Hydrology in a Changing Environment

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...varying greatly according to circumstances, which must be taken to represent the cost of the manure." He then speaks of his tobies, published some years ago, aud many times republished in this country, in reference to the value of various cattle foods in the production of manure, lie says this table of manure value was much criticised in.England, as being too high an estimate; and as an answer to this he says: VALUE OF MANURE OF FATTENING CATTLE. 267 "Accordingly, Dr. Gilbert and I selected linseed cake as the best-known article of purchased cattle food; and after deducting my estimate of the manure value from the cost of the cake, we endeavored to calculate whether the remainder of the cost could be recovered in the increased value of the animal. The best linseed cake was then quoted at 12 108. per ton, and deducting the manure value as given in my table, namely, 4 12s. tid., there was left 7 17s. 6d. to be charged against the animal; and calculation led us to the conclusion that it was extremely doubtful whether this amount could be recovered in its increased value. In fact, hnseed cake appeared to us to command what may be called a fancy price. At any rate, it was quite certain that it could not be profitably used, if not fully as much or even more than the amount of my estimate were charged against the manure. If the same mode of calculation were applied to sheep and to pigs, it would be found, in their case also, that the cost of their food is more than the value ol the increase it produces." This shows us how difficult it must be in England to grow beef with such dear food, even with the exceptionally high price he mentions of about 11 cents, our money, per pound live weight for the increase. Dr....