794 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [NovemBER 29, 1856. 
discussed the operation of manures as ood of | cake for food. After various trials for fattening, and j point), some at a little higher, others at a little lower 
plants, and pointed out ~~ — ve concen- | also for milk, I gave up the use of Era eed-cake | degree. Linseed and other, oils of the drying classes 
trating the really efficient portions of them within | altogether, being fully persuaded that point of |require a degree of cold 4 ° 30” below freezi ing point, 
manageable limits as to weight and b bulk. We do| economy for both purposes, Rape-cake had the ad-|or Lae bal below zero, t 
not think ata speaker i intelligent as the re- | V@ntage- In regard to milk I was convinced that F nelle geste only en of a few of | the oils, 
pe f his addre the o Pouka twos sikile a ke a ed quite as much in quantity, but had not | sh 
S then obs erence in the quality. fi tai da aa 
t h a ep fie Tight of eclen When I first gave an order to the manufacturer with | » ” ” feces E 28 
ri r ope &-GIsTegare ex er 0 the lights of science auaa I pen Pon Rape-cake for feeding, he required i ner 
m their influence on the future, e to pre it; his object was to enable him to is found tain of olei a 
iv eo - - ure rom KSA thus been select = free e from "Mustard or other im mpurity. On one TA a © A Mea 1 Foose 4% 
in reference to the pas f which I had 
hat then could have been the meaning of th tec oe gute and jon that I sent for a small 
wor ds employed? Alas! they Sait ail hase Saale suppl ly shevaenstai Oat does not supply the composition of iioa 
They were but the empty echo of a ery of 20 | noti 
ry 0 ic 
f I d to noti Tes, analysis of Linseed, Cotton, and other oils — 
po ago They then expressed a sentiment which atl. aia) notice Dr. Voelcker’s objections | ona or may become used $60 fom ding seems highly des 
_ | seriatim 
. Be fue I commenced m ent process of ste: b 
mined state of many branches of science there may | ;, ing the parida ogether with Hoan stenw ial paier The olein fats require but a low temperature to na 
have been some foundation. no one now will substance rich in z ed tes fy th an t the solid fat 
: | in , I had some difficulty in bait a eer as gs eb N pariri 
— —— juego which, whatever - the — Neal yin arine, require a temperature of 120° to 130° for ‘he 
ompey e taken as a blow at the belie however ‘Tinvariably succeed: | fee. p backs 
gratefully waist ‘tania by 4 Satelligent soy hat eta ste leaming) E me sieh aalr, i Epe |t Linseed contains a great proportion of mucilage, and 
science, here called theory, has had a most b t Rape-cake a I fo rmerly | on bane dissolved in water come a stiff jelly. 
ficial influence on the practic e ~ rar Seon Lehman, in his Physiological Chemistry (a translati 
on the er osperity of agricultu that ae sort it = “from amongst the materials with of which by Dr. bao rea been published by 
Noone is prepared with grenier earnestness than | | which it is blen | eat te ssa See )s iy one yc san gg 
m ey. c copy whic! ve been un 
kar idaho a o pasmes ibani ng I Sia except for a eo em on loan, states that the 
Mr. Cusıtr cannot vapaana too tyes ype a aed found A cows refused cake when quite fresh, whilst ar Ai s grad str E yars hai 
of a a ion for the farmer—no art can be z y | accounts fox rh fat of animals being more t the solid 
taught by the actual practice of it under the ra eeping. To preserve it from bota: ih Saver rit with | (Margarine and stearine) wan the oil of eka which 
praeser e of one acquainted w men : but # seat a considerable portion of olein. 
pe aac we ane ed i this undo at te ruth be rough seeds Onena Ta Oai vgn which have been kiln AAE R ni se sre prye m using exten 
naea e aw, if dr by, will opsig é 
as to Sin po = diiit id T And no Pey pure Cocoa-nut Serge yi pulmon: mplaints 
afeti r -n practice has rær pe | priate ‘mite s being given sai peer to think | lieu of cod liver oil. he Sores shortly cx ie 
eral En masten fin the researches and suggestions | that this proce s the iit, toriko T your pages with the treatment of pleuro-pneumonia, in 
men, and that agriculture will prospe brags eg besides | Which I have used Cocoa olein with apparent advantage. 
