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quite easy in a disease like anthrax, if the same ship has 

 been previously employed carrying infected hides. 



Manufacturers of cakes would do well to expose all 

 foreign seeds to a sufficiently high temperature, in the 

 preparatory process for cake manufacture, to ensure the 

 destruction of any possible pathogenic organism. 



Digestibility of Cakes. — The following table exhibits the 

 digestibility of the various cakes : 



Linseed Cake : 



Horse 



Euminants 

 Eape Cake : 



Buminants 

 Cotton Cake (unde- 

 corticated) : 



Ruminants 

 Cotton Cake (decor 

 tioated) : 



Ruminants 

 ' Til ' Cake : 



Ruminants 

 Palm-nut Cake . 



Ruminants 

 Ground-nut Cake: 



Ruminants 



The amount of cake given to animals depends upon the 

 object in view ; dairy cows may receive as much as 4 lbs. 

 a day if their ordinary diet is inferior, with good feeding 

 2 lbs. is sufficient. Sheep should receive from i to 1 lb. ; 

 fattening oxen, 4 lbs. to 6 lbs. daily. 



ROOTS. 



A very important article of cattle and sheep feeding in 

 the winter is derived from the ' root crop ' ; these include 

 mangel-wurzel, swedes, turnips, kohl-rabi, cabbage, potatoes, 

 and carrots. 



It is by means of ' roots ' that the farmer is enabled to 



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