Annual Report of the Consulting Chemist. 191 
Composition of Three Samples of Rice-Meal. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
•Albuminous compounds (flesh-foiming matters) .. 
9-47 
3-77 
G-5G 
58-96 
13-77 
7-75 
6-07 
10-30 
12-69 
56-67 
5-57 
8-70 
7-51 
13-53 
12-37 
54-94 
3-90 
7-75 
100 00 
100-00 
100-00 
1-05 
2-03 
1-98 
a good illustration of the benefit which practical men may 
derive from the chemical examination of feeding-stuffs, which, 
although sold under the same name, vary greatly in feeding 
value. I consider the rice-meal marked No. 3, to be worth at 
least 1/. a ton more than the sample marked No. 1. 
Another article of food which enters into the composition 
of most spiced cattle-foods and many compound feeding-cakes 
is locust-meal. The composition of locust-beans has been re- 
peatedly determined by me and quoted in former Reports, but 
I am not aware that the hard seeds enclosed in the sweet pod 
have ever been analysed before. 
The seeds are very hard, and in an unbroken state very 
indigestible. However, when split and steamed for some time, 
they swell out and get soft, and in this condition may be given 
to cattle with advantage as a useful fattening food. A sample 
of locust-bean kernels or seeds recently analysed by me had 
the following composition : — 
Composition of Locust-Bean Seeds. 
Moisture 11 -19 
Oil -97 
*AlbuminOus compounds (flesh-forming matters) .. 5 '94 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 76*29 
Indigestible woody fibre 3 • 62 
Mineral matter (ash) 1*99 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen • 95 
The paper which I published in a late number of the 
Society's ' Journal,' " On the Theoretical and Practical Feeding 
and Manuring-value of Purchased Food," has elicited much 
correspondence on the subject, and appears to have attracted 
