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commercially as unadulterated, are not so. The high acidity and 

 traces, in two instances, of a certain acid, suggest the form sophisti- 

 cation may have taken. All the samples showed the presence of 

 pollen grains. The matter appeared sufficiently important to justify 

 attention being given to it, and the subject will be fully investigated 

 at the appropriate period. 



The Analysis of Stock Feeds. 



A large number of stock feeds was submitted to examination^ 

 principally microscopic, for the detection of possible adulterations. 

 These samples were obtained from manufacturers and importers, as 

 well as in the open market. The microscopic examination revealed 

 in instances, admixtures of materials of lower feeding value with the 

 brans and pollards. In a sample of linseed meal sent in by a Geelong 

 farmer, adulterations in the shape of rice husks were also determined. 

 A chemical analysis of a number of more concentrated feeds was 

 also carried out. The following figures give the result of the 

 examination of the more important of these : — 



Moisture . . 



Ash 



Protein 



Crude fibre 



Nitrogen, free extract 



Ether extract 



o (J 



1) c c 



9-86 



5-66 



29-36 



7-49 



33-66 



13-97 



The Analysis of Beet Samples- 

 Over 400 samples of beet grown on experimental forage fields 

 were gathered for analysis. There were two plots of beet grown in 

 each field, one where the roots stood in rows 18 inches apart and the 

 other in rows 22 inches apart. There were three rows in each 

 plot, but samples from the middle row only were taken for analysis. 

 Each plot was divided into eight sections. Five of these sections in 

 each plot received the following treatment : — 



