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UEPORT OK CIIKMICAL LABORATORY 



Leoumimous Seeds 



leguminous 

 seeds 



The following uniilyses were nmtle at tlic request of Colonel Asser, former Civil 

 Secretiiry, with the object of finding a grain, grown in the Smlan, which might be 

 substituted for the Kgvptian lentils issued as a ration to the native troops: — 



It will be seen that the Sudan lubia are almost identical in composition with the 

 Egyptian lentils, and much more nearly so than the variety of lentils grown in the Suilan. 



A sample of gram grown at the Kxiicriiiiciital Farm, from Inrlian seed, had the 

 following composition:— 



Moisture 



Fat (Ether extract) ... 

 Albuminoids (N X 625) 

 Non-nitrogenous extract 



Crude fibre 



Mineral matter (ash) ... 



Weight of 100 grains ... 



... 395 per cent. 



... 3-75 



... 19-47 



... 02-51 

 8-20 



... 3-82 



... 15417 grammes. 



Native made 

 salt 



Salt 



The greater portion of the salt used in the Sudan is manufactured locally. The 

 methods of extraction used are crudr. wwA the ([U.ility nf the worst. In most cases the salt 

 contains a considerable proporticm of insiduldc matter — sand and clay. This is especially 

 the case with the article sold in the form of cones similar to loaves of sugar, which are 

 generally in use. In addition to this, cone salt often contains such a large proportion 

 of foreign salts, especially soilium sulphate, as to make it distinctly aperient or purgative. 

 This fact is reeognizeil by the mitive, ami the salt is sometimes used medicinally. An example 

 of such salt is had in the sample from Ivubatali coinitry, in which the sodium suljihate 

 amounts to over IS per cent. 



