400 



Sunflower Seed Cake. 



astonishing results, so that many orchard-growers, especially 

 those on the coast and in the bay counties, have abandoned 

 artificial means for destroying the " black scale," and leave the 

 work to nature. Fruit-growers are hoping investigations 

 will be continued until natural enemies have been found 

 for all the pests from which they suffer. 



[Foreign Office Report, Annual Series, A T o. 2,349. Price 2\d.~\ 



According to the Reports on the results of the Argentine 



Census of 1895 there were in the Republic 



Meat Preserving in that year 39 meat preserving factories, 

 Factories in , _ 



Argentina, 01 which 16 were owned by Argentine 



proprietors or companies and 23 by 



foreigners. The number of animals dealt with in these 



establishments in 1894 was 695,404, including 582,168 cattle 



and 1 13,236 horses. 



Mr. Consul Woodhouse, in his report to the Foreign Office 

 on the trade of Riga, draws attention 

 Sunflower Seed tQ the use of sunnower seed c3 ke, of which 



considerable quantities are exported from 

 the Riga District as food for cattle in Denmark. The 

 Danes are expert dairy farmers and produce large quantities 

 of butter, and it is said that some of their success is due to 

 feeding* their milch cows on this cake. Mr. Woodhouse would 

 be glad to place his services at the disposal of anyone wishing 

 to have samples of these sunflower cakes, which can be had 

 in the shape of linseed cakes, long and ribbed, or flat and 

 square. The Saratov cakes are the most popular. 



[Foreign Office Report, Annual Series, Nc. 2,342. Price 2a 1 .] 



