Augmenting Manure — Cotton Seed. 4Pf 
AUGMENTING MANURE. 
It is my constant practice, says Ellis, in his Modern Hus- 
bandman, to save all my stable dung under cover, and for doing 
it with the greatest|conveniency, I have it laid in a place adjoining 
to the stable. Now, to this place I oblige my servant to cany all 
the soap-suds made in the house, from time to time, and throw it 
over the dung-hill, in such a manner that all parts of it may have 
a share of the fertile ingredients of oil, and grease, and potash, 
that made the soap; and all the urine that is made in the house. 
I likewise oblige my servant to throw over the dung-hill, or some 
manure I keep to dress my growing corn with, in this or other 
winter or spring months, and then such dung or matter never fails 
of defending my wheat or rye from the furious power of destruc- 
tive winds, that oftentimes blow in this month, and from the vio- 
lent frosts that commonly are the sharpest in January of the whole 
year. In this month, therefore, if it is frosty enough to bear the 
cart on the wheat or rye without damaging it, carry your short or 
other rotted dung on the green corn, and spread it over all its top 
part, as near as you can, for the truer it is spread, the less it will 
be uncovered. 
COTTON SEED. 
We have been favored, says the editor of the Mark Lane 
Express, by a correspondent, with a specimen of the cotton 
seed which is advertised for sale as food for cattle; and a person 
who has recently returned from the Mediterranean, where it is 
generally used, thus writes: — 'It has the effect of preserving the 
bowels in a healthy state, and renders the fat white and the meat 
tender; and the beef supplied by the contractor to Her Majesty's 
ships at some of our establishments in the Mediterranean, is all fed 
upon cotton seed. The cotton seed contains a large quantity of 
oil, and is doubtless highly nutritive; it has a sweetish and an 
agreeable flavor. To give an idea of the quantity of oil which 
the cotton seed contains, a seed may be opened and the internal 
part placed on the point of a penknife, which, if ignited, will be 
found to give a clear and brilliant light for the space of about 
half a minute.' From the cotton which adheres to the outer part 
of the seed, a person would be disposed to think that it would be 
injurious to the animals. However, upon inquiry, we are told 
that it is given to them in that state without any ill effects. 
