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preparation of chocolate and as a beverage are well known, 

 " Cocoa Butter" is also an important food product, Holl 



British West Africa (203246), British West Indies (160336), 

 Brazil (128966), Ecuador (89230), Ceylon (50511), Togoland and 

 Cameroons (157 77), Venezuela (7261), Java (6238), Costa Rica 

 (5370), British Honduras, Seychelles, British Guiana, &c, in 

 .all for 1913, 783,595 centals. The uses of the bean in the 



and 

 port ant food product, Holland 



supplying in 1913 — 19,326 centals, smaller quantities coming 



from Germany, United States and Brazil. 



Experiments in Denmark and Germany in the feeding of horses 

 and cattle with the shells and cake residues from cocoa 7nanu- 

 facture show them to be poisonous and therefore not to be 



recommended. 



1. 1890, "Cacao Cultivation in Ceylon/ 1 pp. 170-173; 1893, 

 ibid: Grenada pp. 136-139; 1895, ibid. "Gold Coast," pp. 13, 

 22; 1899, "Cacao in Ecuador," pp. 42-45. . 



la. ix. 1 (1908), pp. 96-104. 



2. Aug. 1916, " The Poisonous Properties of Cacao Shells," 

 p. 498. 



The "Kola Nut" (Cola acuminata, Schott & Endl.). a tree 

 native of West Africa, is used chiefly as a stimulant, but the 

 nut forms an important item socially and dietetically in the 

 daily life of the West African native. In Europe preparations 

 of the nut are said to be efficient substitutes for tea or coffee. 



1. 1890. pp. 253-260; 1906, pp. 89-91. 

 la. ix. 1 (1908), pp. 91-95. 



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LlXEAE. 



Linum usiiatissimum, Linn.) Flax, Linseed. 



Annual, 1\ to 3 ft. high; cultivated in many temperate 

 countries. The seed is used for ^he extraction of oil for various 

 industrial purposes, and the residual cake is an important feed- 

 ing 1 stuff for cattle; though it appears to have, at times, been 

 the cause of poisoning. The occasions when this has happened, 

 however, seem to be rare, due probably to the fact that the cake 

 is usually fed as part of a mixed ration. 



The imports of Linseed come chiefly from Argentine (4687762), 

 Canada (5314953) British India (2841063), Eussia (412867), 

 United- States (178614), Holland (56522J, Belgium (22152), 

 Uruguay, China, Morocco, Turkey, &c, to the amount in 1913 

 of 13,620,098 centals. Linseed cake imported in the same year 

 amounted to 1,874,409 centals. 



1. 1913, "Flax (Fibre & Seed)," pp. 319-336. 



2. Dec, 1896, "The Antwerp Linseed Trade," p. 320; Jan., 

 1906, " Supply of Linseed Cake in the United Kingdom," pp. 

 610-613; Feb., 1911, " The Formation of Hydrocyanic Acid from 

 Linseed Cake," pp. 904-907; April, 1912, ° Growth of Linseed 

 for Feeding Purposes," pp. 30-33; Sept., 1912, " The Formation 

 of Prussic Acid from Linseed Cake and other Feeding Stuffs," 

 pp. 446-460; Nov., 1912, "Hydrocyanic Acid from Linseed 

 Cake," pp. 657-660; Aug., 1913' "The Growing of Linseed for 

 Feeding Purposes," pp. 377-385; May, 1915, " The Feeding 



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