mmon salt 0 0 10
Coriander-seed 0 0 5
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One ton.

A ton of condimental food manufactured according to this formula will
cost only about the same amount as an equal weight of linseed, and will
produce an effect fully equal to that of the food which at one time was
sold at L60 per ton.

Whatever may be the medicinal virtues of these foods, or however
appropriate the term "condimental" which has been applied to them,
it is quite certain that their whilom designation "concentrated"
was a misnomer. Their composition shows that they possess a degree of
nutritive power considerably below that of linseed-cake, and but little,
if at all, superior to that of Indian corn.

The following analytical statement, which I published some years ago,
will give an insight into the nature of these articles:--

ANALYSES OF CONDIMENTAL FOOD.

Thorley's. Bradley's.

Water 12.00 12.09
Nitrogenous, or flesh-forming principles 14.92 10.36
Oil 6.08 5.80
Gum, sugar, mucilage, &c. 56.86 60.21
Woody fibre 5.46 5.32
Mineral matter (ash) 4.68 6.22
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100.00 100.00

As a ton of linseed-cake contains a greater amount of nutriment than
an equal quantity of condimental food, the latter should be clearly
proved to possess very valuable specific virtues, in order to induce the
feeder to use it extensively. Cattle and horses out of condition may be
benefited by its carminative and tonic properties; but if they are, it
surely must be a bad practice to feed healthy animals upon a substance
which is a remedy in disease. It is asserted, and probably with some
degree of truth, that when dainty, over-fed stock loathe their food,
they are induced to eat greedily by mixing the "condimental" with their
ordinary food. If such really be the case, let the feeder compound the
article himself, and effect thereby a saving of perhaps 50 or 80 per
cent. in the cost of it. A good condimental food, rich i