PALM OIL AND KERNELS. 



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of from 3s. to 5s., and improved in live weight value 

 from 5|d. to 6|d. a Ib. during the fattening period. 



Palm-kernel meal is found to be an excellent basis for 

 a pig meal, and as more oil is obtained from palm kernels 

 by means of the extraction process of which palm- 

 kernel meal is the by-product, it was also of the greatest 

 importance to test extracted palm-kernel meal as a 

 feeding-stuff. 



The following table gives the composition of palm- 

 kernel cake in comparison with coconut, linseed, and 

 cotton-seed cakes : 



Another product of the oil palm which is not so gener- 

 ally known is fibre ; this fibre is of very good quality, 

 and realises as much as 60 a ton on the Liverpool 

 market. 



It is the only fibre that is sufficiently fine and strong 



