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moved from this mass partly by pressure and partly by drying, after 
which the dried mass was ground to a meal. Upon examination, 
the meal was found to contain 1.06 per cent of moisture; 3.94 per 
cent of ash ; 13.1 per cent of ether extract ; 30.87 per cent of protein ; 
8.9 per cent of crude fiber, and 42.13 per cent of nitrogen-free extract. 
, In order to interpret these results with regard to the value of the 
meal as a stock food, in which it probably would find its chief use, 
comparison of the various constituents was made with those of several 
feeding stuffs as recorded by Henry. 1 The comparison is shown in 
Table VIII. 
Table VIII. 
-Clierry-kemel meal compared with various commercial feeding 
stuffs. 
Feeding stuff. 
Cherry-kernel meal. 
Soy-bean cake , 
Linseed meal 
Cottonseed meal 
Coconut cake , 
Palm-nut cake 
Sunflower-seed cake 
Peanut cake 
Rape-seed cake 
Sesame-oil cake 
Corn meal 
Constituents (per cent). 
Moisture. 
1.06 
11.3 
9.8 
7.0 
10.3 
10.4 
10.8 
10.7 
10.0 
7.4 
15.0 
Ash. 
5.9 
5.5 
6.6 
5.9 
4.3 
6.7 
4.9 
7.9 
8.8 
1.4 
Protein. 
30.87 
42.7 
33.9 
45.3 
19.7 
16.8 
32.8 
47.6 
31.2 
36.7 
9.2 
Nitrogen- 
free ex- 
tract. 
42.13 
28.1 
35.7 
24.6 
38.7 
35.0 
27.1 
23.7 
30.0 
17.3 
68.7 
Fiber. 
6.0 
7.3 
6.3 
14.4 
24.0 
13.5 
5.1 
11.3 
Ether ex- 
tract. 
13.1 
6.0 
7.8 
10.2 
11.0 
9.5 
9.1 
8.0 
9.6 
26.0 
3.8 
The low percentage of moisture in the cherry-kernel meal is due 
to the fact that the material was dried just before the determination 
was made. The percentage of ash is somewhat lower than in any of 
the other feed cakes, with the exception of corn. 
From the standpoint of food value the most important constituents 
are the ether extract, consisting largely of fat and other soluble con- 
stituents; the protein, consisting of nitrogen compounds; and the 
nitrogen-free extract, which includes soluble carbohydrates, such as 
sugar, starch, gums, etc. The meal is considerably richer in ether 
extract than any of the foods enumerated, with the exception of 
sesame-oil cake. In content of nitrogen-free extract it excels nearly 
all. The protein content, also, compares very favorably with the 
more important feeding stuffs of commerce. The percentage here 
given is doubtless below the actual percentage of soluble carbohy- 
drates, due to the partial extraction of the water-soluble compounds 
of the meal by the water contained in the still after distillation. To 
illustrate : It was found that the water extract from the distillation 
of a quantity of ground pits, after evaporation to dryness, consti- 
tuted 6.7 per cent of the original ground material. The solid extract 
after powdering was chocolate brown in color, with a rather pleasant 
1 Henry, W. A. Feeds and Feeding 
ed. 10, p. 566-567. Madison, Wis.. 1910. 
