OIL PALM AND PALM KERNEL INDUSTRY 483 



Experiments conducted in Scotland showed that cattle increased 

 1-95 lb. per day with palm-kernel cake, against only 1-84 lb. with 

 linseed cake. No difficulty was found in keeping the cake, and it 

 did not go rancid. 



The cattle fed on palm-nut cake were stated to look glossier, 

 carry more bloom, and have a looser skin than those fed on cotton- 

 seed cake. It is also claimed that the fat content of the milk is 

 increased, though the amount of extra butter-fat produced per day 

 cannot be demonstrated. 



A mixture containing 3 lb. of palm-nut cake is recommended 

 per daj^ for milch cows, and one containing from I lb. to | lb. for 

 sheep and pigs. 



Ten per cent, of the ration should be given to cows or cattle the 

 first time. Only 2 lb. of cake per day is given to animals. 



According to the Cambridge University Department of Agriculture 

 the feeding value of palm-kernel cake for bullocks is practically the 

 same as that of linseed cake. 



The feeding experiments demonstrated that the palm-kernel cake 

 gave equal results to linseed or cotton-seed cake, and paid better 

 because of the lower price of palm-kernel cake for milch cov/s and 

 cattle. It is recommended for pigs too. The cost of feeding for 

 eighty-four days was 43s. 4d. for palm-kernel cake against 51s. 6d. 

 for linseed, and a gain of 164-5 lb. in weight against 167 lb. flesh weight 

 with linseed cake. Cattle do not take to it readily at first, but after- 

 wards like it. 



According to Wyndham R. Dunstan, palm-kernel cake costs 

 Is. 5|d. per food unit as compared to 2s. 4d. for hay, hay being £5 

 per ton. 



According to Thomas Fawcett, L.M.R., A.S.E., it is a question 

 of what is relatively cheaper. British farmers have always bought 

 linseed cake at £10 10s. per ton, when beef was only lOd. to Is. per lb. 

 Relatively, it would be better to go in for more cows being fed with 

 palm-kernel cake. He also states that kernels only came in irregular 

 quantities. 



The cake, according to Lancashire County experiments, must be 

 given as part ration, as milk yield goes down with kernel cake alone. 



18a. Palm-nut Meal : Experimental Results of Feeding. — 

 In 1879, in Agricultural Chemistry, by Johnson and Cameron (2nd 

 edition), palm-nut meal from England and the Continent is men- 

 tioned and recommended as the cheapest meal for cattle, especially 

 calves. The Royal Agricultural Society of England in 1878 also 

 published a pamphlet for the Paris Exhibition, in which a mixture 

 including a large proportion of palm-nut meal is recommended, 

 and the experience in feeding young animals is given, showing that 

 it is far cheaper and that linseed cake is really very expensive. 



