f 
/"ure and Mixed Linseed-Cakes. 
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Composition of Bice-Shudes (HusJcs). 
Moisture 9-80 . 
Oil 1-10 
* Albuniiuoiis compounds (flesh-forming matters) ., 4 '18 
Starch, iinicilage, and digestible fibre 44 "94 
Woody fibre (cellulose) '. 2G • 80 
t Mineral matters (ash) 13 -.18 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen '07 
t Containing silica 12'34 
It will be seen that rice-shudes contain only a small quan- 
tity of oil and albuminous compounds, but much woody fibre ; 
and that the mineral matter chiefly consists of silica, which forms 
the glaze of the rice-husks. They are worth about as much for 
feeding purposes as good oat or barley chaff. 
Rice-husks may be recognised under the microscope by the 
structure represented in the following ^. -r,. 7 7 
1 ^ ° Fio;. 27. — Bice-lmsk. 
woodcut. ° 
26. Barlcy-Huslis. — Inferior adulte- rif<f?\\^lff' ' 
rated oilcakes not unfrequently contain J^^\ 
abundance of barley-husks, which are ^^^hi\7W, \\\\ rt^>^ 
little more valuable than barlev-straw. miSC^'H^W 
27. Oat-Shudes (husks).— the outer iPli 
husks of oats closely resemble oat-straw ^-^^^^'\'^i\\\\v 
in composition, as the appended analysis ^^^^i^XvlA 
clearly shows. They are obtained in ^ ^^oNv\ 
the preparation of oatmeal, and sold 
largely to the oilcake-makers. 
Composition of Oat-Shudes (HusJcs). 
Moisture 11 '98 
Oil -36 
* Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . . 1 " 25 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 53 "63 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 28 •48 
t Mineral matter (ash) .. 4 '30 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen '20 
t Containing solub|!e silica 3*64 
28. Bran and Pollard.— Bmn and pollard are perhaps more 
extensively used for adulterating oilcakes than any other material. 
Bran on an average contains in 100 parts : — 