cn ee in ‘ee hands of men of li bera? education. which the ier. of oo Bean-straw or malt combs| hose of your r o peruse the Royal Agri- 
will in some degree be i ped artaz to the aeae | cultural J will have noticed th Aalis 
Tue influence of agricultural maxima upon 3. In regard to the objection of a greater propor- of Thy. Daisy Domes TEQUE CONN Sener Sr plight | 
cultural averages is a subject to which we have be tion of woody fibre in Rape than in poagn ig [>S part of Ger food, sowing a more hae ge | 
referred in these columns. It is very smali erste =| tang be of easy remedy to feeders whe like my self menpe deien a lines of erent gi peme 
rn th t li ted ra PSA richness Of C . 
We doubt not there are instances of yield as gre give ma erin is on be. a iers y Kapsi fx *), by | y food I could dis no material so likely to account. 
ether of _— orroots to be quoted, inh of French | allowing 8 lbs. of Turnips per day, or 56 8 rapun A pe-oil oeae ed by an 
ROP of Amer an agricul ulture, as any that in addition. If we take 5 lbs. per day or 35 lbs. per adequate “trom tim of buns a a ti ] 
ot ae k, which I hold to bethe maximum allowance of he o time he conversa so rar 
not near —It is a ver yr cake or other food pt in nae ap beast, and stock feeders s possessed with information beyond the 
able oe that a singlo Ti Turnip eba ‘weigh she, reckon 10 per cent. of woody fibre more in the Rape- | Tesch of prejudice, who state that after comparative 
Sn corres epon nt last week told us in asiano o | cake than in the Lament enka it will imonni to 56 oz, trials they had come to the conclusion that Linseed 
a. erop n AEREA Dero bad ag" very re are for the week, whilst the 56 Ibs. of Turnips supply ca he was more effective for fattening than moa j 
ee 7 e that 82 oz. of h, &c. If tyr? ms É 
should average 4 Ibe onl produ e ote fl fel sheet dd: Hie. hile mip epi ca n albumen is generally speaking too freely 
correspondent 1 be = able to io. iform us that the ake, this on 35 he erii ‘ about ls. ea on Be given f Tor fattening, has led to nt tapre wana! = 
‘ ei actually sie ided db 56 lbs. of Turnips at 10s. per ton will o ost 3d. feeding. Iam now using as extra are together w i 
gross, rea R H gps A ie t ray ori na jee Aora a limited supply of Turnips or Brun j 
: : as dry) of albuminous matter, which is doubtless the | | green foo 4 
pronounce it to be incredible. It 5 said "that most valuable component of food, whether we consider)  241bs. per day of Rape-cake ...) Sp Sere i 
many weighed - mu more — but is plain | it fated in fibri 1 Ib. per day of malt ata 4} 
i E assim in fibri an i ient of manure. 4 lb. per aay z Linsestkot p 
that constitute an average of the w 
TAg A pound of lean beef, say rump-sten, w = cost 9d.,| The 1b. of Linseed i re nts the tity con 
asserted, one half the number must exceed that | reckoned as dry without moisture, equal to lb. 5 | eb -0 prese soll! vma : 
t as much as the other fall short of it. a pound of tain pia a iia eya laid | tained in £ ibe ema V ihe bil alone costs 402. per ton, ; 
if r illed 27 i wide, and the roots | suet or other fat is almost t free from mo jae Sas itrogen | whilst in cake, ‘reckoned as Pea . vee oa 
devant 2 e g 117. per ton, having i 
were 15 inches asunder , there wo uld be upwi ard s of | is a to be the most ie ingredi entin manure, | 124 er cent. of oil The a of these extra = i 
17,000 Turfips on iks acre, ae these at tiiba it ar — starch, &c., have no ascertained value | rin af food pe 1a por eek each. This pra Í 
apiece would exceed 100 ton That this is a what f % hi | tice was begun in the autu “Of 1855, on 30 baii 
we don’t ie, seeing that i 8) e teaching that eae increase was very satisfactory till December and 
is possible ig grow a single Turnip Ta ie wat ight su = sed as food are mee for fattening in | ary, when they we to Mr. Wilson, of 
on the 17000th part of a ; and we are obliged | bompound. pags ET oltin be untenable Bradfor ——— toe of pr rime quality, with a 
