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PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



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Part II. — Experiments in Animal Nutrition. 



1. Bibby's Dairy Cake. 



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JSfaiure and Composition of the Oal'e. 

 This material is made by J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 

 Eng., and is imported in tlie form of cake. It is composed 

 chiefly of ground cotton-seed, together with locust or carob 

 bean,^ cereals (maize, wheat, etc.) or their by-products, 

 fenugreek and salt ; it possesses a pleasant taste and smell. 

 A number of samples have l)een found that Avere quite 

 mouldy, having probably l)een stored in a damj) place. The 

 sample used in the feeding experiment herein described had 

 the following composition : — 



Bibby's Dairy 

 Cake. 



Standard Wheat 

 Middlings for 

 Comparison. 



Gluten Feed for 

 Comparison. 



Water, . 



Ash, 

 rrotcin, . 

 Fiber, 



Extract in utter, 

 Fat, 



11.96 

 7.89 



17.99 

 7.91 



45.05 

 9.20 



10. 00 

 4.30 



18.00 

 7.00 



55.70 

 5.00 



9.69 



1.40 

 23.55 



7.15 

 55.08 



3.13 



The cake has a high ash i)ercentage, due partly to the 

 presence of added salt, a moderate amount of protein and 



1 With E. B. Holland, P. H. Smith and J. G. Cook. 



^ The locust or carob tree is cultivated in Sj)ain, the eastern Mediterranean 

 regions and Egypt. The pods contain considerable quantities of sugar, and are 

 eaten by both men and animals. 



