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tition the crusher who makes cakes from linseed has to contend 

 against, and will, I trust, be the means of inducing the purchaser 

 to give a fair price for an honest article. I will premise that the 

 articles named are at the relative values at which they usually 

 stand to each other, so that, if linseed-cakes are lower in price, the 

 others are likewise lower in proportion, and vice versa : — 

 Cost of 1 ton of cake composed of the following articles : — 



5 cwt. of soft green rape-cake at Gl. i^er ton 



5 cwt. of bran, large flaky quality, at 4Z. 10s. per ton 



5 cwt. of nut-cake at 6L per ton 



5 cwt. of fine linseed equivalent to a like quantity of) 

 genuine cake, and worth 101. per ton I 



Market value of 1 ton of genuine linseed-cakes made "I 

 from Bombay, Black Sea, or Baltic seed, is . . . . / 



Difference in value 3 7 6 



The temptation, therefore, to manufacture a compound similar 

 to the above finds greater inducement when cakes are high in 

 price ; but the growing disposition to purchase such a quality 

 must also be taken into consideration. If the price of linseed 

 falls, as it probably will do, to a level with former averages, the 

 inducement will be less ; and the quality of the new crop is so 

 very superior as to render adulteration less profitable. The 

 samples of the new crop are fine and clean, so that it may 

 be reasonably hoped that the supply henceforward, especially 

 from Russia, will be both abundant and good. The value of 

 linseed- cake as food for cattle has been so often set forth in 

 this Journal, that it is unnecessary for me to say anything in re- 

 commendation of it ; it enters so much into the economy of 

 almost every farm, that to obtain a cheap and ample supply of 

 the genuine article should be the desire of every farmer who 

 wishes to improve and sustain his farm. The increasing imports 

 from the East Indies afford room for hope that the wants of the 

 grazier will to some extent be met thereby. The vast regions in 

 that portion of Her Majesty's dominions capable, when opened 

 out, of yielding linseed, leave no room for doubt that a large and 

 annually increasing supply of seed will find its way into this 

 country from thence, and thus enable the agriculturist to manu- 

 facture his own manure, feed his cattle, and ultimately improve 

 the condition and quality of his land, to the profit and advantage 

 both of himself and his landlord. 



In closing my remarks on this subject, I will add that it has 

 been my endeavour throughout to show, in a spirit of fairness, 

 how the question stands between the crusher and his customer. 

 That he is in no way answerable for deficient harvests or defec- 



