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for I find the cake is a very bad one, and I thiok it would be doing a benefit, 
that others as well as j'ourself should be put on their guard against buying 
such cake. — Yours faithfully, " J. Augustus Voelcker." 
Though Mr. Rogers did not ask for it, Dr. Voelcker, for his 
own satisfaction, made an analysis of this cake, which gave the 
following results : — 
Moisture 13-22 
Oil 14-23 
* Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) .. 23-56 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 28-30 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 7-17 
f Mineral matter (ash) 13-52 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen 3-77 
■f Including sand 7-43 
The cake contained oats, foreign seeds, and a quantity of 
starchy matters, besides over 7 per cent, of sand, indicated in 
the analysis. 
17. Mr. C. W. Lister Kaye, agent to Mr. F. J. Savile- 
Foljambe, Osberton, Worksop, sent on November 19th two 
samples of linseed-cake marked No. 1 and No. 2. The analyses 
and reports on these were : — 
" November 23rd, 1886. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
14-01 
13-50 
Oil 
7-60 
10-93 
•Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming] 
J 24-37 
24-01 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 
31-85 
35-72 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 
9-86 
9-83 
12-31 
6-01 
100-00 
100-00 
3-90 
3-84 
t Including sand (average of duplicate') 
6-54 
0-65 
" No. 1 is a very poor quality cake, and has a considerable admixture of 
sand. No. 2 is a richer cake, but is hardly as free from foreign seeds as it 
should be. " J. Augustus Voelcker." 
Mr. Lister Kaye further sent on November 29th a third 
sample, stating that it was from the same maker as sample 
No. 1, previously analysed. No. 2 being from a different maker 
altogether. The analysis and report on this one was : — 
