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under our notice that contained ground rice Hulls, and consequently of much lower 

 value. 



COTTON SEED WEAL. 



No. 11. Cotton Seed Meal. — This sample was forwarded by ^Fr. R. Chisholm, 

 Antigonish, IST.S., and stated to be imported by Messrs. Schaffner of Halifax. There 

 are many qualities of this highly concentrated feed stuff upon the Canadian market. 

 Genuine cotton seed meal of the first grade will contain about 42 per cent protein and 

 13 per cent fat; inferior brands examined in the Farm Laboratory have analysed as 

 low as 23 per cent protein and 5 per cent oil. Purchasers of cotton seed meal should 

 ask for the percentages of protein and fat ^aranteed to be present. This ought to 

 be obtainable, as the wholesale importers buy, or may do so if they wish, on such a 

 basis. Though it is impossible to say from insx)ection what the proportion of the chief 

 nutritive constituents may be, a judgment may be formed from the appearance of the 

 meal ; inferior brands are dark in colour and show coarse fragments of hulls, whereas 

 high g-rade meals are bright yellow and free from hull. It is more particularly in 

 the iNfaritime Provinces where cotton seed meal is used, it coming direct by ocean 

 freight to Halifax or St. John from shipping ports in the Southern States. 



MALT SPROUTS. 



No. 12. Malt Sprouts. — From La Cie de Brasserie de Beauport, Que. As the 

 name indicates, this feed is composed of the sprouts from barley germinated in the 

 preparation of malt. After drying the germinated grain, the sprouts are readily 

 detached and separated by sieving. It is a highly concentrated feed stuff as regards 

 protein, containing from 23 per cent to 27 per cent, but is very poor in fat. A very 

 large proportion of its protein is digestible — a fact which enhances its value for 

 bringing up the proportion of the nitrogenous nutriments in the ration of milch cows. 

 It does not appear to be a very palatable feed, and consequently can only be fed in 

 comparatively small quantities — say about 2 lbs. per day. Malt sprouts have a high 

 absorptive capacity and should be soaked several hours before feeding. 



BEET ROOT PRODUCTS. 



jSTo. 13. Molac Molasses Dairy Feed. — Manufactured by the American Cereal 

 Co., Peterboro, who in their advertisiBg circular state that this feed ' is a perfect 

 blending of grain products — the high protein portions of oats, corn and wheat scienti- 

 fically treated, with the correct proportion of best cane molasses.' At the time of 

 our analysis, it was quoted at $22.90 per ton at Montreal. In addition to 14 per cent 

 of protein it was found to contain in the neighbourhood of 13 per cent sugar; it 

 should, therefore, prove both a nourishing and palatable feeding stuff. It differs 

 chiefly from the ' Improved ]\rolasses Cattle Food/ analysed and reported on in 1903, 

 in containing a much higher percentage of protein. 



No. 14. Beet Root Feed.— Wallaceburg Sugar Co. This is the dried, exhausted, 

 beet pulp. Though in all probability, a readily digested and palatable food, its com- 

 position, as indicated by the analytical data, clearly shows it to be distinctly inferior 

 in nutritive qualities to bran or shorts. It would be of little value where a feed is 

 desired to bring up the protein content of the ration, as for instance in the supple- 

 menting of the home grown coarse fodders. 



5IISCELLA>rE0US ELEVATOR AND MILLING PRODUCTS, 



No. 15. Screenings. — Regarding this feeding stuff, a correspondent in Warden, 

 Quebec, wriJ;es: 'Please advise as to comparative feeding value of this food, a car 

 load of which has been received from an elevator at Fort William. It was sold at 

 $13 per ton. Are there any dangerous weed seeds in it and will grinding, as per 

 sample, prevent their germination?' 



