808 Annual Report for 1893 of the Consulting Chemist. 
It was claimed that the American sample was worth the extra 
price. The analysis shows that, while the American sample was 
rather the better, the difference was nothing like that represented 
by the respective prices. 
Moisture 
Oil 
1 Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre . 
Woody fibre (cellulose) .... 
2 Mineral matter (ash) .... 
1 containing nitrogen . 
2 including sand . 
A 
English 
12-33 
B 
American 
10-14 
718 
7-57 
18-37 
21-87 
41-53 
41-38 
16-31 
15-55 
4-28 
3-49 
10000 
100-00 
. 2-94 
3-50 
214 
2-24 
“ Buffalo Gluten Feed ." — A new feeding material called “ Buffalo 
Gluten Feed,” and composed principally of the external portions of 
the maize grain, and imported probably from Buffalo (U.S.A.), gave 
the following excellent analysis : — 
Moisture 8’48 
Oil 13-53 
1 Albuminous compounds' (flesh-forming matters) . 24-31 
Starch, digestible fibre, &c 44-89 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 7‘05 
Mineral matter (ash) 1-74 
100-00 
1 containing nitrogen 3 89 
The price was 51. 15s. per ton, free on rail at Hull, and it was a 
perfectly sweet and nice food, and must be reckoned by no means 
dear. 
Niger- Cake . — A sample of this, offered to a Member, gave this 
analysis : — 
Moisture . 10-11 
Oil 6-61 
1 Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . 35-13 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre . . . 23-21 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 17'03 
Mineral matter (ash) 7-91 
100-00 
1 containing nitrogen 5-62 
The price was 51. 15s. per ton delivered, and, from the analysis, 
the cake should be fully equal to common cotton cake. It is largely 
used in India for feeding purposes, and might well be more utilised 
in this country. 
Acorns . — A good deal of attention has been drawn of late to the 
