Beans and Peas, Sfc. 



483 



The next Table gives the analyses of seven specimens of Ame- 

 rican cake : — 



Table 2. — Analyses of American Linseed Cake. 





NITROGEN. 











1st 



2nd 



Mean. 



Oil. 



Water. 



Ash. 





Analysis. 



Analysis. 









No. 9 



4-58 





4-58 



13-04 



7-63 



6-49 





4-09 



4-10 



4-10 



13-57 



9-51 



7-56 





5-30 



5-19 



5-25 



10-71 



6-56 



5-76 





4-59 



4*68 



4*63 



11-49 



7'53 



5-67 





4 »86 



4-96 



4-91 



7'45 



8-81 



6-04 





4-91 



4-79 



4-85 



11-51 



7-06 



7-J5 



No. 15. New Orleans 



4-85 





4-85 



12-11 



6-09 



5-78 



We may fairly take the mean of the nitrogen in this table 

 without the exclusion of any one specimen. 



The mean of seven specimens of American cake will be — 



Nitrogen 

 Oil 



Water . 

 Ash . 



4-74 

 11-41 

 7-60 

 6-35 



The next table gives the composition of nine specimens of 

 English cake. I am unable to say how many of these cakes 

 were made from foreign seed — no doubt the greater number. 

 They were all pressed at home. 



Table 3. — Analyses of English Linseed Cake. 



No. 16 



No. 17 



No. 18 



No. 19 



No. 20 



No. 21. . . . . , 



No. 22 



No. 23. From Russian 



seed . 

 No. 24 



NITROGEN. 



1st 

 Analysis. 



3- 91 



4- 29 



4- 94 



5- 04 

 4-95 

 4-55 



3- 93 



4- 31 

 4-62 



2nd 

 Analysis. 



4-27 



4-29 

 4-62 



Water. 



16-55 

 13-43 

 13-88 



13- 34 



14- 33 



10- 05 

 16-10 



11- 28 



15- 32 



8 '23 

 8-66 



8- 83 



9- 38 



8- 10 



9- 25 

 10-26 



7-20 



7-51 



Ash. 



IS 



■92 

 90 

 04 

 54 



'94 

 ■45 



■63 



04 



the 



The mean of the foregoing specimens of English cake is, for 



Nitrogen 

 Oil 



Water . 

 Ash . 



4- 57 

 13-52 



5- 60 

 7-27 



