--------------------------+---------+----------+----------+--------------- | | | | Cotton-seed |Linseed. |Rape-seed.|Hemp-seed.|(decorticated). +---------+----------+----------+--------------- | | | | Water | 7·50 | 7·13 | 6·47 | 6·57 | | | | Oil | 34·00 | 36·81 | 31·84 | 31·24 | | | | Albuminous compounds | | | | (Flesh-formers) | 24·44 | 21·50 | 22·60 | 31·86 | | | | Gum, mucilage, sugar, &c. | \ | 18·73 | \ | 14·12 | }30·73 | | }32·72 | Woody-fibre | / | 6·86 | / | 7·30 | | | | Mineral matter (ash) | 3·33 | 8·97 | 6·37 | 8·91 +---------+----------+----------+--------------- | 100·00 | 100·00 | 100·00 | 100·00 --------------------------+---------+----------+----------+--------------- _Fenugreek-seed_ is used very extensively in the preparation of "Condimental food." It is often given to horses out of condition. Sheep have been liberally supplied with this food, which, however, it is stated, communicates a disagreeable flavor to the mutton. It contains, according to Voelcker, the following:-- Water 11·994 Flesh-formers 26·665 Starch, gum, and pectin 37·111 Sugar 2·220 Fatty and oily matters 8·320 Woody fibre 10·820 Inorganic matter 2·870 ------- 100·000 SECTION VII. OIL-CAKES, AND OTHER ARTIFICIAL FOODS. Oil-seeds, on being subjected to considerable pressure, part with a large proportion of their oil, the remaining part of that fluid, together with the various other ingredients of the seeds, constitute the substances so well known to agriculturists under the name of oil-cakes. These cakes contain a larger proportion of ready-formed fatty matter than is found in any other feeding stuff, and an amount of flesh-forming principles far greater than that yielded by corn, or even by beans; the manure, too, which is produced by the cattle fed upon some of them, is often good value for nearly half the sum expended on the food.