176 EXFEEIMEXTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



Gluten Meal. Gluten Feed. 



Per cent. Per cent. 



Moisture 5'25 8"68 



Protein 36"3S 23*00 



Fat or oil 11"05 2'83 



Carbo-hydrates 43"S3 6379 



Fibre 1"54 5*75 



Ash 1'55 '96 



lOO'OO 100"00 



The difference between these two in feeding value is at once apparent. The 

 Gluten Meal was sold at $25 to $30 per ton, and the price of the Gluten Feed this year 

 was about $22 per ton. We have no hesitation in saying that the Gluten Meal was 

 much the better value at these prices. 



COTTOX-SEED MEAL. 



This feeding stuff is used largely in the maritime provinces and, as we have 

 pointed out in several of our past reports, great differences in feeding value exist 

 between the brands found upon the market. We have, further, found that the prices 

 are not in accordance with the quality, so that frequently of two meals offered the 

 price of the inferior brand may be only a few dollars, or even a fraction of a 

 dollar per ton less than that of a brand worth, from the feeding standpoint, one-third 

 more. It is for these reasons that we have repeatedly urged that such products be 

 Bold under a guarantee stating the amount of protein and fat present. (See page 143, 

 Report of Experimental Farms, 1903.) Until such time that farmers are so protected 

 it has been thought desirable to submit to analysis such samples as might be for- 

 warded. Among these many have proved of excellent quality, with the proportion? 

 of protein and oil found in genuine meals. On the other hand, not a few samples 

 have been shown to be of inferior quality. Thus, genuine grades should contain from 

 ■43 to 44 per cent protein, and from 9 to 11 per cent oil, and data have been obtained 

 rec-ently from samples received showing a protein content ranging from 19 to 35 per 

 cent, and from 5 to 7*5 per cent of oil. 



With respect to the genuine cotton-seed meals, it is evident from our work that 

 the methods now employed extract more of the oil than was the custom, and thus, 

 while reducing the oil-content, tend to increase the percentage of protein. 



An analysis ifi absolutely necessary to determine the percentages of protein and 

 fat (the constituents of greatest importance from the feeding standpoint) a meal may 

 contain, but it will be of assistance to farmers to know that genuine meals are of a 

 bright yellow colour, while inferior grades are much darker and show on closer inspec- 

 tion many fragments of hull intermixed with the finer meal. 



UVECO A^^D FLAKERIKE. 



These are 'cooked' foods, manufactured by the IT veco Cereals Co., Ltd., Newport, 

 Monmouthshire. Quantities of each were received for trial, the Uveco being in- 

 tended for cattle, the Flakerine for poultry. In appearance they are not at all dis- 

 similar (though with a little practice they can be distinguished), and give the impres- 

 gion that they consist largely, if not solely, of Indian corn which has been steamed or 

 partially cooked, rolled into fiakes and dried. They are bright, clean-looking feeds, 

 with a pleasant, slightly sweetish taste. 



