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also been very successful for fattening stock, 

 draught oxen, and horses. Sesame cake is given in 

 quantities similar to earth-nut meal, and owing to 

 the fact that it soon becomes mouldy and rancid, it 

 should be carefully stored. 



Cocoa-nut cake and meal are both made from the 

 fleshy portion of the cocoa-nut after the oil has been 

 extracted and have a colour that varies between 

 bright red and brown. They have a nut-like smell and 

 taste, and are readily eaten by all classes of animals. 

 It is preferred to feed them to dairy stock, for they 

 are said to increase the quantity of fat in the milk, 

 and about 4 Ibs. per head per day may be given. 

 The butter and the bacon from animals fed on 

 cocoa-nut cake or meal tend to be harder, and in 

 this respect resemble those from palm-nut cake, 

 as will be mentioned directly. In spite of the very 

 favourable effect on other animals cocoa-nut cake, 

 or meal, is generally limited to milch cows on account 

 of the high price. 



Palm-nut cake, made from the husked fruit of a 

 species of palm by pressure, is a greyish- white sub- 

 stance interspersed with dark particles which are the 

 remains of the husk. This cake has not a very 

 pronounced flavour, and is usually fed in the dry 

 state, for if moistened with water stock do not eat 

 it readily. The same applies to palm-nut meal, 

 which contains less fat, as it has been subjected to 

 extraction. These by-products from the palm-nut 



