^52 Annual Report for 1888 of ilie Consulting ChemisL 
Dutch liay English meadow hay 
Water (loss at 212° F.) . . . 13 00 13 40 
Nitrogenous organic matter . . . 10-24: 8-28 
Digestible fibre 26 94 28-98 
Indigestible woody fibre . . . 20 G7 25-31 
Soluble carbohydrates, sugar, &c. . 13-97 16-89 
Mineral matters 9-18 7-14 
100-00 100-00 
' Containing nitrogen . . . 1-64 1-38 
Whilst the water in each case was about the same, the English 
hay contained more digestible and less indigestible fibre, as also 
considerably more soluble carbohydrates. Nitrogen in grass, I 
might point out, is not, taken alone, an indication of superiority, 
but frequently the reverse. 
Wheat-meal containing Corn-cocMe. — A sample of meal sold 
at Chipping Norton as wheat- meal was sent me by a member, 
who stated that on mixing it with water and giving it to 
poultry several hens had died the same day. On examination 
of it I found there was a great deal of corn-cockle (Agrostemma 
gitJcago, Linn.) in it, which I have no doubt was the cause of 
death. Injurious effects from this have been recorded before in 
the case of poultry, though some botanists maintain its non- 
jDoisonous character. 
The following analyses may be of interest : — 
Analyses of Feeding Materials. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. ' 
No. 3. 
No. 4. 
Linseed- 
Linseed- 
Mixed 
Barley - 
cake 
cake 
cake 
meal 
11-75 
1202 
10-65 
11-05 
11-37 
7 37 
8-40 
3 47 
' Albuminous compounds (flesh-form- 
36-25 
4G-76 
8-51 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 
33-58 
3201 
25-54 
48-44 
7-26 
7-41 
2 80 
20-43 
4-85 
4-94 
5-95 
8-10 
100-00 
100 00 
100 00 
100-00 
• Containing nitrogen .... 
5-15 
5-80 
7-48 
1 36 
1-90 
555 
The two linseed-cakes No. 1 and No. 2, though so very 
different in pei'centage of oil, v/ere sold at exactly the same 
price. No. 3 was sold under the name of " Ground Nut and 
Linseed-cake " at 6/. 15s. per ton, but on examination it was 
found to contain no linseed at all. No. 4 was called " Barley- 
