304  Annual  Report  for  1910  of  the  Consulting  Chemist. 
A member  sent  me  for  examination  some  hard  lumps 
which  he  had  noticed  in  a dairy  meal.  These  I found  to  be  of 
two  kinds  ; one  was  “ Bombay  ” cotton  cake,  and  the  other 
was  composed  of  “ Kurdee  ” or  safflower  cake. 
It  is  clear  that  such  lumps  as  these  should  not  exist  in 
feeding  materials  sold  under  the  name  of  “ meal.” 
5.  Offals. 
(a)  Sharps. 
(b)  Rice  Shudes. 
(a)  Sharps. — There  has  been  a general  improvement  in 
the  quality  of  this  and  similar  materials.  At  the  same  time, 
adulteration  of  them  has  by  no  means  ceased.  The  following 
is  an  analysis  of  sharps  which 
matter  : — 
contained  excessive  sandy 
Moisture  ..... 
12-48 
Oil 
3-93 
‘Albuminous  compounds 
. . 1412 
Starch,  fibre,  &c. 
61-59 
2 Mineral  matter  (ash) 
7-88 
100-00 
'Containing  nitrogen  . 
2-26 
2 Including  siliceous  matter  . 
3-94 
(b)  Rice  Shudes. — A sample  of 
rice  shudes,  costing  48s.  bd. 
per  ton  delivered,  was  sent  me  for  analysis,  and  gave  the 
following  figures  : — 
Percentage  of — 
Oil -83 
Albuminoids  . . . . . . . 2' 19 
'Mineral  matter  (ash)  .....  1719 
'including  silica  ......  15’74 
This  was  a material  having  little  or  no  feeding  value,  and 
must  be  reckoned  as  very  dear. 
6.  Sugar  Beet. 
A number  of  samples  of  sugar  beet  grown  in  this  country 
have  been  sent  me  for  analysis. 
The  percentage  of  sugar  obtained  in  the  roots  has,  as  a rule, 
been  distinctly  good,  as  shown  by  the  following  analyses  : — 
ABC 
Percentage  of  sugar  in  roots  . 15'20  1813  16T4 
“A”  was  grown  in  Shropshire,  the  variety  being  “Garton’s 
White  Sugar  Beet.”  The  produce  per  acre  was  18^  tons  of 
roots,  and  the  seed  was  sown  on  ridges  twenty-four  inches 
apart. 