to the more Sadata adulteration of Ra e- great SEEI 
instances of gro cot because it is well that atte cake as compared with Linseed, this might re aiee = sci ani ring es a 
should be ponssjeoaiiy gin directed to the possibilities be expected so long as it was sold for the purpose of | March to July, whe par ho sd aff ped ce Bate 
ie “that Me Fart) say. Towy hfe it = not | manure only, Mustard-cake being but slightly inferior | cht ma E tos as a ste a 4 Bieta Tepartad paata ones of 
as obtain p to to Rape-cake ie be poepoe Aradan paonon f staid | reas, average —— s. per wi k 
may Turnip just short of a quarter of a cwt. cake for feeding as è compar pr tie that for idn - ae One. of the lot mieg Ibë per week eS ta re 
~ course of 16 weeks. She cost 11/. at > i 
in ne i ; ve should 1 hold the vendor ese for snpeiviiig me and sold in July for 187. fg In my experience as ® 
an ee of ordinary e ‘If a Jah eee , | feeder I have not had an instance of a like gain. It 
psa f on A (Se we tT to w woh and numbe > will be observed that these cattle biya without xi- pee ; 
re wedish Turnips) on three patches in í tiele of roots or other f uring a q 
Turnip field the other day, each 500 square feet in ‘ease a think i at attribatable rie we K March, the whole of April, and a part of May. Iam 
extent ; they numbered 319, 319, and 360 respect- Voelex lake sca ac cmap RU hele |p ogee treating 30 for fattening in like manner, i 
ively, and weighed 515, 523. , 514 lbs. respectively. | In aa ‘coraposition of feeding substances „cover | With some addition of Py oa food ; their appearanc? 
aN fat in as a thie ch Sas than n ide by , drilled upon | as eo geese elements albumen, legumin, sie me Theseaders of your Gazette will be pleased to accept 
Band Elba in weit ight, alth at m many roots $ compounds all v very simi ilar m chemi eg al e iey. Wel ome portion. of these camer conjectural rather ; 
mls 14 lb. find also sugar, BUN men ascertained. If in ae pres E t £ ; 
Pipes Ti ttention o i 
i nipa foot very robe & SN eh s pA differing from A sah fen manner. We find also Dr Dr. Voelker and other “datas ie need che- z 
wing experience of the country. oils, a distinct class of su oH with peculiar and | nis alan of those who like myself, are are seeking j: 
rties; they consi of two varieties, the to apply the rales of A economise d ir prac- q 
RAPE CAKE AS 08 | Hitherto these oils have obtained no distinction in agri- | 77} $ — : 
Hayine on various occasions o ied the entertain a strong persuasi asion Hain Nov. 18 
Terana (0 ete, September 21, 1854) 884) that in the ae me cease aes ir effect is different. BOURER. 
i as an M woane, gE Rape-cake for cee Bou musts. Thee ae consist of proximate elements, oleine and THE AGRICULTURAL LAB ia a i 
which ve had eonsiderable exi "T beg to or margarine fats ; in what proportion L have| THe means of improving his peor eT sA m r 
offer samo remarka Pe oer papar on oilan es, ec been shir to ascertain. In a small volume (iadi pares and engages the interest of ae ; 
Pere open in in your Gazette, November 8th à 15th, lent to me by Mr. eeren the scientific director of | men, but it must be confes: id ay do not always 
wel lace ise value to different articles of food ; the Retake of manufacture of oils by peep a succeed in advancing the “position wi pes © ae 
Ber tnt ch Bow Lg siesta statistics aaa from the | comforts of the means Š inent, s3 etimes the 
researches of French chemists, who appear to have | times the subject of a p nted, an 
a Cate ce? n | given more more attention than our owa to the properties of em ae ee charitably disposed is resen 
prop oe 
a value to ose substances reacted: Smi oe ie fs sh jority and pre tensions of the | 
g Tietoa olie wf Olive. &e. attan? v “ie t Aea ist are i nd in aor 
|to congeal at a = emperaire a wa 30° (freezing hia i teer philant although we may withhold pecuniary - 
