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mentioned : (i) Hungarian or French maize slump, 

 of a dark colour, and containing a lot of husk ; 

 it is generally mixed with chalk before being dried. 

 (2) American maize slump, of a lighter colour, and 

 got from more or less perfectly husked grain ; it 

 often contains oat husks, and, having been dried 

 in partially exhausted chambers, does not possess 

 the pleasant aromatic smell of the dark Hungarian 

 slumps. (3) Grain slump of American origin, made 

 from maize and rye. And (4) Rye slump made 

 from rye, sometimes with and sometimes without 

 barley malt. 



What has been said as regards the buying and 

 use of dried grains, as well as the quantities to be 

 used, applies equally well to dried slumps, which 

 resemble them closely. 



(10) Feeding-stuffs of animal origin. 



In this class of substances come cow's milk and 

 the by-products from the manufacture of cream, 

 butter, and cheese, as well as some materials made 

 from the flesh, blood, bones, and even the whole 

 bodies of animals. 



Milk, the chief food material of young animals 

 during the first periods of life, is composed of water, 

 protein substances (casein and albumin), fat, milk 

 sugar, and mineral matter. Along with these 

 are also found small and usually unimportant 



