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NOAV, Messrs. Editors, if cotton seed feed produces the 

 above stated facts, cannot some of your numerous correspond- 

 ents, or Dr. Lee, enlighten the readers of the Cultivator on 

 the subject. 



1 am, with respect, yours, &c. 



Raytown, Ga., Feb. 1855. AARON W. GRIER. 



SECTION XII. COTTON SEED AS FOOD FOR STOCK. 



ALTHOUGH cows, sheep, and hogs are very fond of cotton 

 seed as a food, still I regard them as a bad and very unsafe 

 article of provender. They will certainly kill hogs, grown 

 ones as well as small ones, when eaten in an unrotted, or un- 

 cooked state. Some persons contend, however, that if well 

 rotted, or cooked, they make an excellent article of food. 

 From my experience and observation, I am satisfied that they 

 are not good food under any circumstances. They are worse 

 for hogs than for any other stock. Hence I never give them to 

 my swine. As a substitute for hay, fodder, shucks or straw, 

 I frequently give them to my cows and sheep through the 

 winter. But I would never use them to feed any stock what- 

 ever, unless on account of a scarcity of the foregoing articles. 



J. A. T. 



SECTION XIII. THE COTTON TRADE, FROM 1825 TO 1850. 

 BY PROFESSOR M'KAY, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 



INSTEAD of our annual review of the cotton trade, for a 

 single year, we propose to extend our examinations back to a 

 longer period. For this purpose we have collected, in our 

 statistical tables, the production, consumption, stocks, and 

 prices of cotton, for each year from 1840 to 1850 j and, for the 



