1904.] Egyptian and Indian Cotton-seed-Cake. 289 



The attention of the . Board has been drawn by Dr. J. 



Augustus Voelcker to the growing practice of manufacturing 



cake made from mixed Indian and Egyptian 



Egyptian and cotton seed, and invoicing and selling the 

 Indian Cotton- . ' . * • * 



seed-Cake. product as Egyptian cotton-cake. There 



is a difference of from 10s. to £\ per ton 



in the prices of cotton-cakes made from the two classes of seed, 



and it is clear misrepresentation and fraud to sell as Egyptian 



cotton-cake what is really made from a mixture of the two 



kinds. It is also unfair to those manufacturers who make and 



guarantee genuine Egyptian cotton-cake, as they obviously 



cannot compete fairly with mixed seed sold at a lower price. 



Farmers are advised, therefore, to have their cake sampled 

 and analysed by the District Agricultural Analyst in the 

 manner prescribed by the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs 

 Regulations, 1897* In many counties the County Councils 

 have appointed authorised representatives of the District 

 Analyst to take samples either free or at a very small fee. 



With regard to the comparative value of undecorticated 

 cotton-cake made from Indian and Egyptian seed, a Report t 

 made to the Indian Department of Agriculture by Professor 

 Gilchrist, of the Durham College of Science, is of interest. 



Trials were made during the summer of 1902 at the 

 Northumberland County Council Farm at Cockle Park on the 

 effects of feeding two kinds of undecorticated cotton-cake to 

 cattle and to sheep while feeding on pasture. The two cakes 

 were : — (a) Egyptian undecorticated cotton-cake, costing (at 

 station) is. 3d. a ton. ; (b) Bombay undecorticated cotton- 

 cake, costing (at station) £3 10s. a ton. 



The latter cake is less palatable and contains more woolly 

 fibre, but each of the cakes was good for its class. 



The results were distinctly in favour of the Bombay cake 

 when the pricej is taken into account, and indicate that a good 

 cake of this class can be profitably fed to stock. So far there 

 is no reason to suppose that the harder and more woolly 



# Reprinted in Leaflet No. 18. 



f The Agricultural Ledger, 1903, No. 9. 



+ The relative prices of undecorticated Egyptian and Indian cotton-seed-cakes 

 in July, 1903, were, at Hull, £3 7s. 6d. and £2 17s. 6d. per ton. 



