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twelve parts of oil, thirty-four parts of gum, mucilage, sugar, &c., and six parts 
of woody fibre, and costs $55 per ton. - 
ONE TON OF LINSEED CAKE AT $55 PER TON. 
Pieali-coruune:  PMelMebie ae vce jciata< + se ase sere sade. «= « 582.4 lbs. 
(OT ce a pom oe 2 2: pM ile Ce SOM RN PR OREO |e errs 2OSr0) ae 
(ain, suet, and. ober fat-lOrmers.... 2... 266-5. tem ee 761.6 
Peete AOL O: ayes eterno 2 4a eens @ se = oa = Geir aiein alesis A403 
6Si.2 oe 
Total amount of fat-formers, calculated as starch..... Pens 1508 “ 
Flesh-formers ..... OP Sa Bae i oki dt 3b! aN um na Ne ae osQ4 
Tomiamount. of nuttiment .. 0. 2... <2cc4e2- Pee occ ee se 20904 *§ 
These comparisons are instructive and important. From them we learn that 
we pay $55 for 2,000 pounds of nutriment when we purchase a ton of linseed 
cake ; whereas, when we invest $7 50 in aton of straw, we receive 1,000 
pounds of digestible aliment, and it is believed that when the latter article is cut 
in proper season and well harvested, its composition will be found much supe- 
rior to that detailed in the comparative analysis. 
Digestion is promoted by mixing with the aliment a due proportion of oily 
or fatty matter. Straw is relatively deficient in the flesh-forming principle and 
abounds in fat-forming elements, of which, however, the most valuable (oil) is 
the least abundant. Now, if we add to straw a due proportion of some substance 
very rich in flesh-formers and oil, the compound will possess, in, nicely adjusted 
proportions, all the elements of nutrition. Perhaps the best food for this purpose 
is linseed meal, which contains about twenty-four per cent. of flesh-formers, 
thirty-five per cent. of very bland oil, and twenty-four per cent. of sugar, gum, 
and mucilage. Linseed cake may be substituted for linseed meal, though the 
meal is rather the best, but costs fifteen per cent. more. As linseed possesses 
laxative qualities it cannot be largely used ; the addition of bean-meal will neu- 
tralize the relaxing influence of the oily seed. Rape-cake will be found more 
economical than linseed cake. If free from mustard, well steamed, and floured 
with a little treacle, or a small quantity of locust beans, it will be readily con- 
sumed by dairy or fattening catile. 
HUNGARIAN AGRICULTURE. 
We find the following facts relating to the productions, resources, &c., of 
Hungary, in l’Kcho de l’Agriculture : 
The kingdom of Hungary comprises Sclavonia, Croatia, the Hungarian coast, 
and the principality of ‘Transylvania, comprehending a superficies of 5,872 geo- 
graphical leagues, and constituting fifty-four per cent. of the total superficies of 
the Austrian empire. The population of the kingdom is 15,200,000 souls, form- 
ing forty-nine per cent. of that of the empire. The cultivated surface of the 
kingdom is occupied as follows : 
Hectares. Acres. 
Amable dando: yira.2'al YS a ators eae eee 9, 960, 631, 275 or 24, 590, 308, 459 
Mea Many Bi ists 2 od 2-5 cidietaval de Saye oe 4,112, 440, 825 or 10, 152, 588, 285 
Prag Gane) 3.212205) 3.4.c0a) stint. alciepteinere 3 4, 976, 533,575 or 12, 285, 817, 263 
000) Ae a ee 2a ee ese eee RA 8, 816, 859, 100 or 21, 766, 620, 901 
Vineyards tao ish ald Pave: a vehattebovakere eins covenant 442,904,100 or 1,098, 419, 496 
otal: lan cit Seta siete are a wade . 28, 309, 368, 875 or 69, 888, 754, 404 
