SCIENTIFIC FEEDING OF ANIMALS 



hich hav ■ sh . and on 



account of the high quality of the oil, the nuts .\re 

 carefully shelled and the brown skin removed, 

 rhen comes the M German " meal made from well- 

 cleaned and skinned nuts, and finally the " Mar- 

 seilles " variety, which is a less carefully prepared 

 product, and usually contains fc-3% of sand. 



Good earth-nut cake and meal should have a 

 ft, bean-like taste and a sweet smell ; the colour 

 van : s betwee n gi e yish-wh ire and reddish-brown . 

 In cer.er;.! this is a palatable and satisfacl ry food, 

 but lately i : s s of disturbance of the 



digestive organs, violent colic, and even death by 



is : ning have been not: ced, f v. c : inferior material 

 was DertainJy not the cause. In some cases, but 

 not by any means in all, the cans was proved to be 

 castor-oil meal (p. 204). 



Milch and fattening cattle may be given up to 

 4 lbs. per head per day, horses up to 3 lbs., fattening 

 to and pigs from i-i|- lbs. and young stock 

 smaller quantities in proportion. 



Sesame cake is made from various coloured, 



unhulled seeds :: several varieties of the sesame 



plant. The sakes are an excellent feed, and in 



digestibility and palatableness they closely re- 



.ble linseed cake ; like them they have also a 



lative action on the digestive :r£;ans. Although 



tend to cause softness of the butter they are 



a highly prized food for dairy cattle, and they have 



