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trated food than cotton-cake. A sample of cotton-seed meal, 
sent to me last month by a member of the Society, on analysis, 
was found to contain, in 100 parts : — 
Composition of a Sample of Cottonseed Meal. 
Moisture 8-61 
Oil 12-57 
*Albuminous compoiinds (flesh-forming matters) . . . . 43 • 12 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 24 '86 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 5 "82 
Mineral matter (ash) 5 • 02 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen 6-90 
The cotton-seed meal, apparently, was nothing but decorticated 
cotton-cake reduced to powder. It contained somewhat less 
oil than the best decorticated cotton-cake, but fully as high a 
percentage of albuminous compounds. One part of this 
cotton-seed meal and two or three of Indian corn, or one part 
of cotton-seed meal, one of Indian corn, and two of barley-meal, 
would make a cheap and very superior feeding-meal. 
Hemp-seed cake is not often sold as such in the market. It 
is well known, however, to oilcake adulterators ; being cheaper 
than linseed-cake and a wholesome feeding material, it is readily 
bought up for producing mixed or adulterated oilcakes. 
A sample of hemp-cake, recently analysed by me, had the 
following composition : — 
• Composition of a Sample of Hemp-cake. 
Moisture 10*57 
Oil 11-17 
*Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) .. .. 29-56 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 18" 03 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 24-20 
Mineral matter (ash) 6-47 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen 4-73 
Hemp-cake is not equal to linseed-cake in feeding quality ; 
but in my judgment it is worth more as an article of food than 
whole-seed cotton-cake. About 8Z. 8s. per ton would be a fair 
price for hemp-cake of good quality. 
I have also to report on a novel description of feeding-cake, 
produced by pressing into cakes the starchy and glutinous refuse 
fibre obtained in the manufacture of Indian corn-flour. 
