 

 55 per cent. ! The gain in Alabama flour 

 22 per cent.! Or, every five barrels of Ala- 

 bama flour, is equal to six of Northern flour. 



But, says one, the Northern flour must be 

 the better, because look at the loaf; it is 

 whiter and ligiiter. True, but let it be re- 

 membered, that this difference with respect 

 to whiteness, is the difference in the prepa- 

 ration and grinding; and that of lightness, 

 is chiefly in the absence of gluten. The 

 quantity of the flour may be effected by the 

 mode of preparation and grinding; but t!ie 

 quantity of the several principles composing 



it, cannot. The same quantity of starch, 

 gluten, &c., must be retained, whether the 

 wheat bo ground in a good or bad mill. — Ex- 

 change Paper. 



The Oaks Cow outdone. 



The famous Oaks cow; whose greaf pro- 

 duct in butter and milk was mentioned in 

 the last number of the Cabinet, appears to 

 have been exceeded by two cows belonging 

 to Dr. Samuel B. Woodward, of Wethers- 

 field, and exhibited by him at the Cattle 

 Show at Hartford, in the year 1830. The 

 following statement was given by the owner, 

 and which I took from a paper of the day. 



In May, 110 lbs. 2oz.; June, 109 lbs. 11 

 oz. ; July, 73 lbs. ; August, 80 lbs. 8 oz. ; 

 September, 101 lbs. 8 oz. ; October, 81 Iba. 

 12 oz.— total, .576 lbs. 9 oz. 



On the 1st of September another cow was 

 added, which including what was made the 

 last week in April, to wit, 21 lbs., would 

 make .597 lbs. 9 oz. in six months. 



Besides all this, milk and cream have 

 been sold to the amount of S3, and a family 

 of 16 persons furnished with milk and cream, 

 worth at least 81 a week, at 4 cents a quart, 

 and pork fed to the amount of at least ^1. 

 Not a pound of butter was sold for less than 

 one shilling per pound. 



Butter, $100 



Milk, &c. sold, 3 



Milk used in the family, 26 



Pork, 15 



$144 



The cows were fed on grass only afl,er 

 the middle of May, before which time they 

 had rowen hay and two quarts of meal a day. 

 One cow is six years old, the other five yeara 

 — one is half blood Devonshire, the other 

 common stock. 



The calves from the three cows sold in 

 the spring for $15 75 



144 00 



$159 75 



Whole product. 



Upon another occasion, date not preserved, 

 in the account of the Agricultural Exhibi- 

 tion held at Andover, Mass., it was recorded 

 that a cow of Mr. Noah, without any extra 

 feed, other than that obtained from a com- 

 mon pasture, gave, from the 2nd of May to 

 the 22nd of September, 60.54^ lbs. of milk, 

 measuring 586^ oallons, being an average 

 produce of four gallons per day. The milk 

 was of a superior quality. Mr. Osgood's 

 cow gave in the month of June, 17 quarts 

 a day; and there were made from the milk in 

 one month, 50 lbs. of good butter. 



