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THE COMPLETE GRAZIER. 



BOOK X. 



Ash 



(Mineral 

 Matter) 



2-0 

 1-5 



1-2 

 7 



5-3 

 6-2 

 4-6 

 4-1 

 4-0 

 4-6 



2-7 

 T7 

 1-8 

 2'2 

 1-5 

 6-8 

 6-1 

 4-2 

 lO'O 



3-1 



2-4 



6'7 

 5'2 

 6-8 



With regard to decorticated cotton cake Warington- adds, as a 

 note, that the cake lately imported often contains only 8 to 10 per 

 cent, of oil ; and with regard to linseed-cake he adds that hard-pressed 

 cakes contain 7 to 10 per cent, of oil; lightly pressed cake, 11 to 13 

 per cent. ; and some Eussian cakes as much as 14 to 20 per cent. We 

 may add to this that since the Norfolk feeding experiments of some 

 years ago which demonstrated the advantages of rich cake for fattening 

 purposes, several English makers have made linseed-cakes containing as 

 much as 15 per cent, of oil, guaranteed. It may also be stated that 

 some American (" Western ") linseed-cakes contain considerably upwards 

 of 30 per cent, of albuminoids. 



The whole of the figures given in the foregoing tables are, indeed, as 

 already stated, averages, and individual samples of most of the feeding 

 stuffs referred to may differ a good deal from these averages. 



For instance the richness of root-crops depends a great deal upon 

 the proportion of solid matter, and this obviously is related to the 

 proportion of water in them. This, again, is determined by a great 

 variety of circumstances, such as soil, manure, and season. So, also 



