Linseed Cako 
Cotton Caka 
. 12-45 
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. 9-83 
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848 Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee, Dec. 1890. 
Moisture ..... 
Oil 
1 Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming 
matters) ..... 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 
2 Mineral matter (ash) . 
1 Containing nitrogen . 
3 Including sand . 
Linseed-cake — A very impure adulterated cake, containing an admixture 
of rice meal and over 4 per cent, of sand. 
Cotton-cake — Not a pure cake : it is mixed with cereal husk. 
The cakes were purchased from Messrs. Raynbird & Co., Ld., 
who invoiced them as " Best Cotton Cake " and " English Linseed 
Cake." 
Mr. Burnett, on complaining to the vendors, received the follow- 
ing letter : — 
Mr. D. Burnett. Ashley: September 11, 1890. 
Dear Sir, — We regret to receive your complaint about the cake we 
supplied to you on August 20. They were made by Messrs Dixon and 
Cardus of Northam, who have a very good reputation for their cakes, and 
whose make we have always understood to be as good as any English makers, 
and we ordered for you their best cakes of each sort. We shall be glad to 
receive a copy of the analysis you had made, and remain, yours respectfully, 
pp. Raynbird, Caldecott, Bawtree, Dowling & Co., Ld. " 
Arthur Baynbirp. 
Another time we will send you from another maker, and hope for better 
results. 
3. Admiral Sir Edward Rice, K.C.B., of Dane Court, Dover, 
sent on September 10, 1890, a sample of linseed-cake bought from a 
corn factor at Sandwich. The following analysis and report was 
returned on September 16 : — 
Moisture 10-55\ 
Oil . . io-oo 
1 Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . 18 - 81* 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre . . . 35*46 ' 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 18-03 
Mineral matter (ash) 5-65/ 
1 Containing nitrogen 3 01 
Adulterated with earth-nut husk. 
The amount of indigestible woody fibre is more than double that gene- 
rally present in linseed-cake. 
100 (XI 
4. Mr. C. P. Hall, agent for the Duke of Grafton, sent on 
October 30, 1890, a sample of cotton-cake. The following analysis 
and report was returned on November 5, 1890 : — 
