KOHL-RABI OR TURNIP-STEMMED CABBAGE. 



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THE SAME IN A PERFECTLY DRY STATE. 



Composition of Kohl-rabi dried at 212 Falir. 



Oil, .... 



Soluble proteine compounds,* 

 Sugar, gum, and pectine, 

 Salts, soluble in water, 

 Insoluble proteine compound,t . 

 Digestible fibre and insoluble pec- 



tinous compounds, 

 Woody fibre (celluline), . 

 Insoluble mineral matters, 



99.996 



* Containing nitrogen, 

 t Containing nitrogen, 



Percentage of ash, 



2.353 

 0.343 



26.96 

 8.347 



99.969 



2.918 

 0.390 



3.309 

 9.619 



On these results Voelcker makes the following remarks : 

 " A comparison of the preceding results with the analysis of 

 swedes, mangolds, and turnips, shows that, theoretically, kohl- 

 rabi is much more nutritious than white turnips, and fully 

 equal, if not superior, to swedes and mangolds. These remarks, 

 however, I would remind the reader to apply only to the speci- 

 mens which I had an opportunity of examining. Future ex- 

 aminations, and above all practical feeding experiments, are 

 required to establish fully the comparative feeding value of 

 kohl-rabi. 



"I may remark with respect to the kohl-rabi, that it is an 

 excellent food for rnilch cows, inasmuch as it produces much 

 and good milk. The butter made of such milk has a pleasant 

 taste, altogether unlike the disagreeable flavour that character- 

 ises butter made from the milk of cows fed on turnips." * 



* 'Journal of Agricultural Society of England,' vol. xxi. p. 95. 



