Annual  Report  of  the  Consulting  Chemist  for  1882.  241 
more  than  millet  of  the  quality  of  the  samples  recently  analysed 
by  me. 
One  of  the  best  meals  to  mix  with  dari-meal  or  millet  is 
bean-meal.  Beans  contain  from  24  to  26  per  cent,  of  albuminous 
compounds,  and  are  therefore  well  adapted  for  supplying  the 
deficiency  of  these  compounds  in  dari  or  millet. 
The  quality  of  dari-seed  varies  a good  deal. 
Middlings,  Sharps,  and  Bran. — As  they  may  be  useful  for  re- 
ference, I give  recent  analyses  of  these  feeding  materials : — 
Middlings. 
Sharps. 
Bran. 
Moisture  
12-55 
12 
80 
14-55 
Oil 
3-46 
3 
90 
313 
* Albuminous  compounds  
14-68 
14 
62 
13  87 
Starch,  gum,  and  digestible  fibre 
Woody  fibre  (cellulose)  
61-63 
54 
61 
51-09 
4-73 
9 
22 
9-01 
Mineral  matter  (ash) 
2-95 
4 
85 
5-35 
• 
100-00 
o 
o 
00 
100-00 
* Containing  nitrogen 
2-35 
2 
34 
2-22 
As  a rule,  middlings  contain  more  starch  than  sharps  or  bran, 
and  are  better  food  for  fattening  purposes. 
The  percentage  of  ash  in  bran  is  usually  greater  than  in  mid- 
dlings or  sharps ; and  it  is  distinguished  from  the  ash  of  barley 
or  oats  by  a much  greater  amount  of  alkaline  phosphates,  which 
probably  is  one  of  the  reasons  why  bran  is  a very  useful  addi- 
tion to  the  food  of  milch  cows,  for  I need  hardly  say  that  milk 
is  rich  in  phosphatic  constituents. 
Composition  af  a Sample  of  Malt-Combs. 
Moisture 11 '54 
Oil 1-60 
*Albuminous  compounds  (flesh-forming  matters)  26  • 81 
Mucilage,  sugar,  and  digestible  fibre  . . . . 46  • 35 
Woody  fibre  (cellulose) 8 '36 
fMineral  matter  (asb)  5 • 34 
100 -oc 
* Containing  nitrogen 4 • 29 
t Containing  sand  • 54 
Malt-combs  are  an  excellent  and  readily  digestible  food  for 
ewes  and  for  lambs.  They  may  also  be  given  with  much 
advantage  to  milking-cows.  About  2 lbs.  of  malt-combs  added 
VOL.  XIX. — S.  S.  R 
