Chemists for the Years 1889 and 1890. 
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Moistme 1343 
Oil 9-10 
' Albuminous compouuds ..... 30 50 
Digestible fibre, mucilage, &c 15'36 
AVoody fibre 23-53 
* Mineral matter (ash) 8'08 
100-00 
' Containing nitrogen . . . 4-SS 
- Including sand .... 2 09 
The cake in some respects is richer than ordinary cotton-cake, 
though having rather more woody fibre. The extracted oil had a 
somewhat acitl character, and liemp-cake may probably not be so goofl 
a food as cott(m-cake, though, when cattle Iiave become used to it, it 
may do as a substitute in the case of fattening animals. 
The price, .')/. 10s. per ton at Hull, offers, however, no special 
inducement for its use in preference to cotton-cake. 
Iticf-meal.— \ INIember of the Society sent a sample of rice-meal 
for examination, stating that neither horses, cattle, sheep, nor pigs 
would eat it, although they had all been previously feeding on rice- 
meal. The analysis it gave was 
Moisture 
Oil . . . . 
' Albuminous compounds 
Starch, digestible libre, &c. 
AVoody fibre 
'• Mineral matter (ash) . 
10- 58 
8-73 
10 7.') 
50-23 
11- 33 
8-38 
100-00 
' Containing nitrogen . . . .172 
Including silica ..... 4-01 
This meal was not of good quality, and, as shown by the excessive 
amount of woody fibre, contained a good deal of the husk left with 
it. As the animals possibly were previously feeding on a good 
quality meal, the fact of this excess of husk may not improbably 
have kept them from taking the new lot readily. 
Manures. — Superphosphate, v. hich for son)e time past had been 
sold at extremely low prices, has more recently experienced a 
decided rise in price. This has been caused mainly by the increased 
cost of labour and freight, also by the scarcity of phosphates suitable 
for the manufacture of good superphosphate. To meet the increased 
cost, superphosphates of very inferior quality, and made from low- 
grade phosphates, have been in several instances sold to those farmers 
who do not trouble to buy with a definite guarantee of quality. 
The last number of the Society's Journal contains records of 
cases in which superphosphate has been sold at prices of 3^. 5s. and 
3?. 10s. per ton, and yet has only contained from 18 to 21 per cent, 
of soluble phosphate. This clearly shows the necessity for farmers 
buying with a definite guarantee. In this connection it is satis- 
factory to note that the Chemical jNlanure Manufacturers' Associa- 
