Annual Hepm-t for 1887 of the ConsuUing Chemist. 303 
has not the husk so much removed, and frequently has a con- 
siderable amount of hair still attached to it from the bags in 
which it has been pressed. As the vendor in one case rightly 
remarks, " it is very roughly crushed and requires care in using ; 
only about half the usual quantity should be given." I would 
go a step further and say that this kind of cake is not one which 
I could recommend for use at all. 
Moisture 010 10-4o 
Oil 11-17 1090 
^ Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . 42-80 35-90 
Digestible fibre, Sec 25-06 2G-50 
"VVoody fibre (cellulose) 6-77 lO BO 
Mineral matter (ash) , 5-10 5 G5 
ilKKX) ICXHJO 
^ Containing nitrogen ..... G-8-1 5-74 
Hape-Gake, used as manure, has been hard to obtain pure or 
of good quality. Admixture of earth and dirt is very frequent, 
and cannot arise purely from accident, at least in the following 
sample which I examined : — 
Moisture 7-13 
^ Organic matter ........ 56-97 
Phosphates . . . . . . . . , 3 95 
Alkalies, &c. 3-35 
Sand 28-60 
ioooo 
' Containing nitrogen ...... 3*56 
Equal to ammonia ...... 4-3? 
Rice Hush. — A sample of rice husk was sent to me, of which 
the following is the analysis : — 
Moisture 8-98 
Oil . . . . 1-50 
Albuminous compounds (flesli-forming matters) . 2-63 
Starch, digestible fibre, &c 33-59 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 38-53 
^ Mineral matter (ash) 14-77 
Too^ 
' Containing niirogen ..... ••12 
^ „ silica 13-08 
This is a material which has but very little feeding value. 
Niger- and Sunflover-Cake. — The following analysis may be 
found interesting : — 
Moisture 902 
Oil . . . 7-50 
' Albuminous compounds (tiesli-forming matters) . 31-00 
Mucilage, digestible fibre, &c 27-64 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 15-57 
Mineral matter (ash) 9-27 
100 00 
' Containing nitrogen 4-96 
- Including .sand , 3 04 
