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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
COTTON SEED OIL. 
The Wakulla Times oi a late date, says: — “The pro- 
prietors of one our linseed oil mills have commenced the 
manufacture of oil from cotton seed, and about 400 bags 
of the seed arrived here this week from Memphis, to be 
used for this purpose. The oil is used for burning. How 
far the parties will succeed in their enterpr’se remains to 
be demonstrated. We believe the manufacture of oil from 
cotton seed has been carried on in the South to a greater 
or lesser extent, for several years ; at Natchez we believe, 
oneot these mills has been in operation for some ten years, 
but, so far, the oil has not come into general use. The 
difficulty seems to be in clarifying, as it will not burn in 
a crude state. Should our enterprising citizens succeed 
in preparing the oil for use, it will prove a most important 
article of commerce — Cincinnati Price Current. 
“Perhaps there is now more cotton seed oil used for 
table and other purposes than even consumers themselves 
are aware of, to say nothing of the soap, which is of a 
superior quality, made from the refuse of the oil after clari- 
fying. On this subject, a friend, whose statements may 
be relied on, writes us : 
“I notice in a Western paper that a concern in Cincin- 
nati has commenced the manufacture of oil from cotton 
seed, I will mention a few facts which may be of use to 
somebody. There is a prejudice against cotton seed oil, 
but it is owing mainly to the fact that the seed have been 
extensively used for that purpose without hulling — the 
hull imparting to the oil a bitter taste and a gummy sub- 
stance, which injured it for drying, and causes a smoke 
when burning. Notwithstanding this, quantities of this 
oil have been mixed with linseed and lard oils, and the 
buyers have been none the wiser for it. Some three years 
since, a friend of mine commenced the manufacture of oil 
from cotton seed. The seeds were first perfectly hulled 
so that nothing but the meat of the seed was used. 
“After the oil was extracted it went through a clarify- 
process, (a simple one, but very perfect) leaving it as clear 
and as pure as the best olive. For burning it has no su- 
perior, as it gives a clear, brilliant light, without smoke, 
and for the table it can scarcely be surpassed, for it has 
deceived, and is still deceiving many good judges of the 
article. Indeed my friend assured me that he was unable 
to fill all the orders for oil put up for the table — but he 
added : We dare not call it cotton seed oil lest it might 
prejudice the sale. 
“We of the cotton-growing States can safely feel our- 
selves perfectly independent of the world for oil for all 
purposes.” 
HOW TO FEED YOUNG HORSES. 
The adult horse does not require so much of the flesh- 
making principle as the young and grovnng animal, but 
he seems to require a greater variety. The adult merely 
requires enough to replace the waste— the wear and tear 
of his system. If he obtains more than this, the surplus is 
either excreted from the body, or else stored up within the 
same in the form of fat; and everybody knows that a fat 
horse, or a fat man, are not best adapted for a race, nor 
for hard labor ; but of all others (except those in a state 
of debility) they are most subject to acute disease. With 
the young and growing animal the case is different. 
Here we require bone, muscle, and nerve. Oats, corn and 
pollard furnish the same. The co1t obtains from its 
mother’s milk all the elements of its own organization in 
a concentrated form — all that seenns necessary for devel- 
oping bodily proportions and hereditary traits — therefore, 
when weaned, the colt must be furnished with the same 
equivalents in the form of fodder, ground oats, wheat bran, 
and meal. 
It is the young and growing animal that requires our 
greatest attention. If our readers desire to raise colts that 
shall remunerate them for the trouble and expense in- 
curred, they must feed the same, during their minority, 
with a liberal hand. Any neglect at this' period can never 
be made up in after life; the subject will always remain 
lank and lean — living monuments of their master’s folly 
or ignorance, as the case may be. In additiop to the food 
required for the colt’s growth, we must also furnish 
enough to supply the waste incurred by expenditure of 
muscular power. We all know that the young are very 
active and playful. Every muscular movement involves 
an expenditure of vital force, and thus exhausts the sys- 
tem ; therefore, in view of developing the^r full propor- 
tions, and promoting the integrity of the living mechan- 
ism, they must have nutritious food, and plenty of it. 
They are not, however, to have a large quantity at a time, 
hwl little often ; their stomach is small, not larger 
than that of a man. Should it be over distended with 
coarse and innutritions food, the organs of respiration and 
circulation become embarrassed, and the blood loaded 
with carbon. They require food often, because the diges- 
tive organs are very active, and soon dispose of an ordi- 
nary meal; then comes the sensation of hunger, which 
every one knows is hard to bear. — Aviericom Veterinary 
Journal. 
HOME. 
BY AARON SMITH. 
There is a simple'little word — 
Oh! ne’er its charm destroy! 
Throughout the universe ’tis heard. 
And nowhere but with joy; 
There’s music in its magic flow, 
Wherever we may roam, 
The dearest, sweetest sound below — 
That little word is Home. 
The soldier in the battle’s hum 
May all things else forget ; 
Mid bay’nets clash and beat of drum 
His Home’s remember’d yet. 
The exile, doomed on foreign lands 
Through hopeless years to toil. 
May do the despot’s stern commands, 
Yet sigh for Home the while. 
I care not where may be its site. 
Or roofed with straw or tile. 
So that the hearth-fire burns more bright 
’Neath woman’s radiant smile. 
Affection on her fondest wing 
Will to its portals fly. 
And hope will far more sweetly sing, 
When that blest place is nigh. 
It may be fancy — it may be 
Something far nobler — far ; 
But Love is my divinity. 
And Home my polar star. 
Oh ! sever not Home’s sacred ties ! 
They are not things of air, 
Thegreat, the learned, and the wise 
All had their teachings there. 
East India Cotton — The produce of co-^*^ appears to 
be rapidly increasing in India. The sH Commodore 
Perry has lately arrived at Liverpool wit'^^he largest car- 
go (2,770 tons) ever shipped at Bombay‘^ 1 ' England. It 
included, 8,321 bales of cotton, 1,076 b^s of wool, 396 
bales of hemp, 3,771 bags of seeds, ant^^O'’^ 2,000 bales 
and bags of various articles used in dyeing, etc.: 
also, 500 bags saltpetre. 
