REPORT OF THE CHEMIST 175 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The Good Luck Swede, thongli practically equal to the Selected Purple Top in dry 

 matter, possesses a very much lower proportion of sugar. Though comparing very 

 favourably as a class with carrots in dry matter, they are not quite so rich in sugar. 



Sugar Beets. — An example of the Klein Wanzlcben, grown for feeding purposes, 

 is added in order to show the vast differences in composition that exist between sugar 

 beets and the ordinary field roots 



LES'SEED OR OIL CAKE. 



A sample of oil caJvC. manufactured by the Canada Linseed Oil Mills, Montreal, 

 and sold as the ' Maple Leaf ' brand, has been submitted to analysis. It is stated as 

 being made by the ' old process ' — hydraulic method. 



The following data were obtained : — 



Analysis. 



Per cent. 

 Moisture 11'29 



Protein 32'00 



Fat or oil 6'33 



Carbo-hydrate? GG'Sl 



Fibre 8"25 



Ash 5'27 



100*00 



Oil cake is widely recognized as a * concentrate ' of great value, both from its high 

 protein content and its large percentage of oil. It is, therefore, unnecessary to say 

 more than that the above figures are in close accord with those obtained in the Farm 

 Laboratories from samples of unadulterated, good quality ' old process ' linseed cake. 



GLUTEX FEED. 



The various by-products of the corn starch factory have been discussed in con- 

 siderable detail in former publications and their relative feeding values pointed out. 

 At first these products were sold separately, and inspection only was needed to determine, 

 approximately, the nature and value of the material offered for sale. This is scarcely 

 possible now, for all the .by-products (with the exception of the germ) are mixed 

 together and sold as Gluten Feed. This should not be confounded with Gluten ^leal, 

 which was formerly upon the market and contained about 35 per cent protein and from 

 8 to 11 per cent fat. It is stated that Gluten Feed is by some being sold aa 

 Gluten Meal; this, of course, is distinctly fraudulent. Gluten !Meal has, we believe, 

 entirely disappeared from the market, but whether such be the case or not, it is desir- 

 able that farmers should know that Gluten Feed is the product now offered them, and 

 that it will contain 10 to 13 per cent less protein and 6 to 8 per cent less fat than the 

 Gluten Meal they were accustomed to use.*. 



Thus, we may place side by side analysis made of Gluten Meal two years ago and 

 of Gluten Feed received a few weeks ago, both being from the Edwardsburg Starch Co.: 



*Since writing the above, and just as this report is going to press, we have received 

 a letter from the Edwardsburg Starch Co. stating that the7 have a true ' Gluten Meal ' 

 upon the market. 



