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EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



and is only here again brouglit forward for the reason that recent analyses have fur- 

 nished an excellent illustration of the force of this contention. 



In the early part of the present year a quantity of several such materials was 

 bought from a miller in western Ontario for use in feeding experiments at the Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa. These on arrival were sampled and analysed and the re- 

 sults are to be found in the subjoined table. Together with the analytical data, the 

 name under which the product was bought, and the price paid are stated : 



Ash. 



Pea meal, ground pea chips ($25 per ton) 



Pea dust ($22 per ton) 



Ground pea bran ($14 per ton). . . 



Barley feed ($14 per ton) 



Meal seeds ($12 per ton) 



Oat dust ($5 per ton) 



p c. 



-49 



-72 

 ■02 

 -10 

 •19 

 10 



It is quite unnecessary to enter into any detailed discussion of these results in 

 order to make good the point under consideration. A casual review of them with re- 

 ferences to the percentages of protein and fat will be suiheient to assure the reader 

 that in most instances the food values and the prices of these feeds are not in accord. 

 Thus, the Ground Pea Bran at $14 per ton contains more protein than the Pea Meal 

 which is quoted at $25 per ton. Again, the ' Meal Seeds ' at $12 per ton is poorer in pro- 

 tein tiian the Oat Dust at $5 per ton. Similar differences are observable between 

 many of the other feeds, and throughout the whole series there is no direct relation- 

 ship between prices and feeding value. We do not wish it to be inferred that any 

 fraud was intended by this manufacturer; these discrepancies between price and 

 value are, without doubt, the result of ignorance on the part of the manufacturer as 

 to the nature of what he is selling, but they serve, as we have said, to illustrate ad- 

 mirably the desirability of official analysis and the selling of these products with a 

 statement as to their composition attached- 



RAISINS. 



At the request of the Poultry Division, Department of Agriculture, we submitted 

 to analysis a sample of spoiled raisins, the object being to ascertain if they were of 

 any value as a poultry food. A comparatively large quantity could be purchased at 

 a very low rate (our correspondent writes) and it is interesting to know how they com- 

 pare with grain (oats or wheat) at the same price — say 1 cent per pound. 



Analysis. 



Per cent. 



Moisture 7'S6 



Crude protein . . .^)°19 



Fat 3"39 



Carbo-hydrates 72*44 



Fibre G'Tl 



Ash 4'41 



100*00 



This could not be regarded as of any considerable value cither for egg or flesh 

 production as the crude prott;in is very low— not quite half that present in oats or 



