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3. That it produces no undue fattening, softness, nor injury to the wind. 
4. That the high proportion of salts in it has no injurious effect. 
5, That the albumenoid ratio as low as 1: 11'8 has proved highly suitable 
for heavy continuous work when a sufficient quantity of digestible matter is 
given. 
TABLE OF ANALYSES. 
= Maa e sh pina Bran (Wheat). | Maize (Grain). oreo 
Digestible albumenoids 2°5 10°8 8:0 11 
0. carbohydrates 615 42°3 67°5 95 
Do. fibre Ke 21 11 4:4 
Do. fat Aye 2°4 40 0°53 
: — 64:0 57°6 80°6 15°3 
Tndigestible albumenoids ... 00 2°8 271 0°6 
Do. carbohydrates ... 0-0 68 11 41 
Do. fibre ahs 0:0 12°6 12 30 
Do. fat , 0°0 1°0 07 0°3 
— 0:0 — 23'2 — ol — 80 
Water ... 26°0 13°6 12:7 752 
Ash 10°0 56 16 15 
100°0 100°0 100°0 100°0 
The analyses of bran and maize, asalready stated, are from Wolff; those of 
molasses and cane tops have been made in the Sugar Company’s laboratory ; 
the separation into digestible and indigestible constituents in the cane tops 
being based on Wolff's analysis of sorghum.—Mackay Sugar Journal. 
