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it is believed that with ordinary skill he could rarely fail, if ever, 

 to obtain a reimbursement of his cash outlay from his sales. And 

 if he obtains no more than this, he still has the manure to com- 

 pensate him for his labor and care. 



It is still further to he remarked, that the estimates before quoted 

 give the value of the manure from a ton of linseed cake consumed, 

 at $19.72 ; and that from decorticated cotton-seed cake at $27.86. 



If, then, a mixture of either or both of these materials with 

 corn meal is used, in the proportion of two parts of the latter to 

 oneof either of the former, there would be an increase in the value 

 of the manure produced, varying from four to seven dollars to 

 each steer fatted. Such a mixture as this Prof. Voelker is report- 

 ed to advise as more fit for fattening in the winter than unmixed 

 corn. The mixture contains nearly the same nutritive value as 

 unmixed corn meal. 



But we shall be told that, in spite of theoretical and speculative 

 estimates, in practice it is unprofitable to fatten beeves for the 

 market. Let the objector demonstrate his assertion. The exten- 

 sive experiments of the former Duke of Bedford, made under the 

 direction of Messrs. Lawes and Gilbert, two scientific gentlemen 

 deeply skilled in such matters, fully justify the view here taken. 

 And for further support a confident appeal is made to the proof of 

 observation, since we find that those farmers of the greatest thrift, 

 and those who best realize that "muck is the mother of the meal- 

 chest," are those who intelligently consume the greatest amount 

 of forage in fattening. 



The practice is verified by very many of the best farmers in the 

 country. And when we contrast present prices and facilities with 

 those of former times, and remember that farmers then gained a 

 competence and even wealth by raising and fattening cattle, it 

 would seem that the grumbler of the present day ought to be 

 silent for shame. 



Assuming then that the farmer may fill his receptacles with 

 the most valuable manure, ordinarily without cost, and rarely if 

 ever at a cost of anything but labor, which he can well afi'oi'd to 

 bestow, we may advance a step. 



Profits of Culture of Mangel Wurzels in the Young OkcSari>. 



Suppose that he has a young orchard planted upon tillage land^ 

 which requires an annual dressing to keep the trees along and 

 make them what it has been shown they ought to be. He has this 

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