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A maize-cake of that kind I found of the following compo- 
sition : — 
Composition of a Feeding-cake, being the compressed and dried starchy 
fibre which is produced in the manufacture of Corn-flour. 
Moisture 13-46 
Oil 5-01 
*Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . . .. 11 '06 
Starch, mucilage, and digestible fibre 64" 71 
Indigestible woody fibre (cellulose) 4" 96 
Mineral matter (ash) "80 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen 1-77 
This cake contains a considerable proportion of oil, much 
starch and digestible fibre, with a fair amount of albuminous 
compounds. If it can be obtained at a moderate price, it may 
be given with advantage as an auxiliary food to fattening stock ; 
but I would not recommend it for young growing animals. 
A good food for fattening purposes is Sorghum-seed, which 
occasionally can be bought in the English market at a cheap 
rate. The following analyses represent the composition of two 
different varieties of seed, recently analysed by me : — 
Composition of Two Varieties of Sorghum-seed. 
No 1. 
0. 
2. 
12-32 
12 
02 
OH 
2-37 
3 
80 
*Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . . 
7-75 
7 
19 
73-06 
71 
82 
3-20 
3 
50 
1-30 
1 
67 
100-00 
100 
00 
1-24 
1 
15 
Sorghum -seed is rich in starch, but rather poor in nitrogenous 
compounds. Ground into meal, and mixed with bean- or pea- 
meal, the mixed meal will be found a good, palatable, and cheap 
food. 
Another article of food, recently examined by me, is a cake 
which is made in China from a species of oily bean. The 
following is the composition of this cake : — 
