REPORT OF THE CHEMIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Analysis of Feeding Stuffs, 1905. 



MIXED FEEDS. 



Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. — These were forwarded by the Inspector of Live Stock Ship- 

 ments, Montreal (Department of Marine and Fisheries) with a request for an analysis 

 and report on their relative values. These feeds were intended for the use of cattle 

 en route to England. They were found to consist essentially of crushed corn and oats. 

 There is a general similarity between them, and the differences in nutritive values are 

 not great, but a careful scrutiny of the data allows us to arrange the feeds in the 

 following order of merit: First, No. 4, by reason of its higher protein and fat content; 

 second, No. 1, and No. 3, which are practically equal, with a protein content essen- 

 tially 1 per cent lower than that of No. 4; third, No. 2, which contains 2 per cent less 

 protein tha-n No. 4 and 1 per cent less than Nos. 1 and 3, and is the highest of the 

 peries in fibre. 



Nos. 5, 6 and 7. — Products of the American Cereal Company, Peterboro, Ont. In 

 the most important constit-aent, protein, the Victor Corn and Oat Feed and the Ban- 

 ner Cattle Food are identical. The latter, however, is somewhat the richer in fat and 

 poorer in fibre, and consequently is the better feed, though the difference between the 

 t-vvo in nutritive value would not be large. Though wholesome feeding stuffs, their 



