s, I consider rape-cake,
weight for weight, at least equal to any of them for milch cows;
and if I give the same money value for each, I get at least
one-third more produce, and the butter is always of a very
superior quality. Two years ago, I took some of my best oats
(41 lbs. per bushel), and ground them for the cows, and although
I was at about one-third more expense, I lost fully one-third of
the produce that I had by using rape-cake. I always dissolve it
by pouring boiling water on it, and give each cow 6 lbs. daily.
I have tried a larger quantity, and found I was fully repaid for
the extra expense. I generally use it the most of the summer,
but always during the spring months. A number of my neighbours
who have tried it all agree that it is the best and cheapest
feed for milch cows they have used.--_North British Agriculturist_,
Edinburgh, February 29, 1860.

The best kinds of rape-cake come from Germany and Denmark. When
neither too old nor too fresh, and of a pale-green color, these
foreign cakes are tolerably well-flavored, and are but slightly
inferior to good linseed-cake. Most varieties of this cake, however,
contain a small proportion of acrid matter, which often renders them
more or less distasteful to stock, more particularly to cattle. This
substance may be rendered quite innocuous by steaming or boiling the
cake; either of these processes will also, according to Mr. Lawrence,
destroy the disagreeable flavor which mustard-seed--a frequent
adulterant of rape-cake--confers upon that article. Molasses or treacle
is an excellent adjunct to the cake, as it serves in a great measure to
correct its somewhat unpleasant flavor. Carob, or locust-beans, answer,
perhaps better, the same purpose. It is better, as a general rule,
to give less rape-cake than linseed-cake, unless the pale-green kind
to which I have referred is obtainable; that variety may be largely
employed. The animals should be gradually accustomed to its use. At
first, in the case of bullocks, they should get only 1 lb. per diem,
and the quantity should be gradually increased to about 4 lbs.; but
I would not advise, under any circumstances, a larger daily allowance
than 5 lbs. Given in moderate amounts, it will, supposing it to be of
fair quality, be found to give a better return in meat than almost any
other kind of concentrated food; and, what is of great importance, it
will not injuriousl