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it contains 6 per cent, of oil, 28 per cent, of carbo- 

 hydrates, and 4 per cent, fibre. 



It is very palatable and digestible, and stock like it. 

 The cake is so rich in albuminoids that it is scarcely 

 suitable or wise to feed it as the only concentrate, and 

 is much better mixed with foods very rich in carbo- 

 hydrates, e.g., cereal grains. It is used in lamb foods, 

 for dairy cows and fattening bullocks, and gives a good 

 quality of flesh. There is no bad effect on dairy produce 

 when it is fed to milking cows. It may be fed with other 

 concentrates to the extent of 4 Ibs. per head per day 

 to dairy cows or fattening cattle. 



Para Rubber Seed Cake. Para rubber seeds are 

 now available in considerable quantity, and are 

 being manufactured into cakes for feeding purposes. 

 These cakes are light brown in colour and very friable, 

 no doubt due to their richness in oil. Its composition, 

 according to Auld, is as follows: Albuminoids, 29-84 per 

 cent.; oil, 20-11 per cent; carbohydrates, 33-08 per 

 cent. ; fibre, 3- 1 5 per cent. 



Its digestibility was determined by Auld at Wye 

 College with sheep, when all the nutrients showed over 

 90 per cent, digestibility : Albuminoids, 90-1 per cent.; 

 carbohydrates, 95-3 percent.; oil, 97-2 percent.; and fibre 

 apparently all digested ; hence this cake has a very 

 high digestibility. 



Maize Germ Cake. Has a light grey colour, with 

 the flavour of maize. The germ is removed from maize 

 by the roller-mill process in the same way as is 

 done at flour-mills. The germ being rich in oil and 

 other nutrients, is prized as a food for stock. For 

 convenience it is pressed into cakes. 



The cakes, which are very digestible, contain : 

 albuminoids, 21 per cent.; oil, 9 per cent; carbo- 

 hydrates, 44 per cent ; fibre, 9 per cent. 



