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The following instances will show the increase that has from 
time to time taken place, and it is one that should be guarded 
against. 
Sand in TJ ndecorticated Cotton Cake : — 
a b o D 
Mineral matter (ash) . . . 6'97 G'57 7 - 87 8'16 
including sand . . . TG9 T59 212 2 78 
Hair and Wool in Cotton Cakes. — As exemplifying the danger 
attending the use of cotton cakes containing wool or hair attaching 
to the seed or to the cakes, the following instance may be cited : — 
A Member of the Society sent me last winter a sample drawn 
from several cakes, writing as follows : — 
“ I have had several sheep die during the last week, and on opening 
them found a ball of some substance in the stomach. I commenced to give 
them cotton cake about a week before they began to fall amiss. I enclose 
a sample of cake, and the substance taken out of the stomach of one of the 
sheep, similar to that found in the others.” 
On examining the cakes T found that they contained a good deal 
of hairy material attaching to the exterior, and that this substance 
was the same as that composing the lumps which were found in the 
stomach of the sheep that died. 
I ascertained, further, that these lumps did not contain wool 
such as might be licked off from the backs of other sheep, and that 
the sheep that died did not have access to any sacking or hairy 
material except that which was taken along with the cake. 
Miscellaneous Feeding Stuffs. 
Rape Cakes ( for feeding). — A few rape cakes used for feeding 
purposes have been sent for examination. These, while showing 
some improvement over the generality of former samples, and being 
free, moreover, from mustard, had still more sand than they should 
have had. 
In three cases the results were : — 
ABC 
Mineral matter (ash) . . , 7 - 90 10 28 7 p 78 
including sand .... 2'GO 4'59 2 - 64 
Dried Grains. — This material, the largely extended use of 
which might have been expected in consequence of the shortness of 
the hay crop, has been so much raised in price that it is doubtful 
whether it can still be considered an economical food. 
A Member of the Society sent me two samples, one of English, 
and the other of American manufacture. 
The respective prices were — 
English grains, Gl. per ton delivered. 
American grains, 71. 10s. per ton delivered. 
