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howevey cheap, ought nevey to he stoyed cvey July, August, and Septeiubey, foy, 

 during these months, myyiads of insects aye passing through their various stages 

 of life, and seeking winter skelter for the reproduction of thnr species foy anothey 

 year, and they will infest the cake and injure it. When cakes become 

 mouldy, they are very dangerous to stock, often producing blood 

 diseases and death. Serious fatality frequently arises from the use of 

 cake of this description, often leading to lengthy and unpleasant 

 litigation, the case generally going against the manufacturer or seller, 

 when actually the feeder is to blame for having too big a stock at the 

 wrong time of the year, and allowing it to mould. Mouldy cakes of 

 any class should never be given to stock. 



393. Palm-nut Cake and Meal are prepared from palm fruit, 

 which is ground, heated, and pressed, in a somewhat similar manner 

 to linseed and cotton cakes. Cattle do not take very readily to either 

 of these articles, but when once they acquire the taste, they thrive and 

 do well. As milk and butter producers, palm-nut cake and meal are 

 great favourites with many dairymen and farmers, when used in 

 combination with other feeding materials. 



394. Rice Meal. — There is always a considerable quantity of this 

 food on the markets. It forms a fairly good cattle food, and is 

 extensively used in many districts, but great caution is needed in its 

 purchase, as it can be bought at almost any price, and is frequently 

 adulterated and damaged. It is more used in making fancy mixed 

 meals and cakes than as a feeder by itself. 



395. Cocoa-nut Cake and Meal are made from the dried fruit or 

 flesh of the cocoa-nut, which is reduced to a rough powder by 

 machinery, and treated in much the same way as seeds are in the 

 manufacture of other cakes, the great object being to extract the oil, 

 which is very valuable, and, unlike the others, is solid, resembling lard 

 at ordinary temperature. The residue is a light-coloi^ed cake, having 

 a delicious smell and nutty flavour, and is much relished by all kinds 

 of stock. It is especially valuable for dairy cattle and breeding ewes 

 in frosty weather. 



