364 Annual Report for 1913 of the Consulting Chemist . 
3. Decorticated Cotton Cake. 
In the course of this year I have received a few samples of 
this class of cake which have been much more like the 
decorticated cotton cake of earlier years. 
The following are instances : — 
A 
B 
C 
D 
E 
Moisture 
7*88 
8*47 
7*87 
Oil . 
15*89 
20*63 
22*98 
16*64 
17*29 
Albuminoids . 
37*75 
39*37 
36*31 
39*75 
39*68 
Carbohydrates, 
fibre, &c. 
26*35 
28*16 
27*84 
.? Ash 
6*48 
6*98 
7*32 
100*00 
100*00 
100*00 
Containing nitrogen 
5*81 
6*36 
6*35 
2 Including sand 
• 
. 
*05 
*05 
*10 
“A ” and “ B ” were of the brand known as “ J.A.B. Peru- 
vian,” and cost 81. 5s. per ton in Liverpool, for a 40 to 45 ton 
lot. They were both nice and soft cakes. “0” was of the 
same brand, but even richer in quality, and I advised the 
purchaser to get all he could of this cake. “ D ” and “ E ” 
were of the brand known as “ F.C. Peruvian,” the price being 
9 1. 2s. per ton delivered in Ireland. The guarantee was 15 per 
cent, of oil and 39 per cent, of albuminoids. These last two 
cakes were neither as soft nor as well decorticated as the 
preceding ones, but they were still much superior in quality 
to what is generally met with at the present time. 
4. Rice Meal. 
I commented in my last report upon the high price to 
which this material had gone. Early in the year I had a 
sample sent me which gave the following results : — 
Oh ....... 1089 per cent. 
Albuminoids ..... 13*06 ,, 
As showing the great fluctuations to which the prices of 
feeding-stuffs are subject it may be pointed out that while in 
November, 1912, rice meal cost 81. 15s. per ton, in November, 
1913, it could be got for 4Z. 10s. per ton ! The price of the 
above sample was 11. per ton. 
In this connection it may be well to mention that a 
material, sold under the name “ China rice meal,” has been put 
upon the market, but which I find to be largely adulterated 
with mineral matter, principally carbonate of lime. This, of 
course, constitutes a gross adulteration, and the material should 
not be sold under the name “rice meal.” 
