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probably secure a more perfect digestion of the straw it- 

 self. 



The value of oil cake for feeding, when properly used, 

 particularly in feeding for milk and in fattening, is not 

 easily overestimated. Cotton-seed cake or meal, espe- 

 cially, deserves the attention of our farmers. , It is the 

 richest of the common kinds of oil cake, is readily obtain- 

 able, and, after passing through the body of the animal, 

 still retains nearly all its value as a fertilizer, in which 

 respect it is nearly equal to average fish scrap. 



As already stated, palm-nut cake is less rich in protein 

 than the other varieties of oil cake, but it nevertheless con- 

 tains a considerable proportion of that subbtanee. It ap- 

 pears to be specially adapted for milk cows, and does not 

 impart any undesirable properties to milk or butter. 



Oil cake in general is chiefly used for milk animals and 

 for fattening, experience having shown that for work- 

 ing animals it camiot take the place of grain. It is hence 

 particularly valual)le for cattle, sheep, and hogs, while for 

 horsoB it is little used. 



g 5. Animai> Pbobucts. 



Flesh Meal. — ^A feeding-stuff which has lately found 

 extensive use in Europe, and which, both in virtue of its 

 richness in protein and its easy digestibility, ranks as the 

 most concentrated of fodders, is the so-called American 

 flesh meal. 



It consists of the dried and ground residue from the 

 manufacture of liebig's Extract of Meat, in South America: 

 it contains, in the air-dry state, ton to thirteen per cent, of 

 water, an<l in tbe dry substance eiglity-two to eighty-three 

 ])er coat, of protein, along with thirteen to foui'teen per 



