1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
127 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
do with matter under consideration; and 
this is to be taken into account in study¬ 
ing or explaining this question. 
But there is a very wide difference be¬ 
tween these foods in respect to the 
effect of them upon the digestive organs. 
The cotton-seed meal tends to costive¬ 
ness, the others are laxative. These 
effects have a very great influence on 
the nervous system, directly affecting 
the brain, and this injuriously, when 
the action of the bowels is impaired by 
the costive effect. Every one knows 
how this is himself; when this due 
action of the bowels is disturbed, how 
the head aches by the pressure of the 
blood on the brain, and the whole nerv¬ 
ous system is out of order. The liver is 
thrown off its balance, the kidneys are 
overtaxed to get rid of the accumulated 
undigested and unassimilated nitrogen 
of the food, and it is these very effects 
which are most noticeable when this 
meal is fed to those animals which most 
closely—and very much so—resemble 
the human animal in the digestive func¬ 
tion and the structure and action of the 
stomach. 
Doubtless, the cotton plant also con¬ 
tains some not well understood matters 
which act with great force on the whole 
nervous system of animals. It is well- 
known that the root of the plant is 
able to produce abortion. It is a well- 
known fact, too, that plants having any 
such peculiar character in one part of 
them, are likely to be more or less 
wholly subject to the same influence. 
And as this special poison of the root 
acting thus strongly on the nervous sys¬ 
tem might, or may exist all through the 
plant, it furnishes, at least, some prob¬ 
able explanation of the injurious effects 
of the seed on those of our domestic ani¬ 
mals, as the horse and the pig, in which 
the nervous system is more highly or¬ 
ganized than in the ruminants. 
But there are some things in our daily 
practice and experience which must rule 
our action to a large extent, although 
we may not fully understand the rea¬ 
sons for this action. We cannot tell ex¬ 
actly why some of the species of solanum 
are virulently poisonous, and the tomato 
and potato are wholesome ; neither can 
we tell why the mere heating of the 
root of the plant which yields the whole¬ 
some, nutritious tapioca, should neutral¬ 
ize the virulent poison of it when raw, 
or why, on the other hand, the heating 
of the cotton-seed meal in the process of 
expressing the oil should develop what 
seems to be a poisonous principle—to 
some animals—in the seed which may 
be eaten raw without ill effects. We 
must take the fact at present as it is, 
and guide ourselves accordingly, having 
patience that the chemists may some 
time take this matter in hand and detect 
the evil spirit in the meal, “ the death 
in the pottage”, as may be said. The 
result of it all, however, is the practical 
fact that cotton-seed meal should never 
be fed to non-ruminating animals, and 
to others only in very small quantities, 
for while two pounds of it may be fed to 
a cow safely, four pounds may develop 
a serious attack of garget, as I have 
found it to do. 
Butter Fat and Butter. 
./. K. L., Elmira, N. Y. —How much butter fat 
makes a pound of butter ? If milk tests four per 
cent butter fat, how many quarts of milk will it 
take to make a pound of butter ? 
Ans. —As every one knows, what we 
call “ butter” is not pure fat. It is a 
mixture of fat, water, salt, a little 
cheesy matter, etc. As a result of 
It gives pleasure to call attention to the value of 
Brown's Bronchial Troches as a remedy for throat 
affections. The fact that these troches have been 
manufactured and sold lor over 50 years. Is an evi¬ 
dence of their roal merit. While it is true that 
Nature does not endow every one with a sweet, well 
modulated voice, yet there is no voice so discordant 
but that by care ana training it may be rendered 
pleasant, it not sweet and musical The greatest 
artist could not hope to entrance us w ith his music, 
if his instrument were out of tune; and so the larnyx 
must be kept in tune, or it will not send foith pure, 
sweet tones. Singers, speakers—in fact all persons 
who make an abnormal demand on the vocal 
chords, will find Brown's Bronchial Troches soothing, 
strengthening and healing, quickly relieving hoarse¬ 
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many analyses, the authorities conclude 
that 85 per cent is a fair average for the 
actual fat in butter. That is, a trifle 
over 13 ounces of pure fat is reckoned 
as a pound of butter. A quart of aver¬ 
age milk weighs about 33 ounces. If it 
contains four per cent fat, there would 
be 1.32 ounce in each quart, and you 
will need about 10 quarts to make a 
pound of butter. 
Remarkable Sheep Experience. —We 
had a case of maternity and fecundity 
among our sheep that, to me, is remark¬ 
able. The sheep, a black one, on Janu¬ 
ary 22, had one lamb, white. It ran 
with its mother till February 1, when 
the ewe gave birth to three more lambs, 
white with brown spots. Of course, 
that was too many for one sheep to 
nourish, so we gave one to each of two 
other ewes that had lambed about the 
same time. By placing the lamb with 
the foster-dam as L. A. Clinton has told 
on page 53, we seldom have much trouble 
in getting her to own it. Once a ewe 
showed a great dislike for 10 days, and 
had to be restrained forcibly from hurt¬ 
ing it, when all at once she showed 
great affection for it. As it was syn¬ 
chronous with the appearance of a dog, 
I think it was that that aroused the 
maternal instinct. A. r. bell wood. 
Some Foul Platforms. —An ounce of 
prevention is worth a pound of cure ! 
Remember this and keep the poultry- 
house clean. If you have a platform 
under the roosts to catch the droppings, 
do not let it remain after the days be¬ 
come warm, even though it be well 
sprinkled with lime, ashes or dust, as 
the escaping ammonia is injurious to 
the fowls, and such a heap will gather 
moisture, which is always to be guarded 
against in the henhouse. Such a plat¬ 
form is about the best place for breed¬ 
ing lice, that one can find. It should be 
well cleaned and dusted, at least, once a 
week. [Once a day ! —Eds.] But if this 
cannot be done on account of other 
work, do not longer permit it to be in 
the henhouse, but take it away, and let 
the droppings fall to the floor, as in 
this way they will be further removed 
from the birds. I believe that this 
trouble has been the cause of a great 
many cases of disease, as to the source 
of which the owners have made so many 
inquiries. R. M. s. 
Geneva, N. Y. 
A few years ago I had a severe attack of pneu¬ 
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DOCTORS GAVE ME UP TO DIE. 1 then com¬ 
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November (i, 1896. 
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