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to be burnt. They may also be acid in character, and 

 this means that they should be very carefully fed to 

 cattle, and not at all to horses and sheep. 



The cakes contain: albuminoids, 31 per cent; oil, 

 10 per cent; carbohydrates, 18 per cent; fibre, 20 

 per cent. 



As this cake is poor in carbohydrates, high in fibre, 

 and not very digestible, it should be fed in combination 

 with easily digestible foods, rich in carbohydrates, such 

 as maize. 



(<f) Compound Cakes. 



Thousands of tons of cakes which have been 

 compounded or mixed from various sources are fed to 

 farm live stock each year. 



Frequently some material, such as ground cotton 

 cakes, rape cakes, cocoa-nut cakes, etc., are taken as 

 a basis, and along with this may be blended ground 

 cereal grains, rice meal, bran, dried grains, etc., till the 

 desired composition is obtained. 



The mixed food is made palatable and appetising 

 by the addition of condimental foods or spices, such as 

 fenugreek, aniseed, etc., and sweetened with locust-bean 

 meal or treacle. In this way, foods like rape cake, 

 which would not otherwise be eaten by stock, are 

 readily devoured when compounded with other foods. 



Considerable care is required in purchasing com- 

 pound cakes, as they furnish a ready means of getting 

 rid of musty, faulty, or inferior cakes, warehouse sweep- 

 ings, etc. 



