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shovels it away from his cider-house and carts it into a mud-hole, 

 under the impression above staled. Now we should not be sur- 

 prised, if some of his posterity, should hereafter be seen, digging 

 out that said mud-hole, and spreading its contents upon the very 

 land, which it is now so carel''ul]y kept oif of. The fact is, that 

 Pomace is fit, both for manure and fodder ; that it is indeed too 

 valuable to be thrown away. It is composed principally of vege- 

 table fibres, rendered comparatively inert, it is true, by having the 

 juices — mucilage, sugar, &c. &;c., partly pressed out of it. But a 

 little quick-lime mingled with it, would brini^ it to a state of putre- 

 faction or decomposition, and render it soluble, and consequently 

 fit for nourishment to plants. But the better way to reduce it to 

 the state of manure, is, to give it to your cattle and let them pass 

 it through that mysterious laboratory — their stomachs. Thus a 

 greater saving will be effected, nouiishment will be afforded to 

 your cattle and manure given in return. It is thought by some, 

 that cattle will not eat it, and by others, that it is hurtful to them. 

 Let us prefer the question to the " dull ox" in person. Offer him 

 a quantity that has been kept clean, and he will soon convince you, 

 that it is far from being unpalatable. The cows on our common, 

 have been teaching this lesson to us, for several days. Somebody 

 had left there a load or two of pomace, and they have been feast- 

 ing upon it until the rains came, and what remains is trampled 

 into the sand and mud. 



We find the following communications in the J^. England Farm- 

 er, which will serve to corroborate our opinion upon the subject, 



[From the Middletown (Conn.) American Sentinel.] 

 APPLE POMACE. 

 On taking notice of large heaps of apple pomace near some 

 cider-mills in the vicinity of Middletown, I am induced to men- 

 tion, that it is good for cattle, sheep and swine, and ought not to 

 be wasted, for it is good for nothing for manure : I tried it more 

 than 10 years ago, by carting away a large heap of it, which had 

 lain accumulating many years, and was satisfied that it did not pay 

 me for my trouble ; I could not say it helped the crop, although it 

 was put on sandy soil, and the land inclined afterward to be mopy, 

 and bore less grass. It was according to my father's custom, and 

 the practice of steady habits, to keep milch cows away from po- 

 mace, but wishing to prove all things, I kept a cow principally 

 upon it more than three months in the year 1786, feeding her 

 sparingly at first, for a iew days, and then letting her lie at a heap 

 which was replenished with fresh pomace every few days, and 

 where there was little else to eat, and we thought she did as well 



