376 BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
Date STONES CONTRASTED WITH OTHER FODDERS. 
After moisture has been expelled by pia 
ing the fodder at 212° (F.), the dry swb- 
stance contains per cent of: — 
The per cent of dry substance 
in the undried fodder was, 
ne 
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Name of the Fodder. 3 Bt 
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Date Stones (mean of the two 1 
analyses). ApEn Hirts 1.15 6.02 | 67.42 | 25.42 9.37 
| 
Olive Cake 
Acorns, with their shells . 
Chestnuts, with their shells . 
Shelled.Chestnuts ...... 2.43 6.36 85.65 5 56 4.73 
Shelled Acorns . . Ay 2 00 6.25 86.00 5.75 5.38 
BSACIOV soot skis ited on ty eer c eae 3.03 13.90 edie 5.91 2.40 
Wheaten. fc ee en Doe Lok) 14 6 1.78 
Maize .. ..\2 eer NBSP ostt 1255 | Soe 6.33 
Hay. 0. SOL SLOP P20 oF aes 11.89? | poles ares | 2.73 
Beet-root Cake, (from sugar- 
making) . seh iba 9 iobk 10.86 6.76 | 62.59 19.79 1.48 
ee 
Potato Pulp. 
Cabbage Stumps . 
of the dry substance in several kinds of fodders that the date stones 
bear a certain distant resemblance to chestnuts and acorns, and to the 
“oil cake” that is left on expressing the oil from olives, though the 
