192 Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee, March, 1890. 
ergot had been given without result to in-calf heifers, and it was 
therefore thought desirable in the above experiments to try the 
effect of comparatively small quantities. It is, of course, possible 
that there is some potency in ergot growing on living grasses which 
is absent in the dried specimens. In such case the point could only 
be determined by a series of experiments conducted on pastures in 
which a considerable proportion of growing grasses are affected with 
er S ot * G. T. Brown. 
QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE CHEMICAL 
COMMITTEE FOR MARCH, 1890. 
The Committee wish to draw the attention of the Council to the 
number of cases that have recently come under their notice of 
impure linseed-cakes branded and invoiced "95 per cent.," the word 
"pure" being omitted; and also to the prevalent disregard by 
Members of the recommendation of the Society, printed in the 
Appendix to the Journal, that all feeding-cakes should be guaran- 
teed pure, and to be delivered in good condition. 
They therefore recommend that forms of Contract Note and 
Invoice embodying the above conditions be issued to Members of 
the Society. 
100-03 
1. Mr. G. W. Goodison, of Coniston Bank, Coniston, Ambleside, 
sent on November 2, 1889, a sample of feeding-meal for analysis. 
He had purchased 5 cwt. of it, at '31. 10s. per ton (in Liverpool), 
from a firm of corn merchants in Liverpool, stating that thej 
guaranteed it to contain " nothing but the produce of wheat." 
The analysis, returned on November 8, 1889, was as below : — 
Moisture 12-27\ 
Oil 295 
1 Albuminous compounds (fioh-forming matters) . 11*87 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre . . . 51*32 
Woody fibre (cellulose)' 10 82 
2 Mineral matter (ash) ....... 11*27 
1 Containing nitrogen . . .1-82 
2 Including sand .... 7*18 
This analysis, and a report which accompanied it, are referred to 
in the following correspondence : — 
November 11, 1SS9. 
Gentlemen, — As we experienced great difficulty in getting any of 
our animals to eat the meal you sent mo last month, and which you guaran- 
teed " to bo nothing but the produce of wheat,'' I thought I would have the 
