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393. Undecorticated Cotton Cake.— In the manufacture of this 

 cake the husk and the kernel are ground together, and it is extensively 

 made in England. The best qualities are manufactured from Egyp- 

 tian seed, and command the highest prices, although the Bombay 

 seed gives equally as good results and is sold at less money. Even the 

 best class of these, however, show but a poor analysis compared 

 with decorticated cake, as the following analyses indicate : 



394. Undecorticated cotton cake is largely used in some districts. 

 In early spring, when the grasses are young, it has a good effect, 

 owing to the tannic acid it contains preventing looseness of the 

 bowels in cattle, but it should always be used fresh. Therefore 

 large stocks, however cheap, ought never to be stored over July, August, and 

 September, for during these months myriads of insects are passing through 

 their various stages of life, and seeking winter shelter for the reproduction 

 of their species for another 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. 



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

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



