336 Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee, 1885. 
Whilst admitting that cheesemaking under the varied tempe- 
rature and such other circumstances as a competition in a 
Showyard are somewhat against the manipulation, but not 
seriously to interfere with the results, the Judges are of opinion 
that both competitors displayed some considerable knowledge 
of cheesemaking ; but the processes, as exemplified by them, 
were such as to be totally unfitted for a farmhouse dairy, and of 
such a tedious nature that no time would be at the disposal of 
the housewife for her other important duties. Therefore, under 
the circumstances, the Judges do not feel justified in recom- 
mending the Society to award to either of them a certificate of 
first-class merit ; and the Judges are further of opinion that these 
methods of cheese-making are not calculated to raise the standard 
of English cheese, a result which the Royal Agricultural Society 
of England doubtless has in view. 
XIII. — Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee, 
March, 1885. 
1. Mr. John Maddison, of Foxberry, Aldbro', Darlington, 
sent, on January 6th, two samples of cake, one linseed, one 
cotton. The analyses and report were as follows : — 
Linseed-cake. Cotton-cake. 
Moisture 10-48 .. .. 13-95 
Oil 9-07 .. .. 6-57 
•Albuminous compounds 24-01 .... 26-06 
Mucilage, &c 35-24 .... 30-06 
Woody fibre 10-57 .... 17-53 
f Mineral matter 10-63 .... 5-83 
100-00 100-00 
* Con tainiug nitrogen .. .. 3-84 .... 4-17 
t Including sand 5-54 .... 
Linseed and Cotton-cakes. 
" J. Maddison, Esq. January 9tli, ]>885. 
"Dear Sib, — I enclose the analyses of these two cakes. The cotton-cake 
is good both in quality and condition. The linseed-cake is, however, an 
impure and an inferior one. Kindly say whether the latter was sold to you 
as pure, and fill in replies to the following questions relating to the linseed- 
cake. — Yours faithfully, J. Augustus Voelcker." 
From the replies received it appears that six tons of the 
linseed-cake had been bought from Messrs. J. Hindhaugh and 
Co., 38, Cloth Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the cake being 
invoiced as pure cake at 8Z. 7s. 6f/. per ton at Hull, and branded 
'J. E. & S. pure.' Mr. Maddison added that though not in 
want of cake at the time he had been tempted by the low price 
