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QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE CHEMICAL 
COMMITTEE. 
June, 1894. 
1. Mr. George Adams, Royal Prize Farm, Faringdon, Berks, 
sent on March 19, 1894, a sample taken from a bulk of 30 cwt. of 
what had been invoiced to him as follows : — 
Jan. 3, 1894. 29| cwt. R. Meal 3s.=4l. 9s. 3d. 
and which he stated had been sent to him as “ Rice Meal.” The 
vendor was Mr. W. H. Davis, miller, Lechlade. 
After receiving the meal, Mr. Adams found that his cattle would 
not eat it, and he therefore sent a sample for analysis to Dr. Yoelcker. 
The report was as follows : — 
Moisture 
Oil . . . 
1 Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) 
Starch, digestible fibre, &c 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 
2 Mineral matter (ash) 
1 containing nitrogen ..... 
2 including silica ...... 
March 22, 1S94. 
12'53\ 
1-40 
4-94 
28-95 
33-52 
18-661 
100-00 
•79 
14-67 
This is not rice meal, but the ground husks, or sh udes, of rice — a material 
of very small feeding value. Rice meal has only about 5 per cent, of woody 
fibre ; this material has 334 per cent. 
The following case illustrates the importance of requiring an 
explicit guarantee in the purchase of cakes : — 
2. Mr. W. J. Millen, of Bluecoat, Goudhurst, Kent, sent on 
March 29, on behalf of Mr. E. Hussey, Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, 
a sample of 3 tons of what he had purchased as “ Djeffkin’s Russian 
Oil Cake,” at 81. per ton delivered, less 2^ per cent, discount. 
Attached to the invoice was the following statement : — 
Conditions of Sale of Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs. 
Foreign Cakes. 
American, Russian, and all imported cakes and feeding stuffs guaranteed 
of the usual good and merchantable quality of the brand or description 
stated, but exact composition unknown. 
