ANALYSIS OF LINSEED. 363 



derive the whole benefit from this article, it should be used 

 only after being bruised or converted into meal. Boiled into 

 a porridge or jelly, the meal has long been used to assist the 

 milk in the feeding of the older calves till the time for weaning 

 arrives. 



The following is the composition of linseed : 



Oil, .... 



Husk, .... 



Woody fibre and starch, 



Sugar, &c., 



Mucilage, 



Soluble albumen (caseine), 



Insoluble ditto, . 



Fatty matter, 



Loss, .... 



100.0 

 The composition of the ash is as follows : 



Potash, ..... 25.85 

 Soda, . . . . .0.71 



Lime, . . . . . 25.27 



Magnesia, . . . .0.22 



Oxide of iron, . . . .3.67 



Phosphoric acid, . . . 40.11 



Sulphuric acid, 



Sulphate of lime, . . . 1.79 



Chlorine, .... trace. 

 Chloride of sodium, . . . 1.55 



Silica, 0.92 



100.00 

 Percentage of ash, . 4.63 



The oilcake has of late come much into use for the feeding 

 of cattle. Oilcake is not used as the sole food, but is conjoined 

 with other substances, as turnips, potatoes, cut hay, or cut 

 straw. When given with cut hay or cut straw, an ox will eat 

 from 7 to 9 Ib. of it in a day, and the hay or straw induces 

 rumination, which the cake itself would not do. When given 



