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Notes on Feeding Stuffs. 



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fermentation, but subsequently pulped mangolds were used 

 instead. Many other variations of the process have also been 

 used, and are described in the issue of the same Journal for 1892. 

 The present samples came from Herefordshire, where the prac- 

 tice is apparently common. The procedure is to trample 

 down the chaff, and scatter over the surface first a thin layer of 

 pulped roots, then a second layer of chaff again trampled down 

 firm, and then another layer of pulped roots. After two or 

 three layers have been placed in the barn in this way, the 

 remaining space is filled with chaff, which is firmly trodden 

 down. Fermentation begins at the bottom around the roots, 

 and spreads upwards. The method at any rate effects a great 

 saving of space in the storing of chaff. 



Since last month the fall in prices has continued, especially 

 in the case of cakes. Palm kernel, coconut and ground nut 

 cakes are now reasonably cheap. The prices of feeding stuffs 

 are now recorded in the weekly reports of market prices 

 issued by the Ministry. From these prices the following costs 

 per food unit have been calculated: — 



Table I. — Costs per Food Unit 



Brewers' grains (wet) 

 Palm kernel cake 

 Coconut cake 



Ground nut cake, decorticated . . 



,, ,, ,, undecorticated 

 Wheat sharps 

 Wheat middlings 

 Distillers' grains (dried) 

 Decorticated cotton cake 

 Malt culms 

 Wheat bran 

 Cotton cake, Egyptian 



,, ,, English 

 Rice meal 

 Beans, Chinese 

 Linseed cake, Indian 

 Brewers' grains (dried) 

 Maize, Argentine 

 Linseed cake, English 

 Beans, English 

 Maize meal 



,, American 

 Barley, feeding 

 Oats, Argentine 



„ English 



Peas, English maple 



,, Indian 



The cheapest feeding stuff on the market at the present time 

 is fresh brewers' grains. Unfortunately, from its perishable 

 nature, its use is very circumscribed. Of the dry foods palm 

 kernel cake is the best value for money, its price being in the 

 neighbourhood of 2s. per food unit. Coconut cake, ground 



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